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Ponting bat batting him into trouble

MELBOURNE
Ricky Ponting could find himself in another controversy as his carbon graphite-reinforced bat comes under renewed scrutiny.
Having just weathered calls for his sacking as Australian captain after losing the Ashes, there are claims Ponting's Kookaburra bat will be banned by the International Cricket Council and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
A rival manufacturer claims it has been told the bat will be banned and warned not to reinforce any of its new range.
But Kookaburra Monday night said it was still awaiting an official answer.
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, who is the chairman of a
sub-committee established to examine the issue, has inspected the bat and said he will make a final ruling at a December meeting.
Gavaskar said he was awaiting a full report from the MCC, the game's lawmakers.
"We just have to tread the line very carefully and make sure we get it right," he said.
The bat -- dubbed the "Kahuna" -was under review because of fears it was giving batsmen an unfair advantage in power.
Kookaburra continues to deny this.
Managing director Rob Elliot maintained there was no basis upon which to impose a ban.
"All the evidence we have sought from independent experts, such as industrial chemists, people who are experts in bonding, suggest it is nothing more than a coating on the bat," he
said.
A meeting of the ICC's cricket playing committee in May gave Ponting permission to keep using the bat in the Ashes series while the sub-committee started its investigation.
The committee is looking into various issues including the use of carbon graphite, the width and depth of bats and "corking"-- a practice also linked to baseball where the inside of a bat is replaced by cork to make it lighter and easier to swing.
The development of bats is a concern for the game's governing body.
ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed wouldn't discuss the matter, but said in May: "The ICC is growing increasingly concerned with issues surrounding the way in which bats are manufactured and enhanced."
-- INTERNET SOURCE