Ex-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. Bairstow has been chastised for his glove failures in the first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston.

Ponting told ICC –

“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. Moeen can’t play the next game with his finger the way it is.”

Ponting added – “Jonny Bairstow actually had a very ordinary game behind the stumps, there’s about four chances that he put down. And on flat wickets, if they want flat wickets, you cannot afford your keeper to be making mistakes.”

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Ponting further said –

“If you look at those mistakes by themselves, some people might say those mistakes could have cost him the Test match. Those are things they have to answer. Whereas Australia, because they’ve won the game, they’ll have to answer a lot fewer questions.”