Premium
This is an archive article published on October 11, 2007

We played our best cricket of the series: Ponting

Australian captain Ricky Ponting described their resounding nine-wicket win against India as a 'flawless job'.

.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting described their resounding nine-wicket win against India as a “flawless job” and said it was possible because of the homework his team had done.

“It has been our best performance of the series so far. We batted, bowled and fielded very well. We did almost a flawless job. We played a great game,” he said.

Ponting said the two wickets his team got in the first over of the match after India won the toss and opted to bat proved very crucial to the course of the match.

Story continues below this ad

“The run out (of Sourav Ganguly) and the first ball dismissal of (Rahul) Dravid put India on the back foot. We put India under pressure from the first ball,” said Ponting.

Ponting said if India had put up a good total it would have been a difficult one to chase with the pitch aiding spinners.

“It was wicket where the ball was spinning. A good total would have been difficult to chase,” he said.

The Australian captain said that his team had bounced back extremely well after the loss at Chandigarh and said this was due to the preparations they did for the tie.

Story continues below this ad

“Our preparations for this match was good. We had separate meetings with the bowlers and batsmen and then a common team meeting where we discussed the areas we had gone wrong in the previous game. We gave away too many extras,” he said.

Latest Comment
Post Comment
Read Comments
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement