da pixbet： DURBAN, South Africa – Ricky Ponting will begin his one-day captaincycareer against Shaun Pollock on Friday after the South Africanallrounder declared himself fit for the seven-match series againstAustralia.
da betsul： Michael Crutcher19-Mar-2002DURBAN, South Africa – Ricky Ponting will begin his one-day captaincycareer against Shaun Pollock on Friday after the South Africanallrounder declared himself fit for the seven-match series againstAustralia.Pollock has bowled at full pace without a problem for the first timesince he suffered a side strain last month, ruling him out ofAustralia’s 2-1 Test series win.Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher led the Proteas to a five-wicket win in thefinal Test in Durban yesterday before selectors announced Pollock’sreturn for the one-day series along with Lance Klusener and JontyRhodes.The experienced trio, especially Pollock, will ensure Ponting has atesting series after taking over the Australian leadership from dumpedcaptain Steve Waugh.”I started bowling at about 60 per cent in the nets at Kingsmead onFriday, then I worked up to full speed on Sunday and Monday,” Pollocksaid.”I felt absolutely fine. I’ll continue with the bowling tomorrow beforeheading up to Johannesburg.”Pollock and Klusener give South Africa genuine batting depth even thoughKlusener has been told his bowling is the main priority after he wasoverlooked for the Test series.”Lance is now a bowling allrounder and we are looking for him to bowlfast,” convenor of selectors Rushdi Magiet said.”Since being dropped from the Test team he has apparently redoubled hisefforts. We know Lance is a very good allrounder – he just went off theboil.”The Australian squad will train at the Wanderers tomorrow with selectorsyet to decide on the team to play the opening match.Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden will open the batting while selectorsmust decide when to introduce new faces Shane Watson and Nathan Hauritzduring the 10-match tour through South Africa and Zimbabwe.Ponting is leading a 15-man squad in the first serious step towards theWorld Cup defence in South Africa next February.
