Ponting slams England for violating spirit of the game.

[patriot]

http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/413964.html

They can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. It's up to them to do what they want to do

Hehehe...:finger: Ponting talking about spirit of the game.

[umpire]

Ponting is angry Ricky Ponting delivered a stinging critique of England's gamesmanship after a contentious final session in which the hosts' 12th man and physiotherapist made multiple visits to the centre. The Australian captain's comments were tantamount to an accusation of time-wasting by an England side attempting to save the first Test, and will do little to defuse tensions between the two sides following a fractious day's play at Sophia Gardens. Hostilities between the camps commenced before a ball was bowled on Sunday, with Mitchell Johnson and Kevin Pietersen involved in a verbal altercation after the latter hit balls in the direction of the Australian fast bowler. They continued after the commencement of play, with Andrew Flintoff temporarily standing his ground to a Ponting catch at second slip, and again when Stuart Broad and Peter Siddle bumped shoulders in the final session. A pitch invasion staged by a pair of protesters further added to the intensity of the occasion. But the controversy most likely to linger was the involvement of Bilal Shafayat and Steve McCaig, the England 12th man and physiotherapist, who made appearances in the 102nd and 103rd overs of the innings despite scant evidence that the batsmen, Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar, called upon their services. Shafayat ran gloves and water to the batsmen - receiving a none too subtle chirp from Ponting for his troubles - while McCaig briefly checked on their physical condition at a time when Australia was desperately pressed for time to claim a victory that, barely an hour before, appeared an inevitability. Speaking after the match, Ponting expressed his frustration over England's apparent stalling tactics, reprising memories of his vocal disapproval of England's use of substitute fielders during the 2005 Ashes series. An Australian team spokesman confirmed they would not make an official complaint, although Ponting invited the ICC's match referee, Jeff Crowe, to review the incident. "I don't think it was required, he changed [the gloves] the over before and I don't think they'd be too sweaty in one over," Ponting said. "I'm not sure what the physio was doing out there. I didn't see anyone call for the physio to come out. As far as I'm concerned, it was pretty ordinary, really. But they can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. :haha::haha::haha:It's up to them to do what they want to do. "A few guys were questioning the umpires, a few guys were questioning the 12th man, but it's not the 12th man's fault. Someone from upstairs was sending him out there. That's where it needs to be taken up. There was nothing there that we could do out on the ground. We had to get them off as quick as we could and get a couple more overs. They can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. It's up to them to do what they want to do "I was unhappy with it, but it lasted a couple of minutes, and we got them off the ground. I don't want to make that big a deal with it. I'm sure others will be taking it up with the England hierarchy, as they should. It's not the reason we didn't win. We've got to look at those reasons." Andrew Strauss, the England captain, denied his side had contravened the spirit of cricket, insisting that the reasons for Shafayat's presence on the playing field in the dying moments of the game were legitimate. "There was a lot of confusion, to be fair," Strauss said. "We first of all sent the 12th man out to let Jimmy and Monty know there was time left, and not the overs. Then there was drink spilled on Jimmy's gloves, and he called up to the dressing room and we weren't sure if he needed 12th man or physio. If Ricky is upset, that's a shame "Our intentions were good. We weren't trying to deliberately waste a huge amount of time. Those weren't our tactics. Those two were playing very well out in the middle and the reality of the situation is that Australia didn't take the final wicket and we got away with a draw." Both captains sought to defuse the Johnson-Pietersen and Broad-Siddle rows. "It was just a few guys on the ground taking each other's space," Ponting said of Johnson's verbal exchange with Pietersen. Strauss, meanwhile, insisted the match had been played in a good spirit. "I don't think there were lines crossed," he said.

[nballa]

http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/413964.html Hehehe...:finger: Ponting talking about spirit of the game.

seriously its quite obvious that delay tactics were being used. much like ishanth sharma's wrong glove episode lol.

