Australian great Allan Border has implored Sam Konstas to ditch the ramp shot for good, questioning whether the young batsman can even play a cover drive, and believes Cameron Green should be axed for the opening Ashes Test next month.

Border’s comments come as another former Test captain, Ricky Ponting, declared Beau Webster should feature in the first Ashes Test even if Green can bowl, while Greg Chappell argued for Matt Renshaw to partner Usman Khawaja with Marnus Labuschagne at three.

Ponting said it was too early to know which way selectors would go at the top of the order but noted Konstas hadn’t been scoring as many runs as he would like. The 20-year-old has posted first-class scores of four, 14, zero and 53 for NSW across two matches against Western Australia and Victoria.

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