Pontng's fate in selectors' hands

Captain Ricky Ponting said on Saturday his fate was in the hands of the selectors after Australia's shattering early exit from the World Cup.

Ponting, whose captaincy has been under attack since Australia's Ashes series debacle against England in January, scored a fighting 104 but it was not enough to prevent India from knocking the champions out in Wednesday's quarter-final in Ahmedabad. Australia's greatest Test runscorer has endured a torrid time and a majority of cricket fans, according to newspaper polls, want him to step down as team leader in a rebuilding phase.

Ponting, 36, confirmed in his column in The Australian newspaper Saturday that he has played in his last World Cup and that his immediate playing future was up to the discretion of the national selectors.