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The guy has been pants for 3 years. Has got worse and worse. Yet still clings on denying a yong takent a place. Such a slefish player. The aussies acciording to sterotypes know when to retire and are selfless compared to indians. Yet this chump just clings on. Also aussies meant to be ruthless in selection and retiring players, but gone soft and thats why willing to indulge him. Average in 2011-18 Average in 210-36 Average in 2009-38 Show some balls ausseis and axe him. Looks like down to India to retire an aussie and give him a miserable farewell. Will follow in foorsteps of Waugh/Gilly and co in being retired by us! Or will the aussie show some balls and show they have not gone soft and axe him before india series

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Exactly . Most selfish batsman ever , knows there is no chance of him getting back to form as it was heavily dependent on 10 other members of his side , he never had in himself to score big runs playing for a weak team . Actually Australians too want to see the back of Ponting but the only lot who want Ponting to carry on are Pak fans who still dream of Ponting breaking all the records owned by GOD .

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Im still waiting for an "mirror mirror" article for Ricky Ponting from Ian C.. will i ever see such an article? btw.. anyone knows whats the average of SRT when he was going through the lean patch in those years.. guess its around 2006

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You can always accuse a player of being selfish whenever they retire. If he had retired along with the other greats (say at the end of the 2006/07 Ashes when he was in great form) people could have said that he wanted to protect his stats, he ran away, didn't want to play in a weak team, didn't bother staying in the tough times during the transition of the team etc.

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Replace him with who? Shaun Marsh is injured, Khawaja looks tentatively rubbish, Warner! :hysterical:, Cameron White is just another Mitchell Johnsen...the selectors don't have many choices to pick from, unless they start plundering their t20i and odi squads for unproven players with mediocre first class records.

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Replace him with who? Shaun Marsh is injured' date=' Khawaja looks tentatively rubbish, Warner! :hysterical:, Cameron White is just another Mitchell Johnsen...the selectors don't have many choices to pick from, unless they start plundering their t20i and odi squads for unproven players with mediocre first class records.[/quote'] Callum Fergusaon
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Don't know why everyone is laughing at Warner, I think he will prove a lot of people wrong. Also, I have no problem with players wanting to stay. He has worked hard his entire career to play for Australia, who are we to tell him he should quit? It's the Australian selectors faults for being gutless.

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You can't drop a captain. He has recently gave up captaincy and has played grand total of 3 or 4 tests match as player. I guess he will get one more chance against kiwis and then he might be dropped.

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Callum Fergusaon
maybe, I guess, but it's a case again asking someone who is a good ODI player to step-up into the Test arena (e.g. Cameron White, Yuvraj, Duminy). And the selectors are probably weary based on his 1st class record to select him for Tests. The selectors are in catch-22 situation, they have some decent Test batsmen; Katich, Voges, David Hussey and Marcus North, but age is against them. The youth policy has to be sensible, no point in throwing someone in without a proven domestic record.
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maybe, I guess, but it's a case again asking someone who is a good ODI player to step-up into the Test arena (e.g. Cameron White, Yuvraj, Duminy). And the selectors are probably weary based on his 1st class record to select him for Tests. The selectors are in catch-22 situation, they have some decent Test batsmen; Katich, Voges, David Hussey and Marcus North, but age is against them. The youth policy has to be sensible, no point in throwing someone in without a proven domestic record.
Callum Ferguson has a good FC if you see them he has batted in Aus. He is always considered a prospect for tests rather than ODIs or T20s.
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Callum Ferguson has a good FC if you see them he has batted in Aus. He is always considered a prospect for tests rather than ODIs or T20s.
His figures aren't the best, in fact he isn't even in the Australia A squad.
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His figures aren't the best' date=' in fact he isn't even in the Australia A squad.[/quote'] Even Shaun Marsh's figures are not the best but he has done well till now.
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Shaun Marsh should have been given a chance lot earlier, but he was typecast as someone who could not play tests based on his FC stats.This guy have that IT factor which not many players have and I am happy this guy has proved everyone wrong. He looks like a fighter who is willing to do anything for his team.

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