Ponting confident of facing India
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australia captain Ricky Ponting is confident of playing in Friday's opening match of the limited overs series against India and Zimbabwe.
Ponting also spent most of Wednesday in bed with a stomach virus but still thought he would be fit for the series opener against India in Melbourne.
"I won't do too much training, just try and recover as well as I can and make sure I'm right for the morning, but I should be OK," said Ponting.
Australia's depleted bowling stocks suffered another blow when left-armer Nathan Bracken was ruled out of the match with a hip injury.
Bracken, 26, strained a muscle in his left hip while fielding during the drawn fourth Test against India.
Western Australia paceman Brad Williams will replace Bracken in Australia's 13-man squad for their opening four matches. Williams rolled his ankle at training but was later able to resume bowling in the nets.
Pacemen Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie are in the squad after missing part of the Test series against India through injury but leading fast bowler Glenn McGrath did not play in the series and is still recovering from ankle surgery.
