Ricky Ponting out of top ten batsmen for first time since 2002

[S.Bond]

10>7 Ponting is a very good batsman.

Yeah and tendulkar > ponting... I have no problem with tendulkar. You guys have problems with ponting... Ponting is not just very good, he is exellent... He was the best player of this decade with kallis...

[kabira]

i was just intepreting what u said.... How can a batsman score more than 11 000 runs in test cricket and one day cricket by just having 4-5 good years???

if you average only 40 after playing more than 12-13 Tests you still have scored handful of runs. But I guess Maths is not your favorite subject

[gs]

Dont think punter should be worried too much since Pakis have included Sami in their team. Punter should be back in top 10 soon.

[Online]

he is exellent... .

Axellent :aha:

[Pak_Forever]

Who gives a flying about ranking....hardly 7-8 countries play test cricket, so it doesn't mean much. Ponting is one of the best of this era, we all know that and when he plays his team wins......:--D

[S.Bond]

if you average only 40 after playing more than 12-13 Tests you still have scored handful of runs. But I guess Maths is not your favorite subject

I am ready to bet whatever you want that i am better than ou at maths:hysterical::hysterical: But when i look at his stats : Averages 55, with 38 hundreds... I really don't know where did ou see that ponting's average was 40... You maybe can't see properly... I hope you get well...

[kabira]

^hey tubelight, if you don't how to comprend, stop posting on intelligent threads Year Runs Avg Rank 1995 167 83.50 N/A 1996 163 20.38 61st 1997 497 49.70 38th 1998 382 29.38 51st 1999 883 63.07 7th 2000 318 63.60 6th 2001 772 38.60 20th 2002 1,064 70.93 5th 2003 1,503 100.2 1st 2004 697 41.00 6th 2005 1,544 67.13 1st 2006 1,333 88.87 1st 2007 192 38.40 3rd 2008 1,182 47.28 6th 2009 759 39.95 12th*

[S.Bond]

^hey tubelight, if you don't how to comprend, stop posting on intelligent threads Year Runs Avg Rank 1995 167 83.50 N/A 1996 163 20.38 61st 1997 497 49.70 38th 1998 382 29.38 51st 1999 883 63.07 7th 2000 318 63.60 6th 2001 772 38.60 20th 2002 1,064 70.93 5th 2003 1,503 100.2 1st 2004 697 41.00 6th 2005 1,544 67.13 1st 2006 1,333 88.87 1st 2007 192 38.40 3rd 2008 1,182 47.28 6th 2009 759 39.95 12th*

Ok that makes 7 tilmes over 50 in 15 years(46%) and 4 times under 40 in 15 years (26%)... Comapre tha with sachin tendulkar. Who has averaged over 50 9 times in 21 years, (42%), and 6 times under 40 in 21 years(28%) We can go deeper by just looking at averages under 35, because ponting averaged 8 two times, what is not so bad,sohe has averaged under 38 just 2 times in a 15 year career.

[kabira]

^again Mr. you going in wrong direction. you attacked me for this post kabira Jumbo Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,290 $ICF: 19,040,938 so he had 4-5 good years out of 10-12 years of his career. and thats what his stats shows. I did not compare him with Sachin, those comparison have already been done, just bump the threads and we can debate there, if you know how to debate. But first learn to read posts.

[S.Bond]

^again Mr. you going in wrong direction. you attacked me for this post kabira Jumbo Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,290 : 19,040,938 so he had 4-5 good years out of 10-12 years of his career. and thats what his stats shows. I did not compare him with Sachin, those comparison have already been done, just bump the threads and we can debate there, if you know how to debate. But first learn to read posts.

I am not comparing Ricy Ponting and sachin tendulkar to see who is the best batsman... The thread is about Ricky Ponting, you said he had 4-5 good years... He averaged more than 50 on 7 occasions... And I gave you an example, the one of sachin, just to show you that no one averages over 50 every year.... And as we also saw, ponting hadjust two really bad years in his 15 year career...

[champ]

ponting at 12th .. he deserves that spot based on his recent performances ..

[dial_100]

drop it guys... many of us dont like him mere for his wrong attitude. But otherwise, I don't see him any less than top 3 cricketers of recent lot. so chill.

[saneindian]

ponting at 12th .. he deserves that spot based on his recent performances ..

AN average of 43 in last 3 years..should have been out of top 10 much earlier.

[Watson87]

Why are you guys so obsessed with Ponting? I bet the Aussies hardly care about Sachin, anyway dude seriously the ratings doesn't matter. He is a world class batsman and he will be back in top notch in no time, also dude useless thread.

[King Tendulkar]

Why are you guys so obsessed with Ponting? I bet the Aussies hardly care about Sachin' date=' anyway dude seriously the ratings doesn't matter. [b']He is a world class batsman and he will be back in top notch in no time, also dude useless thread.

Maybe not! He has been on decline for a couple of years solid. May not reach the heights he achieved previously

[CSK Fan]

Why are you guys so obsessed with Ponting? I bet the Aussies hardly care about Sachin' date=' anyway dude seriously the ratings doesn't matter. He is a world class batsman and he will be back in top notch in no time, also dude useless thread.[/quote'] when Sachin was out of form with an elbow injury, there were articles after articles in Aussie papers about how Sachin was finished and how he should retire, etc, etc. Remember Chappel's article about the mirror?