Australia's cricketers in front of Ricky Ponting are "like eight-year-old girls around Justin Bieber", feels the team's World Cup skipper Aaron Finch about the batting great, whose mere presence gives them a fillip.
In February, Ponting was appointed as an assistant coach for Australia's World Cup campaign, specifically working with the limited overs batsmen.
Ponting has previously worked short-term with Australia's ODI and Twenty20 squads.
"The boys all want to impress 'Punter'," Finch was quoted as saying by cricket.Com.Au.
"Everyone wants to impress Punter, you should see them — it's like eight-year-old girls around Justin Bieber when Punter's around the change room," he said, drawing comparisons between Ponting and the famous Canadian singer-songwriter.
"It's embarrassing, but it's great," Finch said of the legend who won the World Cup three times including twice as captain.
