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New Delhi: Australian captain Ricky Ponting has lashed out at the facilities provided at the Feroz Shah Kotla here ahead of Saturday's third one-dayer, terming the practice wickets completely useless.
The unavailability of Brett Lee and James Hopes for Saturday's third one-dayer was only sinking in when the Australians suffered a rude shock at the Feroz Shah Kotla here. The practice pitches were completely watered.
"I'm very disappointed," Ponting said. "Everybody in the world other than the groundsman knew that we were going to train at 9 am this morning. To turn up and have the wickets completely unusable is disappointing."
The Delhi and District Cricket Association, the state governing body, has been busy trying to ensure a good playing wicket after drawing criticism over the newly-laid tracks at the Champions League T20. But Ponting's revelation has caught them off-guard.
"We only have one training day and I'm sure by the time the Indians get out here this afternoon, the wickets will be fine. So it's a bit of a disadvantage for us," Ponting added.
The wickets drew flak as teams struggled to score at run a ball in Twenty20 games, with the balls keeping low and batsmen having a hard time.
Australia head into Saturday's third one-day international against India already without the services of Brett Lee and James Hopes.
But Ponting said the duo would take a couple of days to be fully fit for international action.
"Both of them turned up at the nets today," he said. "Brett was bowling with his full run up and is 85 per cent fit but we don't want to risk his injury. Hopes' condition was slightly better that Brett's. But there are still some concerns and we will give them a couple of days to be fully match fit. Hopefully they can turn up in Mohali."
New Delhi: Australian captain Ricky Ponting has lashed out at the facilities provided at the Feroz Shah Kotla here ahead of Saturday's third one-dayer, terming the practice wickets completely useless.
The unavailability of Brett Lee and James Hopes for Saturday's third one-dayer was only sinking in when the Australians suffered a rude shock at the Feroz Shah Kotla here. The practice pitches were completely watered.
"I'm very disappointed," Ponting said. "Everybody in the world other than the groundsman knew that we were going to train at 9 am this morning. To turn up and have the wickets completely unusable is disappointing."
The Delhi and District Cricket Association, the state governing body, has been busy trying to ensure a good playing wicket after drawing criticism over the newly-laid tracks at the Champions League T20. But Ponting's revelation has caught them off-guard.
"We only have one training day and I'm sure by the time the Indians get out here this afternoon, the wickets will be fine. So it's a bit of a disadvantage for us," Ponting added.
The wickets drew flak as teams struggled to score at run a ball in Twenty20 games, with the balls keeping low and batsmen having a hard time.
Australia head into Saturday's third one-day international against India already without the services of Brett Lee and James Hopes.
But Ponting said the duo would take a couple of days to be fully fit for international action.
"Both of them turned up at the nets today," he said. "Brett was bowling with his full run up and is 85 per cent fit but we don't want to risk his injury. Hopes' condition was slightly better that Brett's. But there are still some concerns and we will give them a couple of days to be fully match fit. Hopefully they can turn up in Mohali."
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