'Archer embarrassed himself and team with late aggression': Ponting
Updated On: 12 December, 2025 10:00 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
“Jofra just embarrassed himself, and he embarrassed his team. To bowl his fastest spell ever, when Australia’s chasing 60… it [the fast spell] has been there the whole time, it’s been up his sleeve, and England have needed him to do it, and he hasn’t been willing to do it,” Ponting told SEN
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Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, reacting to the verbal clash between Jofra Archer and Steve Smith on Day Four of the second Ashes Test, said the England pacer embarrassed himself by failing to deliver the pace and aggression when it was most needed.
“Jofra just embarrassed himself, and he embarrassed his team. To bowl his fastest spell ever, when Australia’s chasing 60… it [the fast spell] has been there the whole time, it’s been up his sleeve, and England have needed him to do it, and he hasn’t been willing to do it,” Ponting told SEN.
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