Melbourne, June 30 2009: Australia skipper Ricky Ponting feels uneasy on seeing John Buchanan in the rival camp prior to the Ashes and is hoping that the former Aussie coach does not sport an England jumper.

Buchanan has been appointed as a short-term consultant to England in the run-up to the Ashes and would be overseeing the Lions when they take on Australia in a four-day match starting tomorrow in Worcester.

I just hope I don’t see him with an England jumper on.

“That will be a little bit disappointing,” Ponting was quoted as saying by ‘The Australian’.

Buchanan was Australia coach when they hammered England 5-0 in the Ashes. Ponting, however, ruled out Buchanan’s England job having any impact on Australian players.

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