Ricky Ponting Quotations

Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.

If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair.

It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.

To have a week off in the middle of the season feels like a lot longer I think, so I feel really good. Hopefully I can go out there and get some runs.

I know when I've been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It's not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing.

I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.

I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

Not scoring one for the whole calendar year last year was a bit disappointing but I didn't really feel any pressure to get my first one as skipper,.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.