The former three-time World Cup-winner Ricky Ponting also slammed pacer Mitchell Starc, who was at the non-striker's end
Ricky Ponting
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting yesterday slammed the current team for showing "no desperation" after Nathan Lyon decided against reviewing his lbw decision on Day Four of the fourth Test against India here.
Lyon was adjudged leg-before after being hit on the pad off a Kuldeep Yadav delivery. He asked non-striker Mitchell Starc if he should opt for a review, but the duo decided against it despite two reviews remaining in their innings and only two wickets left. At stumps on Day Four, Australia were bundled out for 300 in the first innings after which India enforced the follow-on. The hosts then came out to bat in the second innings, trailing by 322 runs. India had piled up a mammoth 622 in their first innings.
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"That dismissal actually says a lot to me about the mindset of this Australian team at the moment. There's no desperation there whatsoever," Ponting said on Channel Seven. "Why wouldn't they have had a look at that? They've still got the two reviews," Ponting added. The former three-time World Cup-winner also slammed pacer Starc, who was at the non-striker's end. "Given out straight away and Starc just puts his hand out and says 'oh well, it's not me, it's up to you. When you're out there together it's a partnership. You've got to do whatever you can to try and save your mate. And there was absolutely none of that there."
Replays suggested the ball would have probably struck Lyon outside the line of off stump and he may have been adjudged not out if DRS was taken. "And as it's shown that would have been given not out. Slack and not desperate enough. You can see where Starc is standing at the non-striker's end. There's no need to be that wide. Lyon looks up, 'Oh what do you reckon?' 'Oh I don't know mate but let's not bother looking. We've only got two [reviews] up our sleeve."
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