Ponting is selfish and should retire

[King Tendulkar]

you will realise that you have become what you aimed to 'fight' - a fanatic.

Ah the irony, he has become what he so despises!:giggle:

[Sooda]

GAMBO??!!!!!!!!!! WTF man. Welcome back.

[ganeshran]

@srtfanaticssuck, I understand that you have a single point agenda of ranting against SRT , but why do you have to do it on unrelated threads? This is a criticism of Ponting, not SRT. There are plenty of other threads to discuss SRT where you can criticize him if you want to. Dont derail threads unnecessarily.

[kabira]

So in your warped world' date=' if Ponting goes out of form and is on the verge of getting dropped/retired forcibly, Tendulkar must retire too? You are a hypocrite, nothing more, for keeping quiet on Dravid's pathetic form for the last 3 years or so. If you step back and consider your petulant little tantrums on this site on every topic of Tendulkar(since you post on little else), you will realise that you have become what you aimed to 'fight' - a fanatic.[/quote'] You are alive??

[ravishingravi]

Yes while our God has been setting the world on fire, right. However they are Australia we are not . Position in jeopardy for average perfomance is expected. Here even if Tendulkar scores 20 ducks in a row, we will still be rooting for his 100th 100 against Bangladesh.

[Raghav_12]

Yes while our God has been setting the world on fire' date=' right. However they are Australia we are not . Position in jeopardy for average perfomance is expected. Here even if Tendulkar scores 20 ducks in a row, we will still be rooting for his 100th 100 against Bangladesh.[/quote'] Other than last England series, Goddy has really been setting world on fire in last 4 years. Anyways, let's go back to original topic. Has Ponting done enough to get few more tests?

[Bradman99]

If Ponting hadn't of scored there he would definately have been finished. However, as it is I think he may of saved himself. I know this is a change of heart, but now that I think of it after all he has done for us I think we should let him play the NZ series and hopefully build up some form, then let him retire in Australia against India in front of the home crowd.

[Raghav_12]

If Ponting hadn't of scored there he would definately have been finished. However' date=' as it is I think he may of saved himself. I know this is a change of heart, but now that I think of it after all he has done for us I think we should let him play the NZ series and hopefully build up some form, then let him retire in Australia against India in front of the home crowd.[/quote'] It's not Ponting's score, but Cummins's score which saved Ponting Had Australia gone on to lose this match then nobody would have found if his 62 was enough to save his position in team.

[rkt.india]

It's not Ponting's score, but Cummins's score which saved Ponting Had Australia gone on to lose this match then nobody would have found if his 62 was enough to save his position in team.

Agree. It was Mitch and Cummins who pulled it off at the end.

[Bradman99]

It's not Ponting's score, but Cummins's score which saved Ponting Had Australia gone on to lose this match then nobody would have found if his 62 was enough to save his position in team.

Maybe so, but as it is we won the match. If we had won the match and he did not score a decent amount then he'd be done.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

ponting's innings wasnt worth a ****, it was just another shithouse effort from a washed up, over the hill george bush lookalike FAILURE who is averaging 10 for the year. the guy just needs to piss off, seriously, what is taking him so long?? when he got out, austraya still needed another 150 to win the game. they should be thanking that shithouse keeper haddin for playing a useful innings for once in his life. fluke wins like these only paper the cracks before india arrive. better bring bucknor out of retirement austraya, thats the only way richard will ever score runs and the only way your shithouse team will ever win a series.

[Raghav_12]

^ Why this Kolaveri man?

[ganeshran]

ponting's innings wasnt worth a ****' date= it was just another shithouse effort from a washed up, over the hill george bush lookalike FAILURE who is averaging 10 for the year. the guy just needs to piss off, seriously, what is taking him so long?? when he got out, austraya still needed another 150 to win the game. they should be thanking that shithouse keeper haddin for playing a useful innings for once in his life. fluke wins like these only paper the cracks before india arrive. better bring bucknor out of retirement austraya, thats the only way richard will ever score runs and the only way your shithouse team will ever win a series.

