kingkallis
International Coach
Give SRT teammates like Hayden, Warne, McGrath and then see the winning % go up!
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***Official*** Tendulkar vs Ponting Thread
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kingkallis
International Coach
SRT all the way! No question about that...
Riggins
International Captain
that's not really his point at all though.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
That's not the point. It's not meant as a criticism of Tendulkar, I'm just saying. I'd rather have Ponting's career because I'd rather have experienced what he'd experienced.
kingkallis
International Coach
My bad!
You'd have enjoyed lifting WC thrice and oh yeah right now you'd be a very worried man...
Who wanna lose Ashes thrice and become the only Aussie captain to have done that?
Sir Alex
Banned
Back to back Ashes failures in England? Including one at their most prime? That got to be the worst moment for any Aussie captain.
But I see your point, although that has got little to do with their batsmanship or their individual contributions and merely happened to be in the right place at the right time.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Well perhaps, but I'd say that's probably the only really bad thing that's happened to him.Back to back Ashes failures in England? Including one at their most prime? That got to be the worst moment for any Aussie captain.
But I see your point, although that has got little to do with their batsmanship or their individual contributions and merely happened to be in the right place at the right time.
And I do think it's got more than a little to do with Ponting's individual contributions, he's certainly someone who seems to make big runs in key circumstances.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Well if he loses the Ashes to a superior side, that's just bad luck. Anyway, the only reason he's going to have lost three times to us when no-one else has is because he's been such a successful and long-serving captain in the first place.My bad!
You'd have enjoyed lifting WC thrice and oh yeah right now you'd be a very worried man...
Who wanna lose Ashes thrice and become the only Aussie captain to have done that?
Sir Alex
Banned
And his record in India as a player and captain. Can't buy a run or a win.
Yes, I didn't mean that Ponting hasn't contributed significantly to the Aussie team of yore but just that in absolute terms there isn't much difference between his and Tendulkar's contributions, although with dissimlar results. Still as a player and competitor, I'd love to be reborn as Sachin. A billion plus hardcore supporters, a legacy which has even the Don's stamp of approval, and a career, almost in it's entirety, he was celebrated, and regarded as arguably the best of his time.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah, no way. I bet Tendulkar is just too famous, Ponting probably can have a better time at home. And Ponting's loaded anyway, I'm sure he can pretty much do what he wants? Take the wins.
Riggins
International Captain
It's like how I heard Richard Branson interviewed the other day, talking about how once you have a certain amount, money doesn't matter. As he put it, you can only eat 3 meals a day, only do so much, and after that it's irrelevant. Would assume Ponting or any of them really would be well wealthy enough to do whatever they want, and that's really all that matters, so you take it out of the equation. And then it just becomes a personal preference based on the cricket, which doesn't really need further analysis here. They've both done pretty much everything you can do in test cricket. Myself, I'd be part of the more "winning'er" team, no doubt, but can certainly understand the other points of view. Semantics, god damn it.
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
All things equal, I'd definitely rather be part of more wins. Particularly as captain.
I'm sure Tendulkar would trade a ****load of money to win a World Cup, let alone actually captain his team to it.
But Sachin has just so much more money than Ponting, it cannot even be properly explained. Yes you don't need that much money. But with that money you can also do many great things in the community, and ensure security for your family for a long long time.
I'm sure Tendulkar would trade a ****load of money to win a World Cup, let alone actually captain his team to it.
But Sachin has just so much more money than Ponting, it cannot even be properly explained. Yes you don't need that much money. But with that money you can also do many great things in the community, and ensure security for your family for a long long time.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Nah, I like the money but I'd take Ponting's smaller bank balance (which is still bigger than mine is ever likely to be, by quite a significant amount) for what he achieved.
Would rather be Freddie Flintoff than either of them though, plenty rich, handsome bastard, tidy bastard, achieved enough to be happy with and, here's the clincher, doesn't have a **** nationality like those two
Would rather be Freddie Flintoff than either of them though, plenty rich, handsome bastard, tidy bastard, achieved enough to be happy with and, here's the clincher, doesn't have a **** nationality like those two
