‘He will make some runs’, Ricky Ponting on Warner’s run drought

Ex-AUS skipper Ricky Ponting believes that struggling opener David Warner has shown hints of his best form during the ICC WTC final against India and in the first innings of the Ashes Test against England saying ‘he will make some runs’.

Ponting said on latest episode of The ICC Review –

“I thought he looked really good in the first innings of the WTC Final; the 40-odd he made there, he played really well.” The pressure is building on Warner and his place in the Test team is under scrutiny due to his recent form.

David Warner fell to Stuart Broad for just nine runs at Edgbaston, making it his 15th dismissal against the veteran English pacer.

Ponting added – “And even though he made nine in the first innings here, the way he actually started his innings was the best I have seen him start in two years of Test cricket. So it is still there. I think the fact that he was not able to score as freely as he would have wanted at the start of that innings played a part in him playing the shot that he did.”

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Ponting concluded –

“But there is no doubt the second innings is an important one for him – not just for his career’s sake, but it is going to be a big innings as far as this game and this series goes. If he starts the same way that he started in the first innings, then I think he will make some runs.”