Did you even see the match? It was a beautifully composed innings under pressure. He had the discipline not to touch anything that was remotely outside the off stump. Though his problem of shuffling was still present, some of the pull shots played were reminiscent of ponting in his prime.

[Bradman99]

ponting's innings wasnt worth a ****, it was just another shithouse effort from a washed up, over the hill george bush lookalike FAILURE who is averaging 10 for the year. the guy just needs to piss off, seriously, what is taking him so long?? when he got out, austraya still needed another 150 to win the game. they should be thanking that shithouse keeper haddin for playing a useful innings for once in his life. fluke wins like these only paper the cracks before india arrive. better bring bucknor out of retirement austraya, thats the only way richard will ever score runs and the only way your shithouse team will ever win a series.

Haha a bit over the top there mate. It's obvious Ponting doesn't have long left in his career but that innings of 62 showed us signs that he still has more to offer. And yes maybe it didn't win us the game, but it certainly played a part in winning the game and the last time I heard test cricket was a team sport, meaning it's a collective effort, not always about one player standing out from the rest. Also, I think India need to paper the cracks in their bowling line up before you can start being so adamant about your chances against us in our home territory. West Indies 3/469 doesn't exactly strike fear into my eyes.

[mishra]

Every Indian should pray that Ponting must carry on... The longer he goes........ the better it is for Aussie team and his individual stats.... :giggle: PS: He is not just hope of every Aussie. He is also hope of every India/Sachin hater pakistani

[The Dark Horse]

^ Why this Kolaveri man?

:haha:

[Gambit]

GAMBO??!!!!!!!!!! WTF man. Welcome back.

B->

[SachDan]

Gambo :yay:

[SachDan]

Ponting, Hussey have forfeited right to call time on their innings The focus on a thrilling cricket match is inevitably reduced to the last men standing. The bowler who takes the final wicket is cheered from the ground. The poor goat he knocked over receives muttered condolences, or is left to stew in his own juices. But, as devastated as Nathan Lyon appeared after his middle stump was bent back by Doug Bracewell, no one was pointing the bony finger of blame in his direction. The No.11's defiant, technologically elongated, innings merely served to heap further humiliation on the real culprits of Australia's embarrassing defeat. To blame for this messy debacle was the middle order, whose pre-lunch capitulation turned what should have been a comfortable run chase into a fruitless uphill climb. Forget, for a moment, that the dramatic events in Hobart were a tonic for Test cricket. Or that New Zealand's first victory in Australia for more than two decades provided fair reward for the spirited underdogs. Consider, instead, the calamitous all out 47 in South Africa, and both innings at Bellerive. Not since Ian Chappell dropped his strides to adjust his protector have Australian batsmen been so crudely exposed. With collapse no longer coincidence, but part of the team ritual, the green tinge of the pitches can no longer be blamed. The time has come for change. Most pertinently, the time when a couple of much-loved veterans, Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey, could nominate their retirement dates has passed. John Inverarity would no doubt prefer be the first to fight Barry Hall than the man who dropped Ponting. Should the chairman of selectors put Bambi in the crosshairs, all he would have to justify his itchy trigger finger would be Ponting's poor form and his own common sense. Oddly, these things are not as useful as they might seem in such volatile situations. Inverarity would doubtless endure irrational haymakers thrown by those who still view the Tasmanian's now laboured efforts through the foggy lens of sentiment. Predictably, Nine's commentators tip-toed around the thorny subject of Ponting's poor form. They even raised the hoary old chestnut about how well he was batting in the nets. Sadly, a glance at the ICC's future tours program revealed there are no Tests scheduled for the nets in the foreseeable future. Too timid to make the call themselves, perhaps Nine could decide Ponting and Hussey's future with one of their loaded, unscientific instant plebiscites. The type that somehow put Bracewell's man of the match trophy in David Warner's hands. With Phillip Hughes no more likely to wear the baggy green on Boxing Day than Ian Botham, the retention of Ponting and/or Hussey could be justified on the grounds of keeping a ''settled line-up''. Although it might be another player on thin ice, Brad Haddin, who benefits from that shaky premise. The selectors will also be aware that, on more batsmen-friendly decks in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, there is a chance Ponting and Hussey will scratch out decent scores that would, to the literal minded, validate their retention. Ponting is one of the greatest players to pick up a bat; Hussey one of the most resourceful. They could survive on their wits. But it's apparent neither will last until the back-to-back Ashes Series of 2013, to what end? The lack of ''ready-made replacements'' is often used as an excuse for the inaction that precedes decline. However, if Shane Watson and Shaun Marsh are fit, both demand a spot. Opener Ed Cowan has also earned a chance to partner Warner by weight of runs. Hopefully, the lack of a Cricket Australia contract will not be an impediment. Despite the gloom created by Australia's defeat in Hobart, good things are happening. James Pattinson and Patrick Cummins are rippers. What odds on Warner, the Twenty20 slugger, carrying his bat in a Test? All three were given their chances because of injuries to incumbents, not because the selectors made bold decisions. The India series presents an opportunity to accelerate change. Dropping Ponting, Hussey and perhaps even Haddin will enrage some. But do the selectors want to win one of Nine's dodgy popularity polls or the Ashes? Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/ponting-hussey-have-forfeited-right-to-call-time-on-their-innings-20111212-1ork5.html#ixzz1gKlMYssG

