36-year-old, Pointing was happy with things going accordingly as current captain, Michael Clarke has got an opportunity to speak in selection matters and was confident that things will head to a positive direction from now onwards.

Middle order batsmen have also said that, I think it’s terrific. I think it’s the way the game should have gone a long, long time ago. I think the way things have turned out at the moment is what (former coach) John Buchanan was asking for 10 years ago. It’s a much more professional approach.

The veteran further went onto say, I think it’s a really good decision to go that way to make the captain and the coach both selectors. We’ve got quality people in and around the team and I think, even already now, we’re starting to see just a slightly different feel and a few different results as a result of that.

Ponting has been the most experienced player in the Australian squad and helping the young Australian players in the squad.

Ricky Ponting has scored just 636 runs in the previous 13-test hitting and in his recent tests against South Africa; he scored a fighting knock of 62 runs in Johannesburg to help Aussies in level the series with 1-1.

Ricky Pointing will be hoping to get back into form for the up-coming series against New Zealand, which is scheduled to being form December, 1, 2011.

The left-armer is seeking reimbursement, somewhere in the expanse of $1million, claiming that his former employers were inattentive in handling his career-threatening knee injury. The player, who needed three operations in order to recover from a troublesome knee problem declared that the team doctors failed to fully guide him in his difficult period and will now seek the court justice to claim damages. The damage includes his medical expenses and wages, which rise up to a total of USD one million.

Meanwhile the case has been adjourned for now, giving Cricket Australia added time to produce the necessary documents, including the player medical files. The proceedings are set to continue on the next court date, which is November 30.

Bracken’s manager, Rob Horton hopes that the case can swiftly move forward as soon as the documents related to the player’s medical injuries are presented in the court.

“We just want to get hold of Nathan’s medical records and once we get those in we can move forward,” he said after the hearing.

The player retired in January of 2010, after losing his central contract. Throughout his career, the 34-year-old has been troubled by a series of serious injuries. He made his ODI debut for the national team in 2001 and went onto represent the country in over 100 matches, taking 174 wickets at 24.36.

Lee was due to have an operation in Cape Town later on Monday, which will rule him out of all cricket games for 6-8 weeks. Lee was involved with the Indian Premier League franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), playing in the beneficial Champions LeagueT20 campaign, which ended in a disappointment as the side failed to succeed for the knock-out stage.

The player joined the rest of the national team squad in Cape Town, where the team will play the first T20 however, complained to have an abdominal pain upon arriving. He is now set to undergo a surgery, which will see him miss the limited over’s series as well.

Australian team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris admitted in a Cricket Australia statement. “Brett complained of some abdominal pain, after arriving in Cape Town on Sunday morning, After consulting specialists and having the relevant investigations – he has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will be having surgery in Cape Town.”

Sources revealed: “He will obviously be ruled out of the Twenty20 and ODI series in South Africa tour and is expected to return to cricket in 6-8 weeks.” He added.

However, The Australian management has yet to announce a replacement for their veteran, which means that they will have to pick from their remaining trio of pacers, which includes youngsters in James Pattinson and Patrick Cummins and the experience of left-armer, Doug Bollinger.

Australia plays the Proteas in T20 matches on Thursday in Cape Town and Sunday in Johannesburg.

Cricket Australia chief, James Sutherland send an e-mail to the BCCI secretary. James Sutherland said that, “they were worried about the security at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and that they were not aware of the security details at the ground”.

Sutherland said, “With the small explosions outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium during IPL III, there is obviously some greater sensitivity and awareness about security risks in Bangalore.”

Sutherland also said in the mail that, they need to know the details because two low-intensity bomb blasts were found outside of the venue just before an IPL Match between RCB and Mumbai Indians and two more explosives were found in the next 24 hours. The IPL semi-final match was moved to Mumbai for the security reasons.

The in charge, G Ramesh is said that the match will scheduled from October 9 to 13, so there is lots of time to make an arrangements and to tighten the security with in the time.