Ricky Ponting offers batting advice to Marnus Labuschagne ahead of second Ashes Test | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is ready to offer batting advice to batsmen Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head ahead of the second Ashes Test against England at the Lord’s. The second Ashes Test starts on Wednesday. Australia won the first Test Ashes Test by two wickets.
Labuschagne departed for a duck in the first innings and could manage just 13 in the second innings.
Speaking on The ICC Review, Ponting said Labuschagne needs to get back to basics in order to succeed in the current Ashes series. Ponting said he is willing to chat with the 28-year-old.
“I’ll wait for them to come and ask me. It’s not my place, I’m not one of the coaches, I’m just a past player that’s sitting back and analysing what a lot of these guys are doing. But I would like to catch up with him and have a chat about his batting because I think what I’ve seen over the last couple of weeks, as far as I’m concerned, I think he’s overcomplicating things a little bit,” Ponting said.
“I think he (Labuschagne) has to trust and believe in what’s made him the No.2-ranked Test batsman in the world for the last couple of years and go back to trusting that. That’s all I’d say to him really. I would actually tell him to go and watch some footage and watch some video of when he’s actually played his best, and remember those things and go and do that all over again,” he added.
Ponting believes that Head must devise a strategy to overcome England’s bowlers’ early phase of the assault.
“Firstly, he’s now going to be aware that it’s going to happen. He’s going to expect that,” Ponting noted.
“So therefore I think he has to work at it in his own mind. What’s the best way for him to combat that type of bowling? Is it going to be to take it on? Is he going to have success if he tries to hook and pull balls that are into his body? Does he find a way to be able to duck and weave and get out of the way a bit better and try and wear the bowlers down?” he added.
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Labuschagne departed for a duck in the first innings and could manage just 13 in the second innings.
Speaking on The ICC Review, Ponting said Labuschagne needs to get back to basics in order to succeed in the current Ashes series. Ponting said he is willing to chat with the 28-year-old.
“I’ll wait for them to come and ask me. It’s not my place, I’m not one of the coaches, I’m just a past player that’s sitting back and analysing what a lot of these guys are doing. But I would like to catch up with him and have a chat about his batting because I think what I’ve seen over the last couple of weeks, as far as I’m concerned, I think he’s overcomplicating things a little bit,” Ponting said.
“I think he (Labuschagne) has to trust and believe in what’s made him the No.2-ranked Test batsman in the world for the last couple of years and go back to trusting that. That’s all I’d say to him really. I would actually tell him to go and watch some footage and watch some video of when he’s actually played his best, and remember those things and go and do that all over again,” he added.
Ponting believes that Head must devise a strategy to overcome England’s bowlers’ early phase of the assault.
“Firstly, he’s now going to be aware that it’s going to happen. He’s going to expect that,” Ponting noted.
“So therefore I think he has to work at it in his own mind. What’s the best way for him to combat that type of bowling? Is it going to be to take it on? Is he going to have success if he tries to hook and pull balls that are into his body? Does he find a way to be able to duck and weave and get out of the way a bit better and try and wear the bowlers down?” he added.
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