Ponting's assignments

[Mister Wright]

yeah but the original post was talking about all the test series, no mention of the one dayers

Fair enough, I wasn't sure, this thread was 'dug up' so I wasn't going to search through.

 

[benchmark00]

Fair enough, I wasn't sure, this thread was 'dug up' so I wasn't going to search through.

lol yeah dug up threads are always like that

 

[marc71178]

well at least i got something right

Although some might argue about him winning in India.

 

[benchmark00]

Although some might argue about him winning in India.

no they wouldnt

 

[Richard]

How do you guys feel Ricky Ponting and his men will go in the test series this year viz v Sl (away) v ZIM (away assuming it occurs), v SL (home) , v IND (away) and v Pak (home).

Do you think he'll win all of them ?

Seriously, who would have done?
Has there ever been a time (except June-October 2003) where we've not thought "oooohhhh, Australia have got some tough tasks coming-up - can't possibly win the lot" ... yet they keep doing so.
No-one could possibly have realistically thought they'd win all the series listed above; Andrew Miller's piece here (right at the end - "Australia have the truly gruelling itinerary") is a more recent example of "they can't possibly go through it all smoothly" - yet they keep on and on and on doing so.
Anyone seriously betting against them winning in New Zealand, England and against whoever they're playing in 2005\06? I'm certainly not.

 

[marc71178]

no they wouldnt

Why not?

He played one game, and they lost that one.

 

[tooextracool]

Why not?

He played one game, and they lost that one.

i doubt it though. ponting might no be the best of captains, but hes far better than gilchrist. the main reason they lost was because they had hauritz.

 

[marc71178]

The thing is, had Ponting played, would Clarke?

With Ponting's record over there, would he have scored the runs Clarke did?

Either way he didn't win in India.

 

[tooextracool]

The thing is, had Ponting played, would Clarke?

With Ponting's record over there, would he have scored the runs Clarke did?

Either way he didn't win in India.

possibly not. IMO they were better off not having ponting the batsman in the side.

 

[age_master]

Ponting would have had alot of input into the Indian series preparation

 

[Mister Wright]

Ponting would have had alot of input into the Indian series preparation

Yes, but had he been in control it could have been a different result.

 

[age_master]

could have... i doubt it though...

 

[marc71178]

Either way, his absence means that he didn't actually win that series.

 

[benchmark00]

Why not?

He played one game, and they lost that one.

Do you know what a series is? its multiple test matches, because ponting only played in one he didnt play in a series, thus making it impossible for him to lose a series

 

[marc71178]

But also impossible for him to have won it, which was my point in the first place!

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Ponting's Australian side (as opposed to Steve Waugh's Australian side) still won all 5 series. I don't think the question was so much about him as an individual as whether or not Australia could conquer the two remaining places they had not managed in the last decade after losing Waugh.

 

[Richard]

The thing is, had Ponting played, would Clarke?

With Ponting's record over there, would he have scored the runs Clarke did?

Personally I look at Clarke and he looks every bit as bad against the turning ball as Ponting - if Clarke could score runs in India, I'm pretty sure Ponting could.

 

[tooextracool]

except that you didnt watch the series in india.

 

[Mister Wright]

Personally I look at Clarke and he looks every bit as bad against the turning ball as Ponting - if Clarke could score runs in India, I'm pretty sure Ponting could.

LOL. Watch some innings before you make such rash statements. Clarke is a very good player of spin, however he is shocking against pace. The only problem Clarke has against spin is trying to be too aggresive all the time.

 

[Deja moo]

LOL. Watch some innings before you make such rash statements. Clarke is a very good player of spin, however he is shocking against pace. The only problem Clarke has against spin is trying to be too aggresive all the time.

Clarke is good againt spin with bounce. If the ball keeps low, he struggles.