London, August 26: Australian pace great Jeff Thomson has lashed out at skipper Ricky Ponting for failing to lead the side from the front during the Ashes series which they lost to England 1-2.
Australians dominated throughout the five-match series, but eventually failed to retain the urn mainly due to poor captaincy of Ponting, feels the 59-year-old former cricketer.
“Ricky Ponting is flying home for a rest – but he should be staying in England to help clear up the mess he’s left behind. It doesn’t look good when he loses the Ashes and then doesn’t hang around to face the music with his team-mates,” Thompson wrote in his column in ‘Mirror’.
“The captain should always be last off his sinking ship, not the first to jump in the lifeboat.
–PTI