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Ponting takes Warne to task

September 15, 2006 15:51 IST
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Australian captain Ricky Ponting is trying to contact team mate Shane Warne after the spinner criticised coach John Buchanan in the British media.

Ponting told reporters on Friday that he had left messages on Warne's phone after the Sun newspaper quoted the world record wicket taker as saying Buchanan "lacked common sense".

"John Buchanan sometimes over-complicates issues and he has lacked common sense," Warne, who plays county cricket in England for Hampshire, said in Friday's paper.

"He has been our coach during a successful era but that begs a question, does the coach make the team or does the team make the coach?"

Ponting, who is with Buchanan in Kuala Lumpur for the Tri-series with India and West Indies, told reporters on Friday: "I've tried to make contact with Shane this morning, with the time difference the way it is, it's fairly early in the morning in England.

"Both John and myself have left voice messages on his phone to have a chat with him and work out if he actually did say some of the things that were mentioned in that article.

"One thing I do know is that last time I spoke to Shane, he was all about team solidarity and was looking forward to the team being a very solid group."

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