ICC interviewing Australian great Ricky Ponting was asked who else can feature in the World Test Championship final other than Australia?
Ponting suggested South Africa have been the surprise packet of the World Test Championship so far, with the Proteas having enjoyed success against India and Bangladesh at home among their five Test triumphs during this current period.
“South Africa has been a stand out so far,” Ponting said
“Their record at home is absolutely outstanding, they’re a very hard team to beat at home as we just saw with Sri Lanka as well.
“A little bit of doom and gloom in the Sri Lankan cricket in the last couple of years, but for them to be sitting where they are and to beat a good Australian side in that Test match just bit over a week ago, there are a lot of really good, positive signs for them going forward.
“Pakistan’s ability to continually be up there and be talked about on the back of not playing much international cricket at home for such a long period of time, it just shows how passionate they are about the game and how many truly great players that country has able to produce year after year.”