In Praise of Ricky Ponting

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Standing down as cricket Captain of Australia.
A real tough nut, and , in the best traditions of Aussie, 'abrasive' , who also helped bring the best out of some fantastic players. Here is The Sydney Morning Herald article.

 

[rich p]

He was one of the best ever as a batsman but maybe not as a skipper where he benefited massively from having Warne and McGrath at his disposal.

I'd have him to bat for my life over any other world cricketer in the last 10 years and that includes Tendulkar.

It goes without saying that us Richard P's are sound chaps!

 

[spen666]

He retiring as the only aussie captain to lose 3 ashes series

 

[ianrauk]

As a Batsman, one of the best.. right up there.
As a person, one of the worse.. right down there.

 

[dellzeqq]

The sad truth is that Australia has no great cricketers left. He was the last - a great batsman, a diligent and more than capable fielder and a scathing self-critic.

The game will now be dominated by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

 

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The sad truth is that Australia has no great cricketers left. He was the last - a great batsman, a diligent and more than capable fielder and a scathing self-critic.

The game will now be dominated by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Diet, communication and money. Lots of money. Good luck to them and their fervent supporters, willing on their National heroes. Maybe it has something to do with 'everyday life' & the family structure being a 'team game' in the countries mentioned? I don't know.

India will be the first to fall - it's all getting a bit la-la and 'Westernised...' Pakistan have to shake off the match fixing thing, and Sri Lanka are just dynamite at the moment.

I remember watching Abid Ali trundling in to bowl, Bishen Bedi wearing a turban to bowl (heaven's above - the 'egg and tomato brigade' at Lords were reminded of the Raj!), Zaheer Abbas thrashing the cover off a ball and scoring 200 or so every now and then, and, since Ranatunga and his merry band hit the Test Match stage, the Sri Lankan players have battered and smashed their way through a lot of cricket - very successfully!

It's great!
Meanwhile, Shane Warne and Kev Petersen are forces to be reckoned with on Twitter, only pausing for a photo shoot or feature in Hello etc...

 

[Fnaar]

I thought* this was going to be a thread about celebrating the discovery of dodgy cement between the bricks of your house, thus enabling you to have a go at restoring it. The I noticed that it wasn't "in praise of dicky pointing"

* I didn't really of course, I was bored and wanted to make a lame joke

 

[Maz]

Brilliant player, Ponting. I hope he stays on as a player.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I thought this was a thread about old holiday parks that were likely to fall down but then I realised it wasn't about Rickety Pontins.

I'm at the airport and I'm bored!

 

[Fnaar]

I thought this was going to be about the habits of characters from East Enders using their index fingers to indicate direction... but then I realised it wasn't "In praise of Ricky, Pointing"

(* now I have no excuse)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Isn't this thread about the keyboard player out of Yes taking a gondola across the channel, it's Rick sea punting.

erm....

 

[Aperitif]

I thought* this was going to be a thread about celebrating the discovery of dodgy cement between the bricks of your house, thus enabling you to have a go at restoring it. The I noticed that it wasn't "in praise of dicky pointing"

* I didn't really of course, I was bored and wanted to make a lame joke

Nothing lame about that Fn... quality on this thread!

 

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Anyway, as we all know, it is a thread about the effects of sun on a 'baggy green' - yes, it's the Australian Cap tan.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ouch! Off to Finland again?

Scotland - jet set eh?!!

 

[meenaghman]

I thought it was about the biography of a mafia gangland goldfish -- Rich Hard Pond Thing.