FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Australia Nets - Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - June 23, 2018 Australia coach Ricky Ponting during nets Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting said Tim Paine's resignation from the captaincy due to a 'sexting' scandal will "inevitably" be a distraction during the five-test Ashes series against England.
Paine stood down https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/paine-steps-down-australia-test-cricket-captain-after-texting-scandal-2021-11-19 from the role last Friday after media revelations he had been investigated and cleared over sexually explicit text messages sent to a female former colleague at Cricket Tasmania in 2017.
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