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[subshakerz]

Ricky Ponting was great vs pace but against 80s WI in the Caribbean he better wear a good helmet. We saw what Steve Harmisson did to him. And no Migara, South Africa never had a pace attack as good as 80s Windies not the one with: Holding, Garner and Marshall or even Ambrose, Bishop and Walsh.

Still though, Ricky is one of the few modern batsmen who I think would do well vs WI pace overall.

I back Ponting to average 40 plus against the quartet. Yeah he will have his problems but I think he will do well.

 

[subshakerz]

Look at this young teenager biting the ball
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Sadly he wasn't a teen then but captain of the side if I recall.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

I back Ponting to average 40 plus against the quartet. Yeah he will have his problems but I think he will do well.

Completely agree.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Ponting would do very good against the WI quartet. He had problems against spin but was one of the best players against pace.

 

[Johan]

40+ at peak is possible, not sure considering England is far harder to bat than flat track Australia, but he'd get murdered against them after his prime, probably just as bad as Botham.

 

[subshakerz]

40+ at peak is possible, not sure considering England is far harder to bat than flat track Australia, but he'd get murdered against them after his prime, probably just as bad as Botham.

I think he does better in WI.

 

[Migara]

WI had three bowlers in peak only for a short period. Other than that it was only two or even one at some times. That is a factor too.

The biggest difference will be the attitude he brings. England was a different side when KP was up and kicking, because that modus operandi from a English batsman is rare. Ponting is very similar. Just being positive, and ready to take short balls on would drastically change the attitude of the rest of the batsmen as well. Do you know what was the difference Sri Lanka had with other minnows? We had Duleep Mendis and Aravinda de Silva who announced fast bowlers "come and bounce me". So even batsmen who were poor against short stuff caught the attitude to stick it out. Now Ponting is way more than playing bouncers. That attitude matters as well. That is the very reason Botham failed when the going was tough.

 

[Johan]

The biggest difference will be the attitude he brings. England was a different side when KP was up and kicking, because that modus operandi from a English batsman is rare. Ponting is very similar. Just being positive, and ready to take short balls on would drastically change the attitude of the rest of the batsmen as well. Do you know what was the difference Sri Lanka had with other minnows? We had Duleep Mendis and Aravinda de Silva who announced fast bowlers "come and bounce me". So even batsmen who were poor against short stuff caught the attitude to stick it out. Now Ponting is way more than playing bouncers. That attitude matters as well. That is the very reason Botham failed when the going was tough.

Botham was quite a gutsy player, he just failed in West Indies very badly but was decent against them at home, regardless of everything, Ponting had many factors enabling him to be the dominant, positive batsmen he was. It's much easier to be positive when you have flat wickets and Hayden/Langer/Waugh around you, but people like Boycott are not people who enable you to be aggressive go geters, Ponting would be forced to bat in an alright batting lineup and that'd effect his capability greatly, I'm not sure the aggressive and dominant Ponting that we saw in Australia in the 2000s would be transplantable to the England of 1980s where the pitches would be spicy, spin would be far more productive than it is in Australia and he'd be batting with people like Derek Randall and Mike Gatting.

 

[Coronis]

Botham was quite a gutsy player, he just failed in West Indies very badly but was decent against them at home, regardless of everything, Ponting had many factors enabling him to be the dominant, positive batsmen he was. It's much easier to be positive when you have flat wickets and Hayden/Langer/Waugh around you, but people like Boycott are not people who enable you to be aggressive go geters, Ponting would be forced to bat in an alright batting lineup and that'd effect his capability greatly, I'm not sure the aggressive and dominant Ponting that we saw in Australia in the 2000s would be transplantable to the England of 1980s where the pitches would be spicy, spin would be far more productive than it is in Australia and he'd be batting with people like Derek Randall and Mike Gatting.

Idk personally if I was an aggressive batsman I’d absolutely love knowing I had a guy like Boycott with me. Gives you the freedom to go hard and Boycs is your solid rock.