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Ponting doubtful in Twenty20 match

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Posted online: Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 1304 hrs IST

Melbourne, January 31:
Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Thursday indicated that he was a doubtful starter for Friday's Twenty20 cricket match against India as he had still not fully recovered from his back injury.

Ponting said he was trying his best to recover from the back injury which he sustained on the last day of the fourth and final Test at Adelaide last week.

"I injured my back last week in Adelaide so I pretty much have been flat on my back the last couple of days, just trying to give myself the best chance to recover," he said.

Ponting had missed their previous Twenty20 match at Perth against New Zealand during the Chappell-Hadlee series in December.

"I didn't play the last Twenty20 game so if I am fit I will obviously have to come into the side somewhere," he said.

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Ponting doubtful in Twenty20 match Agencies Posted online: Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 1304 hrs IST Melbourne, January 31: Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Thursday indicated that he was a doubtful starter for Friday's Twenty20 cricket match against India as he had still not fully recovered from his back injury. Ponting said he was trying his best to recover from the back injury which he sustained on the last day of the fourth and final Test at Adelaide last week. "I injured my back last week in Adelaide so I pretty much have been flat on my back the last couple of days, just trying to give myself the best chance to recover," he said. Ponting had missed their previous Twenty20 match at Perth against New Zealand during the Chappell-Hadlee series in December. "I didn't play the last Twenty20 game so if I am fit I will obviously have to come into the side somewhere," he said.