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former australian cricket captain, ricky ponting, has put the blame squarely on our nation<u+2019>s town planners in the wake of another <u+201c>very, very poor batting performance<u+201d> that led to a heavy second test defeat. 




<u+201c>how do we expect to find any young talent when majority of our countries junior players are growing up in apartments? or worse off the grid housing developments?<u+201d> amid concerns about coaching levels and the strength of club and shield cricket, ponting says we need to focus on decentralising our nation<u+2019>s capital cities, so that kids <u+2018>can grow up with a bit of space<u+2019>. <u+201c>kids don<u+2019>t learn how to knock them if they<u+2019>ve got to constantly be worried about putting a hole through dad<u+2019>s oled television<u+201d> <u+201c>or knocking grandpas ashes off the mantlepiece<u+201d> 




ponting warned australia<u+2019>s current players are starting to make watson look tough, while the game in this country had been weakened by a rising number of children that have to use an elevator before they can even find a fucking drive way to roll the arm over. 




<u+201c>it<u+2019>s ridiculous. in my day we didn<u+2019>t even have a neighbours window to worry about. this kids are too crammed<u+201d> leave a reply your email address will not be published. our latest tweets!
rising number of kids growing up without backyards blamed for aussie cricket slump
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