London: Australia won the first Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham by two wickets, the first match of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle. Many of Australia’s players performed well individually, but Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head struggled in the first Ashes Test. Former skipper Ricky Ponting has offered technical advice to both Australian batsmen on how to deal with England’s bowling attack ahead of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s starting on Wednesday. Ponting wants Labushen to focus on the basics to achieve success and has offered to spend time with the 28-year-old right-handed batsman. I will wait for him to come and ask me, Ponting told ICC Review . It’s not my place, I’m not on their coach list, I’m just a former player and assessing what they’re doing. But I would love to talk to him (Labushen) about his batting because from what I have seen in the last few weeks, I know he is complicating things a bit.
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Ponting said, ‘I know he needs to trust and believe in the thing that has made him the number two batsman in the world in Test cricket over the years. I would tell him to watch some videos of the time when he was at his best and remember those things and do it again.Ponting also believes that Head will have to deal with the bouncers of England’s fast bowlers in the beginning. This veteran batsman said, ‘First of all he has to work with his mind. What is the best way for him to deal with this kind of bowling. Whether to target the bowlers. Is it necessary to hook and pull against balls coming towards the body? Can he leave the balls a little better so that he tries to tire the bowler.
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