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.
Villa was in the team despite sustaining a hairline fracture of his right index finger while celebrating the first of his hat-trick goals against Russia, and the Sweden defense kept him under wraps until the 38th minute, when Isaksson had to stop a low shot.
There are still rumblings in the Pakistan camp about Stuart Broad's flash of ill temper at Edgbaston to the extent that he is now being blamed for causing the fracture to Zulqarnain Haider's finger that has forced the characterful wicketkeeper to return home.