A furious Ponting flayed England's move to send physiotherapist Steve McCaig and an acting 12th man onto the field with gloves for tailender Jimmy Anderson as he and No. 11 Monty Panesar batted out a tense draw.
Ponting was quoted in the Australian media as saying with time ticking down and only seven minutes left, it was a clear delaying tactic that Ponting claimed was "pretty ordinary" and not in the spirit of the game.
"I didn't see him (Anderson) call for any physio to come out on the ground ... as far as I'm concerned it was pretty ordinary actually," Ponting insisted.
"I think he changed his glove the over before. I'm not sure if his gloves were going to be too sweaty in one over?"
"But they can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game, it's up to them to do what they want to do.
"There was nothing there that we could do out on the ground. We had to get them off as quick as we could and get a couple more overs.
"I was unhappy with it, but it lasted a couple of minutes and we got them off the ground."
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