Ponting on practising

Not surprisingly, Ricky Ponting doesn't have much time for the bizarre aversion to practice shown by Scott Styris and Hamish Marshall.

On the telly last night Scott said it was more important for him to focus on the mental challenges of shot selection than it is to practice actually hitting a ball. Given that Scott demonstrated on Saturday that all his hours of non-practice have taught him absolutely nothing about shot selection, this is not an argument he should be running.