Ashes 2023: "The Second Innings Is An Important One For David Warner" - Ricky Ponting

Australia holds a slight edge over England after picking up 2 wickets for 28 runs before rain intervened in the 2nd innings. All eyes would be on David Warner as once again he fell into the trap of Stuart Broad. David Warner doesn’t have promising numbers in England which is a concern for the team.

With 2 more days left in the Test match, England can post a target in excess of 300 runs and at the same time, the pitch has started to deteriorate as chasing won’t be easy by any means for the visitors.

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Australia needs a flurry of wickets as one partnership of 70-odd runs can put England in a state of ascendancy. Once again, the onus will be on Joe Root to take the team out of the muddle.

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It won’t be wrong to say that Scott Boland holds the key for Australia along with Pat Cummins. Boland has shown good control over his line & length and can be the surprise package for the opposition.

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David Warner played really well – Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting was having an interaction with the media and stated that the out-of-form batter David Warner looked in good touch during the innings despite scoring 9 runs in his first innings. Ricky Ponting pointed out that the second innings will be quite important for David Warner.

“I thought he looked really good in the first innings of the WTC Final; the 40-odd he made there, he played really well. And even though he made nine in the first innings here, the way he actually started his innings was the best I’ve seen him start in two years of Test cricket. So it’s still there,” said Ricky Ponting.

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“I think the fact that he wasn’t able to score as freely as he would’ve wanted at the start of that innings played a part in him playing the shot that he did,” he stated.

“But there’s no doubt the second innings is an important one for him – not just for his career’s sake, but it’s going to be a big innings as far as this game and this series goes. If he starts the same way that he started in the first innings, then I think he will make some runs,” he added.