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SYDNEY, Feb 16 (AFP) - Ricky Ponting promised an aggressive, open style of leadership after he was appointed Australia's new one-day international captain on Saturday in place of Steve Waugh.

The 27-year-old top-order batsman received a phone call at dawn in the Australian team hotel in Potchefstroom, near Johannesburg, to tell him he would take over from Waugh, who was dumped officially on Wednesday, just before the team left for South Africa.

Adam Gilchrist will retain the vice-captaincy role while Shane Warne has missed out altogether and looks as if he will never become national captain.

Warne, Gilchrist and Ponting were the contenders for Waugh's one-day job but the national selection panel recommended the Tasmanian captain, who now has the inside running on leading Australia's World Cup defence in Africa in 12 months' time.

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