Ricky Ponting international future

Ricky Ponting said he will decide his international future over the next few days, but insisted he still has a lot to offer Australian cricket.

The captain’s return home after Australia’s World Cup quarter-final elimination by India corresponds with calls for his replacement as Australia’s Test and one-day skipper.

Ponting, whose captaincy has been under attack since Australia’s Ashes series debacle against England in January, scored a fighting 104 but it was not enough to prevent India from knocking the champions out in Thursday’s quarter-final in Ahmedabad.

He has now presided over the end of Australia’s 12-year run as World Cup champions after his third Ashes series defeat as captain to England.