Ricky Ponting

Sydney: Former Test skipper Ricky Ponting has been appointed as an assistant coach to the Australia T20 squad for next month's series against Sri Lanka, Cricket Australia said yesterday. Ponting will work alongside the head coach Justin Langer and assistant coach Jason Gillespie during the three T20's. "I always said when I retired that I wanted to get involved and what better way to do it than alongside a couple of my best mates in cricket, Justin Langer and Jason Gillespie," Ponting said.