Should Ponting be dropped?

[Shakthi]

Did he also learn to wipe his ass from Sachin?

yea sachin uses his right hand ponting uses his left hand.:hysterical:

[achilles]

Haha. But lets not take away from Ponting what he's achieved. We may hate Ponting the Captain, but Ponting the Player has been one of the gems of this generation and decade.

[Bradman99]

Haha. But lets not take away from Ponting what he's achieved. We may hate Ponting the Captain' date=' but Ponting the Player has been one of the gems of this generation and decade.[/quote'] Yeah exactly. I can see why people are happy to see him failing because they don't like him and that's fair enough, but to mock him is a bit much. I for one, really want to see another masterclass from Ponting.. I forget what they are like..

[Anakin]

No, keep him playing

[Mamu]

He is great batsman, but as a sportsperson he has brought himself and cricket in general to shame on numerous occassions - which is going to define who he is.

[hari504504]

he'll pull a Ganguly I think...will disappear for a bit and then burst in all cylinders firing for one final scene

[Sachin=GOD]

I don't see him retiring/being dropped for the simple reason that currently there's nobody in the Aus team who can become a good long term replacement to Punter as captain.

[ViruRulez]

Irrespective of whether Aussies drop him or not but they are in deep sh*t for sure

[King Tendulkar]

He has to lose his captaincy at the very least. He has lost 2 ashes , lost in India twice, lost at home against SA etc etc. He is a terrible captain in terms of his tactics, man mangt and selction ideas. I mean it was his idea to select dopey spinner after dopey spinner instead of Hauritz for example. His tactics are dreadful, to many to list. And the way he controls the team and runs it is abysmal. He seems to think by dominating his players, shouting a lot and rolling up your sleevs is how to do it. He needs to calm down and empower his team mates instead of trying to lead through forceful personality/dictaroship. He could learn fron Dhoni and Waugh in their quiet calm leadership. Amazing how has maged to hang on as captain till now!

[Anakin]

BTW, the "great" batsman, who is obviously better than SRT specially under pressure, has some inconsistent avg during McWarne era and after.