Australia is going through transition phase: Ponting
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Melbourne, Dec 24: Beleaguered captain Ricky Ponting today defended Australia's recent defeats, saying it was going through a transition phase with youngsters coming in just when seniors were running out of form but claimed he was enjoying the challenge.
Australia suffered a humiliating loss in their first Test against South Africa, who managed a record run-chase of 414 at Perth earlier this week, after being thumped 0-2 by India in that country.
"Everyone knows that Australia is going through a transition phase at the moment, which presents an exciting challenge that I'm really enjoying," he said.
"The strength of the team in the past was when younger guys came in everyone stood up and you didn't notice that transitional phase. But now we've got two or three young guys all in at the same time and a few of us are off the boil, so everything is being highlighted at the moment," he wrote in his column for 'The Australian'.
Ponting said he was still judging the newcomers and learning what treatment would work for them.
"The biggest part of captaincy as far as I'm concerned is understanding the different personalities in the team well enough to allow you to communicate with them properly.
"The hardest thing about the younger guys in the squad is not knowing how they're going to react under the different pressures of international cricket and finding the best way of communicating with them.
"As captain, I and the other senior guys are still learning a fair bit about the younger guys and what makes them tick. Whether you're better off giving them a pat on the back or a rocket," he said. PTI
Australia suffered a humiliating loss in their first Test against South Africa, who managed a record run-chase of 414 at Perth earlier this week, after being thumped 0-2 by India in that country.
"Everyone knows that Australia is going through a transition phase at the moment, which presents an exciting challenge that I'm really enjoying," he said.
"The strength of the team in the past was when younger guys came in everyone stood up and you didn't notice that transitional phase. But now we've got two or three young guys all in at the same time and a few of us are off the boil, so everything is being highlighted at the moment," he wrote in his column for 'The Australian'.
Ponting said he was still judging the newcomers and learning what treatment would work for them.
"The biggest part of captaincy as far as I'm concerned is understanding the different personalities in the team well enough to allow you to communicate with them properly.
"The hardest thing about the younger guys in the squad is not knowing how they're going to react under the different pressures of international cricket and finding the best way of communicating with them.
"As captain, I and the other senior guys are still learning a fair bit about the younger guys and what makes them tick. Whether you're better off giving them a pat on the back or a rocket," he said. PTI
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