MELBOURNE – Ricky Ponting has been overburdened as Australian captain and let down by people in leadership roles, former coach John Buchanan said on Friday.
Buchanan, who coached Australia to World Cup triumphs in 2003 and 2007, said the country’s cricket leaders had put too much responsibility on to Ponting’s shoulders. “Ricky still has an incredible amount to offer Australian cricket, but at the same stage he has to be in the right frame of mind to do that,” Buchanan said.
“I think for the last 18 months or so that hasn’t been the case because he has, in a sense, tried to take on too much responsibility for the whole team — his game play as well as his all-round leadership.”
