Steve Smith vs Ricky Ponting

[PlayerComparisons]

Two batsmen that dominated in England and India

 

[capt_Luffy]

Two batsmen that dominated in England and India

Bro it's foul play

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Smith by a mile

 

[ma1978]

Ponting, and it isn’t all that close for anyone who has actually seen them both bat. More dominance, more versatility, more swagger. Could intimidate the opposition in a way Smith never has.

 

[Socerer 01]

the older you are as a player the more swagger you have, got it

 

[subshakerz]

Ponting, and it isn’t all that close for anyone who has actually seen them both bat. More dominance, more versatility, more swagger. Could intimidate the opposition in a way Smith never has.

Not close?

 

[ma1978]

Not close?

Smiths career is close to done without the track record of achievement that Ponting has. Obviously in his prime, he was amazing and arguably better, but it looks like he will fall short of Ponting’s achievements

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Two batsmen that dominated in England and India

Top 10 run scorers - Australian Batsman in India and England Combined

 

[ma1978]

I want to see the age group who votes for Smith - going to be dominated by under 35s who were pimply children or younger when Ponting was in his prime.

 

[Socerer 01]

i want to see the age group who votes for Ponting - going to be dominated by over 35s who were pimply adults or older when Smith wasnt even playing

 

[ma1978]

Border > Waugh > Ponting > Smith

 

[Coronis]

Border > Waugh > Ponting > Smith

Even @Burgey isn’t this delusional

 

[OverratedSanity]

Smith>Border >Ponting >Waugh is the correct order.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Smiths career is close to done without the track record of achievement that Ponting has. Obviously in his prime, he was amazing and arguably better, but it looks like he will fall short of Ponting’s achievements

I'm questioning whether you're serious with these posts but have to say I am entertained either way.

 

[Coronis]

Based on his posts re: age I’m assuming he grew up with Border (lemme guess 1978?) then transitioned to Waugh etc, which is why his rating follows a chronological order from that point.

 

[Spark]

Ponting, and it isn’t all that close for anyone who has actually seen them both bat. More dominance, more versatility, more swagger. Could intimidate the opposition in a way Smith never has.

I'm sure Harbhajan Singh was very intimidated by Ponting averaging single figures against him in India for a decade.

Like, seriously.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The "I was scared of X batsman so he was better" is such a common meme template on CW too. It's nonsensical. We're all dumb, low IQ spectators ffs what we find scary doesn't matter as much as the actual numbers do.

I was terrified of afridi whenever he came out to bat doesn't mean he was any good.

 

[ma1978]

I'm questioning whether you're serious with these posts but have to say I am entertained either way.

I think there is very little to differentiate Smith and Ponting (and any number of comparable players) statistically so I do enjoy annoying those who have a strong viewsince that’s patently ridiculous.

I also think there is much more narrative to cricket than the numbers so I find it mildly amusing when people don’t get why Viv is lin the race to be the GOAT after Bradman or why Ashwin is so well respected

 

[ma1978]

I'm sure Harbhajan Singh was very intimidated by Ponting averaging single figures against him in India for a decade.

Like, seriously.

Harbhajan is not entitled to an opinion

 

[OverratedSanity]

It takes very basic era standardisation or even just literally watching the game to understand why Smith's peak was more impressive than Ponting's peak. It is not even particularly close.