Ricky Ponting had a quick retort to Kevin Pietersen’s effusive praise of England batsman Joe Root at Edgbaston.

Peak alpha stuff from Punter here that @gradecricketer would be proud of:

✅ speaks only in sidemouth while looking disinterested
✅ Shuts down some waffle in one sentence
✅ Rounds down the oppositions score

RTP still terrorising England.#Ashes pic.twitter.com/TX5KXoJYQm

— Josh Conway (@BuzzConway_) June 19, 2023