Ricky Ponting vs. Kumar Sangakkara (ODIs)

[TheJediBrah]

Ponting because I'm Australian

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kohli vs Ponting poll would be less one sided imo. Obviously Ponting would lose that, though.

 

[Red]

Kohli vs Ponting poll would be less one sided imo. Obviously Ponting would lose that, though.

Only because there's 789 trillion Indians on the internet posting comments on cricinfo to vote for Kohli

 

[OverratedSanity]

Only because there's 789 trillion Indians on the internet posting comments on cricinfo to vote for Kohli

Yes, but also because he's a better batsman.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Jonty revolutionized fielding, he was a shot stopper and a hawk in hunting. He was more athletic and had lightning speed. I would rather watch Jonty purely from entertainment value. He used to throw the ball half diving. But Ponting was a better all round fielder probably. His throws at the stumps were out of the world.

 

[harsh.ag]

Also a great slip catcher.

 

[harsh.ag]

Remember a remarkable short leg catch as well.

 

[Spark]

There was nothing Ponting did in the field that wasn't top-tier ATG standard. No one else I can think of who was so absurdly good at literally everything related to fielding.

 

[Top_Cat]

From what I saw right before he played ODIs, possibly a better keper than Sanga too.

 

[Furball]

Clarke was pretty damn good in his younger days. Clarke-Ponting-Symonds was a great offside ring.

 

[Daemon]

****s sake, I have a presentation tomorrow that I haven't even created the first slide for and I've just spent 20 minutes watching Ponting run people out

well worth it ftr

 

[weldone]

Clarke was pretty damn good in his younger days. Clarke-Ponting-Symonds was a great offside ring.

Yea for all the talks of McGrath owning ODI opening batsmen, I think he owes a lot to these guys for creating the pressure with brilliant ground-fielding...

 

[Spark]

Clarke was pretty damn good in his younger days. Clarke-Ponting-Symonds was a great offside ring.

Still pretty good these days tbf. Just not as agile. Has a ****ing rocket arm for a fairly slight man.

 

[Antihippy]

Our current ODI fielding side is actually pretty gun too. Warner is dynamite both at the in-field and out-field, smith similar except that he's great at slips as well, and maxwell is nearly ponting-esque.

 

[weldone]

They are closer as test batsmen than in ODI imo.

 

[viriya]

They are closer as test batsmen than in ODI imo.

I actually think it's the other way around. They are closer as ODI batsmen, Sanga is clearly ahead as a Test batsman.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I actually think it's the other way around. They are closer as ODI batsmen, Sanga is clearly ahead as a Test batsman.

Don't be weird on purpose

 

[OverratedSanity]

Watching this. Best rob video imo.

The one where he throws out Geraint Jones from silly point is so good.

 

[Spark]

ponting is going to be one of the most underrated test batsman of the last fifty years in ten years' time. can absolutely guarantee that stupids will look at his average out of context and not realise how immense he was for 100+ tests, in ways that numbers don't quite capture (unless you're really careful and methodical, i.e. looking at conversion rates, first test hundreds etc etc), and grouping that together with the last part of his career when it was clear to all and sundry that he was past his peak, but the team still needed him.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ponting and Lara also suffer because they didn't get to play 25 matches against Bangladesh/Zimbabwe and score 2000 runs against a **** team like Sanga, Sachin, Kallis. It's as simple as that for me.