Ricky Ponting is hopeful he will be fit for Australia's practice games at the World Cup, after he batted in the nets for the first time since having surgery on his little finger. Ponting took throw-downs from Australia's batting coach Justin Langer at the SCG on Tuesday and reported no major trouble with his finger. "I'm not too bad, probably better than expected, to tell you the truth," Ponting told the Daily Telegraph. "I started off... Read more...