Summer sweep confirms Aussies ready for Ashes triumph: Ponting

“There were probably some question marks over our Test cricket before the summer started; being a little bit inconsistent through the Ashes series and probably playing well enough at different times to have won that series,but not being able to nail the crucial moments,” ‘Fox Sports’ quoted Ponting,as saying.

“If anything this year we have probably gone the other way,when there’s been big moments we really have stood up and nailed them. We can’t be any better placed at the moment,we have two Tests to play in England (against Pakistan) then it”s straight into it,” he added.

Ponting further said that the current groups of players are going strong at the moment,and they can “put up a very good show in the Ashes.”

“There will be no excuses from where we are sitting. We have done everything we would have liked for us to have achieved throughout the summer. There’s never been a game that has dragged on. Hopefully,we have a full complement of players to pick from going into November,” Ponting said.

“Generally when you get a bit tired teams can fade away,but I think if anything we have got better and stronger as a group as the year has gone on. I”m really happy with what we’ have achieved,” he added.