'Most of the team not good'

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes half of the touring Ashes squad "might not play" Test cricket again following the embarrassing outing against old foes England at the Trent Bridge.

"There could be up to eight guys who might not ever play Test cricket again in this touring squad. That's a big number... half the squad," Ponting was quoted as saying.

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The legendary Australian batsman said the team was just not up to the task.

"You've got to break it down and look at the deficiencies. The cold, hard facts are there. If we got bowled out for 60 then England batted on the same pitch and declared for 391 it is indicative that, one, we didn't bat well, and two, we probably didn't bowl well either.

"Now, here we are again at 7-241, which actually should be the best batting conditions for the whole game," Ponting said after the end of day two.

“They just haven't been good enough. I don't care what they want to say or who they want to blame”

However, Ponting praised Australia openers Chris Rogers and David Warner for stitching a century partnership in the second innings.