Only Australia trying to force win, says Ponting

Recommended tags : Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Australia, cricket, batsmen Circket,World Cup,India, Cricket Bangalore: Frustrated Australia captain Ricky Ponting took a swipe at India’s negativity after the first test ended in a draw yesterday. “We were the only ones in the game trying to take the game forward. We played aggressive cricket. I am not surprised by the way they played, the Indian team do play a lot of drawn games,” Ponting said. India clung on for a draw at 177 for four after being set an unlikely winning target of 299 on a difficult pitch. “We thought we had a really good contest on our hands today,” Ponting added. “We got some extra runs we... [read full story]