February 21, 2012 08:04 GMT

Former Australia cricketer Mark Waugh expects Ricky Ponting to scrap for survival in Australia's Test set-up despite being shunned from the one-day side.

Ponting on Tuesday conceded that his ODI career is over, a day after he was dropped but said he would continue to play in the Test version of the game.

"He expects to succeed and he's not there to take any favours or shortcuts. He's a tough player and he wants to play to the end," said Waugh.

"He still thinks he's good enough and fit enough to keep playing for a long time, and he's going to play until the selectors say he's not good enough," he told 'Fox Sports'.

Heaping praise on Ponting, Waugh said, "He's not going to be pushed into retiring because he thinks the selectors are going to drop him.

"He's happy to take it on the chin if he does get dropped. That's the sort of guy he is. He's got a great attitude. He's a tough competitor on and off the field."

Another former international teammate of Ponting, Brendon Julian admitted that the two-time World Cup winning skipper's axing from the one-day squad didn't come as a shock and he expected some surprises in the coming months.