"When you have been bowled out for 98 on the first day of a Test match, it's pretty hard to bounce back, " admitted Ponting, who has undergone a further X-ray on the broken finger he sustained in Australia's 267-run win over the tourists in Perth.
Team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris revealed that Ponting had a repeat X-ray after the fourth Test that showed evidence that the fracture of his fifth finger had moved during the course of the Melbourne Test.