22 Oct 2008

Time out recommended for humiliated Aussie cricketers

7:43 am on 22 October 2008

The Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has told his players to get away from cricket for the next four days as a means of dealing with the fall-out from their worst defeat in nearly a decade.

Yesterday India rolled Australia for 195, needing only 90 minutes to pick up the last five wickets, to win the second Test in Mohali by 320 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series.

The Australian captain Ricky Ponting said he wants his players to clear their heads of Mohali, where he admitted India dominated play from the moment stand-in captain Mahendra Dhoni chose to bat first.

The third Test in Delhi starts a week today.