Ponting hopes to face England ‘pain-free’ at the MCG
• Australia captain expects to be fit despite broken finger • ‘It hasn’t hurt me to back off a bit with my injury’ Australia’s captain, Ricky Ponting, would be “very surprised” if a broken finger keeps him out of the Boxing Day Test against England. Ponting is yet to pick up a bat since he suffered a fracture to the little finger in his left hand on the third day of Australia’s series-levelling …