Ashes 2023: Ponting feels Warner will play well in second innings

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Birmingham. Amid growing pressure on David Warner to retain his place in the Australia team, former skipper Ricky Ponting has predicted the star opener to do well with the bat in the second innings of the first Test of the ongoing Ashes 2023 against England here. Is. Warner was dismissed by Stuart Broad for just nine runs in the first innings of the first Test. In this way, Warner has become the victim of Stuart Broad 15 times. Now the pressure will increase on this experienced opener to score runs in the second innings.

But Ponting says that going by Edgbaston’s first innings and the innings against India in the World Test Championship final, Warner appears to be on the way to form.

I thought he looked really good in the first innings of the WTC final,’ the former Australia captain said in the latest episode of ICC Review; The 40 he scored there was really good.

And even though he scored nine in the first innings here, the way he started the innings, the best start I have seen in two years of Test cricket.

I think he was not able to score as freely as he wanted to in the first innings. But there’s no doubt that the second innings is crucial for him – not only for his career, but it’s going to be a big innings as far as this game and this series is concerned.

If he starts like he did in the first innings, I think he will score some runs.

After bowling Australia out for 386 in their first innings, England were at 28/2 by the third day.

–IANS

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