Ricky Ponting: Cummins is more of an old-fashioned Test caption

Legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting feels AUS skipper Pat Cummins is more of an old-fashioned Test captain, who lets “plans unravel” while his English counter part Ben Stokes tries to make something happen every ball.

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Ricky Ponting said in The ICC Review –

“I think this has been one of the most tactical series that I could remember, because of the two different styles of play, probably two contrasting styles of leadership as well.

“Pat [Cummins] is more of an old-fashioned sort of Test match captain where he sort of lets sets fields and lets plans sort of unravel and is happy to do it over a long period of time, whereas Stokes is a bit the other way.”

Ponting added – “He’s sort of trying to make something happen every ball and therefore sometimes plans never really have a chance to eventuate.

“Look, Pat is still fairly young in the job. Let’s not forget that he’s only been doing it for a couple of years now and I’m sure he’s learning along the way.”

Ponting further said –

“I’m not going to question Pat at all. The fact that Australia are 2-1 up says he’s done a good job to me. There’ll always be little things in a game. When you lose, there are always little things in a game that people are happy to talk about.

“But at the end of the day, I think the tactics are better off waiting to see what the result is at the end of the series and then we’ll be able to critique both captains on the result.”