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Take action against Windies, says Ponting

Melbourne : Australian captain Ricky Ponting wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against the West Indies cricketers for giving a miss to the ICC Awards' function hours before their Champions Trophy final.

``Obviously, it's all just to do with their preparation and what they feel is their best preparation to be right for the game,'' said Ponting.

``That's what they decided to do but it'll definitely be looked at by the ICC. There'll be some sort of breach there I would imagine, but that's for them to decide,'' he was quoted as saying by the Australian media.

Ponting's team was not too keen to attend the function so close to the final, especially when it needed around an hour-long drive to reach the venue.

``We all had to go. No choice. No option. The agreement that we signed said we had to attend one official function through the course of the month and that function was on Saturday night. We all got there and we did what was required of us, and others didn't," he said. However, the West Indies blamed its absence on the baggage problems following its hour-long flight although it had sent coach Bennett King to the black-tie function. — PTI

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