I’m no bunny - Ponting

Despite the success at Melbourne, Ricky Ponting has two matters to press. He wasn’t keen on the MCG wicket and, moreover, he is not Harbhajan Singh’s bunny. Ponting has been out six times to Harbhajan in seven Tests, including twice – and cheaply – in the Boxing Day Test. Malcolm Conn has the full story in The Australian.

In The Age meanwhile, Chloe Saltau has a deeper mystery to unravel than why Ponting is seemingly so susceptible to Harbhajan – what exactly is the new tattoo on Michael Clarke’s forearm?

In the same paper, Troy Cooley is full of praise for Australia’s pace attack, rating them equal to England’s 2005 Ashes bowlers. Praise indeed, particularly as he’s not so keen on giving comparisons.

India, meanwhile, could consider using a sports psychologist, the Sydney Telegraph reports.

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck considers his best world team from the year just past.