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Ponting, who returned home early from the tour of the West Indies with the injury and then missed the one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin in August and September, dismissed any suggestion his career could be cut short after visiting his surgeon Greg Hoy in Melbourne.

"I certainly don't feel that I am anywhere near the end of my career or near the end of my career with the captaincy of the side either," said Ponting. "I am really enjoying the job and trying to lift the team every day."

Ponting is equally committed to continuing to play all three forms of the game - Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches - despite suggestions he should retire from one of the shorter forms of the game in order to prolong his Test career.

"I haven't thought about that and I don't really want to because I am enjoying the game too much to even consider any of that," he added.