[Anakin]

Now this is hilarious

[flamy]

i luv it~ :D

[Max_Cady]

ponting should not b talking about spirits of the gamewhen his own track record is well dodgy observe this http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ricky_Ponting Early Career Ricky Ponting began his career as a centre-forward for the Shaolin Temple FC, China. There he learned the art of Drunken Boxing from the undisputed master, Stephen Chow. From there he went to the US, where he was discriminated against for looking like a "foul prisioner who escaped from England's dungeons", but he managed to learn the Art of Cheating there. He returned to Australia and made his first performance at the Bourbon & Beefsteak Bar, Sydney. His impressive performance was witnessed by the Grand Knights of Australia, who immediately signed him up to be their no.6 batsman. Despite sporting a blackened eye at the media conference, he was visibly pleased with the outcome and was ready to repay the faith. Leadership of the Grand Knights Ponting's batting continued to develop under the guidance of such legends as Steve Waugh and Quentin Tarantino. Despite being earmarked to take over the leadership of the Knights from Waugh, the transition was always going to be a bloody battle. Eventually a "swordfight" was organised in the boys lavatory at Sydney Grammar College, umpired by Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell. Being the older of the two, Waugh failed to reach the dizzying heights Ponting obtained, and Ponting was appointed the leader of the Grand Knights. The first year was easy-going, as the Knights set off to exotic journeys to Bangladesh, Pakistan and Oprah. However things got a little tricky as they encountered the monsters from England, led by Michael Vaughan. They played for a useless little urn containing the Ashes of some useless pieces of wood, and in another swordfight against Andrew Flintoff, Ponting was defeated. The embarrassing loss to England has prompted calls for Ponting to step down as the leader of the Grand Knights. His sword skills were simply insufficiently powerful, he can't conjure SUPER-SQUILLION-TRILLION POWERBOLTS like in Dragonball, and has repeatedly refused to protect his fast bowlers by using a third-man. Nevertheless, Ponting continued in the job, and in his 100th monstrous encounter, he scored two centuries and ensured total domination over the invading South Africans. Calls from the Noble Lords demanding his resignation from leadership of the Grand Knights were swiftly silenced in 2006-2007 when he was believed to have received a vision from God (Who bore a striking resemblance to Donald Bradman; prompting suspicion that the second coming has been and gone) who offered him a chance of redemption by reclaiming the Holy Grail from the Monsters of England. Ponting rallied his knights, and surrounded by the monsters and their Barmy Army in the Australian city of Adelaide, proceeded to invoke a law now known as the "Wrath of Ponting," in which a furious and heroic charge was led by Squire Hussey to destroy the marauding English hoard in an embarrassing day for the English now feverently denied by Duncan Fletcher; the brother of recently retired Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf. The massacre continued for a brutal 500 years, (or 5 tests, in modern terms) and by the end, Ponting himself was said to have stood undefeated atop the body of dead English Batsman Kevin Pietersen (The rest of the team had been burned at the stake for High Treason) in Sydney and declared the battle won. Michael Hussey and Adam Gilchrist were both knighted for their respective performances, although sadly, the war had claimed the life of Ponting's long-time right hand; Grandmaster Warne, whose tomb now resides directly above that of former English captain Mike Gatting (unfortunately there wasn't enough room to place them side by side). The "Wrath of Ponting" failed to be invoked during the 2007 Commonwealth Bank One Day International series, cedeing the title to the English once again Speculation exists as of April, 2007 as to whether or not the "Wrath of Ponting" has been invoked again as Australia stand undefeated in the ICC Cricket World Cup; having decimated their rivals England, torn apart the usurpers of the title of "number 1 ODI team" South Africa, and all but massacred every lesser team that dared stand in their way. (With only the Irish smiling on their impending doom, possibly due to inebriation) If the Wrath of Ponting has not been invoked, it stands likely that Australia is set to be destroyed by newer-archrivals New Zealand in the final battle of the quarter finals. Ponting was quoted as saying that "four eyes" (sic, Daniel Vettori) would be wise not to "misunderestimate (his) resolve" in the coming showdown. As it turned out, despite poor use of the English language, he was right. And Australia proceeded to obliterate New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka to become uncontested masters of the world; that is, until it went to India in 2009 for its worst blow ever. This time, Sicky Daunting was overconfident (more than he normally is, which is something) mainly because of the fact that his monkey-ape friend Andrew Symonds had still not evolved fully to human and was giving him the wrong ideas. As a result, among the four test matches they played, India kicked its ass in two of them, and as a result, Ponting's true prisoner-characteristics came back and he lashed out at Australia's own citizens. And then there was rebellion, and some say it would be only a matter of time before the team would be rid of an unevolved species and a "douche bag who ****ing supports him". In 2005 the British Government was criticized for letting this man into their country, mainly because he resembles a weasel. 2008 and 2009 saw what is commonly believed to be the beginning of the end of the Grand Knights as they have been known to date. After a series of victorious campaigns that all but obliterated their opponents, whispers of Rebellion from the far-coasts of Africa began to stir. Not content to sit under the heel of Australian domination, the Africans (predominantely from the South) assembled an elite formation of canibals and barbarians who were given a most holy quest - to infiltrate and destroy the home of the Australian Grand Knights - the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The success of this mission is still being measured, but after a brutal surprise attack (See also: Pearl Harbor) most of the Australian Knights were murdered and their training grounds laid waste. The steely resolve of the invaders, led by the Dark Lord Graeme Smith, feared little for their own lives and believed in a manifest destiny that could only come with their own domination of the sport of Cricket, culminating in the utter destruction of the Grand Knights and their leader, Ricky Ponting. In February 2009, the Grand Knights formally declared war on Lord Smith's cannibals, and waged an invasion of The Wandering lands of South Africa to avenge themselves of the travesty which was begun only weeks before. (The previous Indian domination of Australia is ignored by both the Grand Knights and the Cannibals, mostly because the Indians are considered twats.)

