Former Australian two-time World Cup-winning captain, Ricky Ponting believes Glenn Maxwell doesn’t need to prove his ability to anyone.

In the first ODI of five-match ODI series against the hosts England at Cardiff, Maxwell played an important knock of 62 runs off 64 balls and provided a crucial 84-run partnership with Ashton Agar for the sixth wicket when the team was struggling on 90/5.

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His knock helped the Australian team to cross the 200-run mark as they were bowled out for 214 runs. However, it felt some runs short of becoming a winning total as England reached the target in 44 overs after losing seven wickets.

Ponting believes that Maxwell becomes more responsible when the team faces a struggling period.

Talking about Maxwell’s ability, Ponting told according to cricket.com.au, “I think I understand Glenn very well. He doesn’t have to prove it to anybody. He’s just got to work out the best way for him to play. He is at his best when the team is in trouble. When he goes out at 3-250, that is when he makes silly mistakes. When we were in some trouble (at The Oval), he played a good knock.”

“Well done to Glenn, but I am sure he will be analysing his own innings and thinking he could have done a bit better. To be bowled out with three overs to go, if he was there at the end, he could have had a hundred and it’s 270 and a different game.”

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Ponting said on that, “These players need to be hard on themselves and work out how they can improve on a daily basis. At The Oval, it highlighted again the importance of our top-order batsman getting some big runs. Someone needs to put their hand up and say I am going to do what the team needs me to do.

“But what I have seen from training, certainly batting-wise, it was outstanding. There is enough talent to push on and win some games.”