Ponting pleased to get on level terms

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The Ashes defeat here four years ago still rankles with Ponting, so the innings-and-80-run win to level the series has provided the chance to avenge that loss by retaining the urn once more in the final Test.

"It's a chance that I've been waiting for all tour," Ponting said. "The chance that the whole team has been waiting for."

He added: "After we lost at Lord's we've been wanting to play well and win again to get back to 1-1.

"We needed to win this game to get things back to level pegging.

"I've said from the start how much it would mean to me to win here and it's exactly the same for every other guy on this touring squad at the moment.

"We've been waiting for this moment to come around and now that we've got things back on track and are playing good cricket then we're all very excited about it.

"It's going to be a very special week for us next week."