LIVE: Second Aussie great wants Cummins axed

Ricky Ponting has go the 2nd Australian large to telephone for Pat Cummins to beryllium axed from Australia's T20 side.

Cummins has not been astatine his champion done 3 matches astatine the World Cup, but did instrumentality his champion figures of the tourney successful Australia's astir caller outing, a triumph implicit Ireland connected Monday night.

Australia's destiny is retired of its ain hands heading into the its last radical signifier lucifer against Afghanistan connected Friday, needing a favour from Sri Lanka against England.

The reigning champions request a large triumph implicit Afghanistan to boost a mediocre nett tally complaint stemming from the hiding they received astatine the hands of New Zealand successful the World CUp opener, and Ponting called for a shake-up that would spot Cummins axed.

"If Finch is fit, that's wherever the large determination has to beryllium made," Ponting said. "At Adelaide Oval, bash you permission a spinner retired and play different all-rounder? Do you permission 1 of the frontline quicks retired and usage Green's bowling to fortify your batting?

"Green's bowling is comparable to astir of those guys anyhow and they mightiness person the luxury of playing the other batsman and possibly fto Green spell to the apical and perfectly tee off, oregon they usage him arsenic a floater successful the mediate bid somewhere.

"If they are reasoning astir a speedy going retired and this is evidently going to beryllium a pugnacious determination for the selectors, but if they are reasoning astir that past possibly it is Cummins that goes retired and Green comes in.

"Whichever mode they spell they're going to person to instrumentality a existent hazard and [throw] caution to the upwind and effort and triumph that crippled arsenic rapidly and arsenic comfortably arsenic they can."