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www.ladbroke.co.uk – Ricky Ponting has waited until the eleventh hour before wading into the war of words ahead of today’s first test in perth
Ponting hit out at South Africa’s poor run of form, having never won a test on Australian soil.
It will no doubt be in the back of South Africa’s minds as the likes of Lee and Johnson come thundering down the wicket on what is expected to be one of the most volatile WACA pitches seen in years.
Proteas Captain Graeme Smith did not sit idly by while the mind games began.
He made claims that while playing in this year Indian Premier League Twenty 20 competition under captain Shane Warne that he had taken the opportunity to pick the legendary test cricketer’s brain and formulate an attack against the Australian top order.
Shane Warne responded by saying he’d had ‘a bit of a chuckle’ when reading Smith’s claims.
He laughed of the claims by saying that although he had shared several ‘cold beverages with Smith’ and listen to the South African Captain hypothesise about the best way to attack the Australian batsmen, he had offered no insight into the Australian top order whatsoever.
Warne also dismissed long time strike bowler Makaya Ntini as a on the way out but gave respect to new pacemen Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn.
Warne was confident that the Australians are well placed to ensure that South Africas run of losses in Australia continues.
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