Ponting suggested that Green’s tendency to constantly search for solutions can sometimes complicate that process, offering straightforward advice instead.
“Apparently, he’s a very deep thinker about his own game and likes to tinker with things a lot,” Ponting said.
“But if I had some advice for him, it’d be just keep things as simple as you can, think about what you’ve done at domestic cricket and take your domestic game to the Test match and back it in for a while.”
With Australia weighing balance and combinations throughout the ongoing Ashes campaign, Ponting said the faith shown in Green has inevitably impacted others on the fringes, with Beau Webster caught in the squeeze.
“But the unfortunate player in this whole Australian summer so far has been Beau Webster. He didn’t do much wrong in the games that he played. Certainly, in Australia, in his debut game, he was very good,” Ponting noted.
“Then had to go to the West Indies, where the wickets were very, very challenging for all batters. And he got undone by a couple of almost unplayable deliveries over there.
“He got injured at the start of the Australian summer and missed a couple of Shield games, which probably didn’t help because he didn’t get the same sort of run-in and runs under his belt as someone like Labuschagne did.
“Unfortunately, Beau didn’t have that, and as I said, I actually feel a bit for him, and he might be the one that they’re thinking about in that No.7 slot as well. They might think about moving Inglis out and bringing Webster in there just to get a bit more bowling back up as well.”
