Steve Waugh warns Ponting cannot go on forever
Updated On: 07 February, 2012 11:18 AM IST | AFP
Former Australian Test captain Steve Waugh has warned that Ricky Ponting cannot go on forever despite his stellar form and selectors must start planning for his eventual departure
Former Australian Test captain Steve Waugh has warned that Ricky Ponting cannot go on forever despite his stellar form and selectors must start planning for his eventual departure.
Ponting, 37, was in sparkling form in the recent Test series against India, shrugging off speculation about his future by becoming only the third batsman in history to pass 13,000 Test runs, scoring 544 runs at an average of 108.8.
But Waugh, who played until he was 38, said some hard decisions needed to be made before next year's Ashes series against England.
"At some stage players have to move on," The Australian newspaper quoted Waugh as saying. "I mean, he's 37, 38 -- that sort of age. You've got to look towards where the future is, so it's always a tricky decision.
"John Inverarity, the new chairman of selectors, has probably got to make some tough calls pretty quickly. "It's up to Ricky and the selectors but at some stage players have to move on."
Ponting will be 38 when the Ashes start, as will Michael Hussey, and Waugh said any form slump could spell the end of their careers.
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