Ponting And Tendulkar comparison

[SachDan]

The biggest accolade afforded to Ponting is the idea he might be the best Aussie bat since Bradman. That's as far as his own countrymen will go. I'm afraid he just doesn't enter the world's best ever debate. You see' date=' Ponting's stats make you sit up and look for reasons to call him great. It's not something you find yourself doing as you watch him bat a few overs. With Tendulkar, the stats were a mere by product of his utter genius at the crease.[/quote'] Summed it up quite nicely goosey :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[Guest HariSampath]

Ponting had a lesser than fantastic starting few years in tests. But he has maintained a test average of 66 in his last 81 test matches and that is something incredible. He will casually break all of sachin's batting numbers, and will be the world's num 1 for a long time. This is particularly more creditworthy as Sachin has been getting more than half his runs on dead subcontinental wickets and Ponting has proved himself as a class act while playing all his career on Aussie tracks that are quick. There is also the additional pressure of having to lead a team always expected to win each and every game, and a team of huge quality players, which Ponting has achieved successfully while raising his batting to levels sachin has not done as a matchwinner.

[Donny]

Ponting has proved himself as a class act while playing all his career on Aussie tracks that are quick.

?? 1. He's played 45 away Tests. 2. All Aussie tracks aren't 'quick'.

[HouMac]

The biggest accolade afforded to Ponting is the idea he might be the best Aussie bat since Bradman. That's as far as his own countrymen will go. I'm afraid he just doesn't enter the world's best ever debate. You see' date=' Ponting's stats make you sit up and look for reasons to call him great. It's not something you find yourself doing as you watch him bat a few overs. With Tendulkar, the stats were a mere by product of his utter genius at the crease.[/quote'] So now we're going to declare the better player based on whose game was prettier? C'mon! Ponting's strokeplay isn't as pretty as prime Tendulkar, but he's still one of the most elegant batsman of his era. On the up drives, gorgeous flicks off the pads, effortless pulls/hooks(far superior to SRT) and that high backlift. Yuvraj's game is very similar to Ponting's and we usually can't stop talking abt the beauty of Yuvraj's game when he's in full flow. Either way, at the end of the day all that matters is IMPACT/EFFECTIVENESS on the cricket field. As clearly proven by the numbers, Ponting has been the more effective player.

[goose]

Either way' date=' at the end of the day all that matters is IMPACT/EFFECTIVENESS on the cricket field. As clearly proven by the numbers, Ponting has been the more effective player.[/quote'] Wrong. I'm interested in the impact and effectiveness of the TEAM i support. But these criteria alone do not cut it when you're choosing great individuals. In football some of the most effective players on the pitch are goalkeepers and defenders. Yet it's the always the strikers that walk away with player of the year. These players stir the imagination, they reach parts others players cannot reach. You see, the difference between Ponting, and players like Vaughan, Hayden, Inzamam, Pietersen, and Dravid to name a few, is measured in years. Ponting has merely managed to hold his **** together for a bit longer than the other also rans. And well done to him. If you're going to put Ponting at the top of the pile. then you're going to have to make way for a certain Jacques Kallis who is hot on his heals for sheers weight of runs and consistency. Kallis the world's best ever? Surely even you can see the silliness of that notion.