Ricky Ponting dropped from Australian one-day squad

Ricky Ponting's one-day-international career appears to be over after he was dumped from Australia's squad for their next two matches in the tri-series.
All-rounder Shane Watson, skipper Michael Clarke and Ryan Harris will make their returns after recovering from injury.
Selectors have lost patience with Ponting after the 37-year-old's poor form, excluding the former captain from a 13-man squad.
The Tasmanian has scored just 18 runs from five innings at an average of 3.6 and yesterday's failure sounded the death knell on his ODI career.
"Ricky Ponting has been dropped from the squad due to his lack of form in the five Commonwealth Bank Series matches to date in this series," chairman of selectors John Inverarity said in a statement today.
"The team will not seem the same without him, but moving on from the omission of players who have been outstanding over a long period of time is the nature of elite sport.
"Ricky's record speaks for itself. He is one of the truly great performers in the history of Australian ODI cricket, with his reputation enhanced further by him captaining Australia to two World Cup victories.
"Ricky's contribution goes far beyond his batting statistics and his brilliant fielding. The example he sets in every respect and his extraordinarily positive influence in the dressing-room is acknowledged by all. He is held in the highest possible regard by his teammates and there is no higher accolade than this.
"Ricky being prepared to take over the captaincy in Michael Clarke's recent absence for the sake of the team is yet another example of his selfless attitude and team-first focus."
Watson proved his fitness to selectors in NSW's horror loss to Western Australia in Perth. He has not played for Australia since breaking down in South Africa three months ago.
"He is an all-rounder of proven class and the NSP [National Selection Panel] is keen to have him rejoin the squad," Inverarity said.
Harris returns at the expense of left-armer Mitchell Starc.
"Mitchell will benefit greatly from the Tests and the ODIs he has played. His development as a player of the future is most encouraging," Inverarity said.
Selectors also confirmed Matthew Wade had overtaken Brad Haddin as the "preferred ODI wicket-keeper for the Australian ODI team".
"The intention at this stage is to have both Matthew and Brad Haddin in the West Indies together for the duration of the tour," Inverarity said.