Captain's call

Ricky Ponting says delivering the news to a dropped player is as bad as it gets. Today he writes in The Australian about his conversation with Michael Clarke. "I knew he wanted me to be the one to tell him if he was going to be dropped, and as a result I was the one who broke the news to him first before the selectors spoke to him."

Stuart MacGill admits he’s “hard work” for umpires but tells the Sydney Morning Herald they should be paid more.