Ponting’s new pet

Ever since Ponting took over the Australian side, he has had a key aid.

They never seem to last long.

And there has been a lot of them.

It started with Darren Lehmann.

Warne was there for a while.

Somehow Mike Hussey took over.

Then Michael Clarke got the gig.

And now it is Cameron White.

Ponting likes having a tactical lieutenant around, because that is not his strong point.

The funny thing about it is that he has never really rated White as a cricketer.

Part of that is White’s fault, when he first got into the side, he seemed to want to give Ponting a lot of advice, and Ponting likes to choose his new man, not have him thrust upon him.

That and the fact that White’s bowling in New Zealand resembled Island of the living dead.

Somehow in the dressing rooms of India, White not only convinced Ponting of his worth, but booked himself as the next chief tactical consultant.

I can only assume it was in the dressing rooms, cause it sure as shit wasn’t on the field.

Once Clarke comes back White will have to take a back seat again.

Although I know who I’d rather get my tactics off between the two of them.

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