Speaking after he made his third Sheffield Shield century of the season for Tasmania against Victoria in Hobart, Ponting was adamant that he had never found fault with Watson's actions in the past, though he described the decision to suspend four players from the third Test in Mohali as "drastic" but merited in the circumstances. Howard's words that he felt Watson worked in the best interests of the Australian team "sometimes" were hurtful, and the accused quickly asserted that those he had played the game with knew him better than the man who has been in charge of CA's team performance wing for a little more than 12 months. Ponting concurred.I think he'd regret saying that as well, but people are going to make judgments," Ponting said. "I think Shane said this on the way home. Pat's known Shane for 12 months and Michael [Clarke] and Shane have known each other for the best part of 20 years." Watson's strongest phase as a Test allrounder took place while he played under Ponting, and the former captain provided a useful insight into how he extracted the best from a talented cricketer who fought injuries and plenty of critics to be a consistent performer between 2009 and 2011. Shane worked as hard as anybody around his cricket, there's no doubt about that," Ponting told reporters at Bellerive Oval. "He's obviously made a blue here - I don't like to refer to it as homework because it wasn't homework - not getting his tasks done that were given to him by the coach.
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