SYDNEY – “The Ashes are gone. Australian
cricket is in tatters. Our national
sport has been failed by feckless
administrators, confused
selectors, a clueless coach and
sadly out-of-form players,” says
Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.
The Sydney Morning Herald fretted that England were “Long to reign over us,” while ABC website columnist Glenn Mitchell called Ponting a “dead man walking”.
“Australian cricket is definitely at its modern-day nadir,” Mitchell wrote.
“Not since the mid-1980s has it looked so impotent and ineffectual, especially against its Ashes arch-rival.”
“Let’s go away and think about things, rather than rush into any silly decisions,” Warne wrote in the Telegraph, adding that Ponting should remain as captain until after the World Cup which starts in February.
