Adelaide: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has slammed Joe Root for criticizing the bowlers after England’s second successive defeat in the ongoing Ashes series 2021 and said that as a captain to ensure It is their responsibility to put the strategy into action.
After losing the second Test to Australia by 275 runs, England are trailing 0-2 in the series. After the match, Root criticized his bowlers for failing to bowl the right length in the first innings. “This statement is surprising,” Ponting told ‘cricket.com.au’. Whose job is it to ask the bowlers to make changes? Then why are you the captain?”
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“If you can’t motivate your bowlers on which length to bowl, what are you doing on the field?” The captain, who led Australia to the World Cup title twice, said it was Root’s responsibility to motivate the bowlers. “Joe Root can say whatever he wants but if you are the captain, you should be able to understand that your bowlers are not bowling where you want them to,” he said.
Ponting said, “And if they are not listening to you, then they can be removed from the bowling attack. Give someone else a chance to do it for you. You can communicate better with them on the field and tell them what you want.” “Captaincy is about these things,” he said. Root had said that the England team was repeating the same mistake as it did when they lost the series 0-4 in 2017-18. (agency)