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Ponting hoping for Warne's comeback

Sydney: Losing the match despite scoring 400-plus runs against Graeme Smith-led South Africa has forced Ricky Ponting to hope that Shane Warne comes out of ODI retirement and help the beleaguered Aussie bowling attack which could not defend the record total.

``It would be nice to have Warnie out there,'' a dejected Ponting was quoted by the Daily Telegraph as saying.

``I don't know what Warnie's going to do. There's been a bit of speculation about him playing one-day cricket again. We'll have to wait and see,'' he added.

Interestingly, Ponting had earlier told Warne that it would not be a walk in the park for him to return to the team when talks of Warne's comeback started.

Times have changed since then and Ponting is now hoping that good old Warnie comes back to the team.

``We picked a side that we thought was good enough to win. And we made enough runs to win. We just weren't good enough with the ball.

Mick Lewis returned with the worst bowling figures in international cricket going for 113 runs in his 10 overs without a wicket. I wanted him to bowl a couple of good overs of yorkers for us at the end. He didn't do it,'' Ponting said. — UNI

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