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04-19-2006, 08:58 AM
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Who me? ... the bosses want words with Ponting.
AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting can expect a "please explain" call from his employer over being found guilty of dissent."I am intending to talk to him," Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said today.
"When Australian players are reported and are found guilty, I've certainly got concerns about that."
Ponting was fined 25 per cent of his match payment by International Cricket Council match referee Jeff Crowe after Bangladesh team management laid a complaint during the second Test in Chittagong.
The complaint stemmed from Ponting's animated words with the umpires when Bangladesh batsman Aftab Ahmed was given not out following a referral to the third umpire during the first day of the Test on Sunday.
Aftab hit a ball from Shane Warne onto his boot, with wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist collecting the rebound.
The third umpire gave Aftab out only after Ponting's discussion with the umpires on the field.
' "I want to get Ricky's perspective on that to get a better understanding of exactly what happened," Sutherland said.I do know that Ricky is absolutely committed to the spirit of cricket and generally speaking the Australian team do get it right.
"But at the same time I'm also concerned that an incident like this has occurred."
Sutherland meanwhile defended Cricket Australia's busy playing schedule after recent criticism that it was too demanding, with suggestions it had to contributed to Australia's unexpected struggle in the first Test against Bangladesh.
"I think it's about right," he said.
Sutherland said the program of matches was worked out in consultation with the Australian Cricketers' Association, the players' representative body.
"I'm concerned to read in the newspapers that people do tend to generalise about player workloads," Sutherland said.
"I've always maintained that player workloads is an individual thing, it's not a team thing.
"Not all Australian cricketers play Test cricket and one-day cricket, not all Australian cricketers charge in and bowl 30 overs like Brett Lee does," he said
"One aspect of it is the amount of cricket that's played, another aspect of it is the timing and the way in which it all fits into the program.
"Take the recent Bangladesh tour for example – I see criticism about it coming hard off the back of the South African tour.
"The reality is in consultation with team management and the ACA, it was decided the appropriate course of action would be to go straight from South Africa to Bangladesh.
"The wisdom of that some people have questioned but that was a process that senior players, team management and the ACA were all involved in," Sutherland said.
"They wanted to get straight into it, they felt they were in test match mode and they could get home sooner rather than later so people could enjoy a break then."
AAP
Who me? ... the bosses want words with Ponting.
AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting can expect a "please explain" call from his employer over being found guilty of dissent."I am intending to talk to him," Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said today.
"When Australian players are reported and are found guilty, I've certainly got concerns about that."
Ponting was fined 25 per cent of his match payment by International Cricket Council match referee Jeff Crowe after Bangladesh team management laid a complaint during the second Test in Chittagong.
The complaint stemmed from Ponting's animated words with the umpires when Bangladesh batsman Aftab Ahmed was given not out following a referral to the third umpire during the first day of the Test on Sunday.
Aftab hit a ball from Shane Warne onto his boot, with wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist collecting the rebound.
The third umpire gave Aftab out only after Ponting's discussion with the umpires on the field.
' "I want to get Ricky's perspective on that to get a better understanding of exactly what happened," Sutherland said.I do know that Ricky is absolutely committed to the spirit of cricket and generally speaking the Australian team do get it right.
"But at the same time I'm also concerned that an incident like this has occurred."
Sutherland meanwhile defended Cricket Australia's busy playing schedule after recent criticism that it was too demanding, with suggestions it had to contributed to Australia's unexpected struggle in the first Test against Bangladesh.
"I think it's about right," he said.
Sutherland said the program of matches was worked out in consultation with the Australian Cricketers' Association, the players' representative body.
"I'm concerned to read in the newspapers that people do tend to generalise about player workloads," Sutherland said.
"I've always maintained that player workloads is an individual thing, it's not a team thing.
"Not all Australian cricketers play Test cricket and one-day cricket, not all Australian cricketers charge in and bowl 30 overs like Brett Lee does," he said
"One aspect of it is the amount of cricket that's played, another aspect of it is the timing and the way in which it all fits into the program.
"Take the recent Bangladesh tour for example – I see criticism about it coming hard off the back of the South African tour.
"The reality is in consultation with team management and the ACA, it was decided the appropriate course of action would be to go straight from South Africa to Bangladesh.
"The wisdom of that some people have questioned but that was a process that senior players, team management and the ACA were all involved in," Sutherland said.
"They wanted to get straight into it, they felt they were in test match mode and they could get home sooner rather than later so people could enjoy a break then."
AAP