Australia sit on top of the table, having won all three of their games against New Zealand and England in the ongoing series. It’s always a challenge with the schedule as it is, but David is really keen to play as captain,” Lehmann said. Ricky Ponting (new assistant coach) has been doing some really good work with him, so we’d expect him to come out of that rut pretty quickly,” Lehmann said. “He’s been really good for all the young bowlers. “He’s super competitive and he’s obviously got an opportunity to captain the team which he doesn’t always do, with Steve normally playing every game,” Richardson added.

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2018 06:22 UTC