Australian captain Ponting smashes TV set after his run out

by jonnalagadda | February 23, 2011 at 05:06 am

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Ahmedabad, Feb 22: Australian captain Ricky Ponting needs to get a hold of himself, if the news that he has damaged a TV set in his anger is correct. according to news, he has damaged the TV set in the dressing room, in his frustration after his run out against Zimbabwe on Monday. He is now bearing the repair charges from his pocked. Authorities have confirmed that he would be charged for the damage.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) told a leading news agency on Wednesday that it had received a report on the incident from the Indian Board after it was sent to them by the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) which oversaw the match in Ahmedabad.

A spokesman would however only confirm: "Ricky Ponting is being charged ... there will be a charge."

He said the governing body was waiting for the Australian team to arrive in Nagpur later on Wednesday for their next match there against New Zealand to inform Ponting. "We need to talk to him ... because we don't know what he's going to say to it," the spokesman said.

He said the report from the GCA had been forwarded to the ICC by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) late on Tuesday.

The GCA said that Ponting had damaged a television set by throwing his glove at it following his run out for 28 after returning to the dressing room.

"We reported the incident to the BCCI yesterday. They must have lodged an official protest with the ICC," GCA secretary Rajesh Patel told Reuters by phone on Wednesday.

"Ponting did throw his gloves at the television. You can't see any damage from outside but when you switch it on, there is no picture on three-fourth of the screen."We had to replace the television set," he added.

Patel also said that they had not received any apology either from Ponting or the Australian team. Some reports have said he had damaged the TV set with his bat.

Ponting was criticised in the India media for the episode but the Australian team spokesman Lachy Patterson said it had been overblown. "Ricky threw his box (groin protector) into his bag and it flew up into a TV set," Patterson was quoted as saying in The Australian newspaper. It wasn't smashed. There was a small blackout on one corner of the screen. It was still working when (it was) replaced." Patterson told Reuters on Wednesday: "We've given our side of the story, we've nothing more to say."