Ponting positive on injury

Aussie skipper plays down injury reports

Last updated: 4th December 2008

Ponting positive on injury

Ponting: No injury worries

I haven't missed a game, I haven't missed a training session and I haven't downgraded my training sessions at all.

Ricky Ponting
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Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has rubbished suggestions of giving up any form of the game because of a wrist injury.

Ponting returned home early from the tour of the West Indies and he also missed the one-day series with Bangladesh because of a wrist problem.

A recent visit to surgeon Greg Hoy in Melbourne had led to talk of Ponting being forced to give up some form of cricket in order to prolong his career.

However, the Aussie skipper insists he is not suffering at all, and will not even have to miss training after having some positive feedback on the injury.

Check-up

Ponting says he merely had a check-up and some X-rays and he insists he will be playing and training at full speed.

"It was more a check-up I guess and the first opportunity I have had to see Greg since I resumed playing again," said Ponting.

"As everyone knows I have had a bit of discomfort over the last few months but most players on the international scene have a bit of pain they carry through and all the X-ray results (on his wrist) this morning were good.

"There is no need for cortisone (injections) or anything like that at this stage and I can just continue on as I have been.

"I haven't missed a game, I haven't missed a training session and I haven't downgraded my training sessions at all."

Ponting will therefore be fit to captain Australia for the upcoming three-Test series against South Africa, which begins in Perth on December 17.