"Had A Very Ordinary Game...": Ricky Ponting Questions Star's Place In England's Test XI

23.06.2023 - 09:31 sports.ndtv.com

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said that England have some selection issues to deal with and suggested that wicket-keeper batter Jonny Bairstow's errors were one of the main reasons England lost the first Test.

Moeen Ali had a finger injury on Day 3 of the Test, limiting his bowling abilities. Bairstow has been chastised for his glove failures in the first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston. "As far as I'm concerned now, England have more questions to answer than Australia.

On their style of play, but also now looking at that first Test, they've got some selection issues that they're going to have to deal with as well," Ponting told ICC. "Moeen can't play the next game with his finger the way it is," the former Australia skipper said.

Bairstow was guilty of failing to go for Usman Khawaja's catch in James Anderson's second innings' over. In the second innings, Khawaja hit a match-winning 65.

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