[SachDan]

Selectors must harden up for changes to Australian team By Robert Craddock AUSTRALIA must make changes to its humiliated Test side and tinker with its batting order for the Boxing Day Test against India. Phil Hughes will be the first casualty because of his fatal weakness outside off stump where at crucial moments he shows as much restraint as a salmon being teased by a fly. His sacking is so obvious it will barely be discussed by the panel when it meets early next week. Even though Shane Watson may not be able to bowl he will return as a batsman if fit and the sight of him walking through the gate with David Warner will cause fewer heart flutters in the Australian dressing room than there were when Hughes was opening. I would drop Ponting and recall the talented Shaun Marsh who has been battling a back injury. It is a move made with mixed feelings. Australia has made a mess of managing Ponting's exit from the game. Had Laurie Sawle or Trevor Hohns been chairman of the panel then Ponting would be spending his first day in Test match retirement this morning, told by the panel the perfect way to end his decorated career was a farewell in front of his home audience. Australia has missed the moment. Now it must address the fallout. Almost every one of Australia's senior players stays too long and Ponting, for all of his greatness, is no exception. His two dismissals in this Test tells the story of a player in decline. He was off balance all innings yesterday because his body cannot do what his mind wants it to. In the first innings he could not decide whether to play or leave a ball angled into him and was LBW. His indecision came to the fore again with an ungainly half-cut, half-drive, which could only have spooned a catch to the covers. To see Ponting batting on, a ghost of the player he once was, is demeaning to him. Of his last 17 Test innings, 11 have resulted in scores of 16 or under. At 37 (this month) that means one thing. It's over. Marsh gets so many injuries you would swear he was a cage fighter not a cricketer. He has had little recent first-class practice, and if he breaks down again there must be genuine questions asked about his ability to go the journey. But he is gifted and at his peak and the time is right to put the heat on him. I would bat him at No.3 and send Usman Khawaja two spots down the order in the hope he might be able to find the amber light in his Test match tempo. He is not far from cracking it as a Test batsman. New selectors boss John Inverarity is very much on trial himself here. When he took the job his closest mates hoped he was not too nice for the role. Asked this question on ABC radio he did not give a definitive reply. The truth will be laid bare when he announces his Boxing Day Test team next week. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/selectors-must-harden-up-for-changes-to-australian-team/story-fn67x2wp-1226220140978