Holding it away from his body between his thumb and third finger, he walked over to the prisoner.

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"I'm devastated to tell you the truth, it was the news I was dreading, " said Ponting, who broke the finger attempting a catch during the third Test in Perth.

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That's right, Nokia branded, not just those third-party knockoffs everyone had been pointing the finger at previously.

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The 36-year-old suffered the injury to the little finger of his left hand during the third Ashes Test in Perth.

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Ponting, 36, first fractured the little finger of his left hand during the third Test in Perth and played in Melbourne with it heavily strapped.

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All-rounder James Hopes (hamstring) is the latest player to return home from India, with the Aussies now down to third-choice wicketkeeper, Graham Manou, after Tim Paine broke a finger.

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