Even as the Ashes assumes greater force as it hurtles towards the third Test in Perth, no one would want to be in the position that Ricky Ponting finds himself in.
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The Australian captain has a battle on his hands and it is as much within as it is with England who lead the Ashes 2010 1-0 after two Tests, more importantly winning the second Test at the Adelaide Oval after drawing sensationally in Brisbane in the first Test.
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Ponting is in danger of becoming the only Australian captain to lose the Ashes thrice and that fear right now is quite relevant given the upper hand that England enjoy as a result of the lead as also the confidence they will be carrying into the Perth Test.
The story has been very different with Australia with the unusual selections and chopping and changing have caught Australian cricket fans unaware and gravely concerned about the thought process within the cricket structure that was raved about not three years ago.
Ponting finds the spotlight rather harsh on him with many predicting that the Ashes down under could prove to be his Waterloo with his own bat rather silent under the most trying of circumstances. That Australia need to desperately turn around their fortunes would be an understatement. But perhaps Ponting himself will have to take on the onus of turn it around is plausibly the way to save himself and the team.
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