Aussie recovery pleases Ricky Ponting
Australia secured a fifth win from six Tests this summer in completing a fourth successive 3-0 series win over Pakistan.
And although Australia will play four more Tests in the ten months before they begin their bid to defeat England in Brisbane in late November – two against New Zealand in New Zealand in March and two against Pakistan in England in July – Ponting believes his team has now put the disaster of last year's Ashes loss behind them.
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Hide Ad"It's been a great series and a great summer for us," said Ponting, after Australia completed a 231-run victory over Pakistan in the third Test at Bellerive midway through day five.
"I spelled things out pretty clearly to the team about where I thought we were going and I think we have improved a lot through the summer."
Ponting's Pakistan counterpart Mohammad Yousuf declared Australia as "the best team in the world" at the end of the series.