[Sachinism]

Thats rich

[King]

As usual from Ponting.... sore loser. Not that they lost but he always sounds a loser. Why not accept the result graciously for once? I have never seen him not complain in a single game. He's unfit to be a captain.

[Max_Cady]

he is unfit to function in society

[Anakin]

he is unfit to function in society

:haha::haha::haha::haha:

[Mamu]

Ponting you dumb -- bloody moron. ! Stand infront of a mirror and see how ugly of a MoFo you are before pointing your fingers at others. Clearly there was no Bucknor to assist you in your antics on the field, you jack *****. Cry Baby !

[Zap_Brannigan]

Mr.Pot, so you have finally met kettle

[Shehezaada]

to be honest though I would be pretty pissed if I was captain and people are sending out gloves twice and the physio is coming on for no apparent reason. Ponting's a sore loser but hey you have to give him credit for fighting all the way till the end.

[jf1gp_1]

The Australian captain's comments were tantamount to an accusation of time-wasting by an England side attempting to save the first Test' date= and will do little to defuse tensions between the two sides following a fractious day's play at Sophia Gardens.

wht is he talking about, england tried to waste time but failed , all the overs were bowled infact there was time for 3-4 more overs.

[nikred]

Ponting believes in spirit of the game while Symmo believes in spirit after the game. :D

[Anakin]

wht is he talking about' date=' england tried to waste time but failed , all the overs were bowled infact there was time for 3-4 more overs.[/quote'] Yep, not a single over was lost and he admits it didn't have any effect at all, mentioning it now just goes to show his character or rather the lack of it. And the less he talks about the spirit of the game, the better it is for everyone.

[Ram]

Ponting slamming opposition team over 'spirit of cricket'? Thats like Shahid Afridi giving grad level classes on neurology and the wonders of the brain. :rotfl:

[Ram]

Ponting believes in spirit of the game while Symmo believes in spirit after the game. :D

:rotfl:

[nikred]

I can see Ponting writing a book titled "The Spirit of the Game". It will be a bestseller. :sniffle:

[h4te]

We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. :haha::haha::haha:It's up to them to do what they want to do. "They can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game. It's up to them to do what they want to do"

Ponting believes in spirit of the game while Symmo believes in spirit after the game. :D

:rotfl: