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Ricky Ponting

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/dlfcup/content/current/story/259522.html

Seems like he lost it again and has been fined his whole match fee for dissent, for querying an umpire's decision to call a wide. If he keeps this up, Austrayah (as Warney calls it) will be looking for a replacement captain and batsman soon.

He's an outstanding batsman and should let his cricket do the talking.
 

Ricky Ponting

...Ashes pressure getting to him already.................
 

Ricky Ponting

Great cricketer, bad loser, dreadful liar.........

Ponting said:
I am most proud of my longevity in the game. I've never been one for stats and milestones, I just try to do the best for my team.

I'm the third fastest person in the history of the game to get 10,000 and that will be a nice thing to look back on at the end of my career.
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Have to say it's a fantastic achievement and the way he's going, who's to say he won't get to 12,000 and overhaul Brian Lara? Perhaps the most impressive aspect is that his average is just a shade under 60. He didn't do very well in the IPL, but in Test cricket, he's awesome.

His antics in the recent series against India showed up his character flaws pretty clearly, but today is the day to simply congratulate him. Well done Ricky, you Aussie bastard.
 

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Is it soon to be the end of a fantastic career. Always the pantomime villain in English eye's.....but what a great player.
 

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He hasn't definitively said he's retiring from ODIs, but he has admitted that he doesn't think he will be selected again. I suppose that (a) he's leaving the door open for emergencies and (b) he knows that to to do retirement properly, you have to get in there before the selectors drop you!

Think he'll be playing Tests for a while yet, though.
 

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Will be here to try and win the ashes in 2013 for the first time in England.Then he will retire from Test Match cricket.A great player who we love to give stick too.Cannot wait to see him for the last time and feel he will be greatly received,but goes home without the urn.:)
 

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He's been part of Ashes winning teams in England before, horshambees. A great player but his temperament as captain was always suspect in my view. Mind you, being captain of Australia is a high-pressure job and must be pretty stressful - maybe not many would cope with it perfectly at all times.
 

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horshambees said:
Will be here to try and win the ashes in 2013 for the first time in England.Then he will retire from Test Match cricket.A great player who we love to give stick too.Cannot wait to see him for the last time and feel he will be greatly received,but goes home without the urn.:)
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I just hope he remembers to bring Mitchell Johnson over in the team :sorted:
 

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Great batsman with a super test career. Maybe should have retired a couple of years ago but for a period of 2-3 years was the best batsmen in the world.
 

Ricky Ponting

One of the best batsman ever, as has been said above maybe should have packed it in a couple of years ago, would still make it into most World XI.
 

Ricky Ponting

RIP Punter. A great batter & great pantomime adversary for us. Shame he didn't hang on to lose the Ashes again.

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Fair play to him, the Aussie selectors were probably never going to drop him so he could easily have gone on longer but admits he doesn't merit a place in the side and hasn't done for a little while now. Didn't always like him as a person, seemed quite arrogant and I'm sure his disciplinary record as Captain is one of the worst but nobody can deny what a great player he was. I'll never forget that final day at Old Trafford in 2005, I think he scored 155 when everyone else around him was falling he stood up, one of the best knocks I've ever seen. Hopefully he'll be over here next summer in some sort of media role.
 

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super J said:
Fair play to him, the Aussie selectors were probably never going to drop him so he could easily have gone on longer but admits he doesn't merit a place in the side and hasn't done for a little while now.
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Tendulkar could take a leaf out of Ponting's book (but not until the current series has finished!).
 

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Well I was hoping he was coming over next summer to play in the Ashes,but as he is retiring then that's a shame.Great player to watch and has already been said he was the best in the world.Also having met the man I can safely say he is a top bloke.
 

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horshambees said:
Well I was hoping he was coming over next summer to play in the Ashes,but as he is retiring then that's a shame.Great player to watch and has already been said he was the best in the world.Also having met the man I can safely say he is a top bloke.
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Ooo, When, where & why? Tell us more please.

:owusu:
 

Ricky Ponting

Inappropriate Smilies Bee said:
Ooo, When, where & why? Tell us more please.

:owusu:
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Arundel Cricket Club in a game vs The MCC.Also met Jason Gillespie who rounded a load of kids and took them to meet all the players during lunch.Glenn McGrath,Steve Waugh and Adam Gilchrist were top draw that day and one lunch time Gilchrist took some kids and done a coaching session with them.Ricky Ponting was happy to talk,sign autographs and mix with all.All of the Aussies were happy to be around and mix with all of us and like I say a top 3 days cricket.
Shane Warne though was a miserable ****.Up his arse and even Jason Gillespie couldn't believe he wouldn't sign one book.Richie Benaud didn't like the invasion either as none of the kids,mine included,had MCC garb on.John Barclay,youth development at Sussex tried to get the kids kicked out,but Ponting insisted they stay and encouraged it all.
Colin Miller also deserves a mention as does Mattie Hayden and Mark Waugh who were brilliant company too.
 

Ricky Ponting

Nice one cheers Horsham. Interesting. Still hate them though of course.
 

Ricky Ponting

Good work convict fellas.
 

Ricky Ponting

They reckon that one of the 20 over games will have Smith, Ponting and KPI'S playing against Middlesex. Don't like the format but that's a tasty top order!!
 

Ricky Ponting

Try KP bloody predictive text
 

Ricky Ponting

The Pipe said:
Try KP bloody predictive text
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If KP is available then Morgan and Finn should be for Middlesex. **** you IPL the quality of that game will be far higher then your sports entertainment sh*te.
 

Ricky Ponting

Might have to get down to the Oval a bit more this summer, not a bad batting line up of Ponting, Graeme Smith and Pietersen to watch!
 

Ricky Ponting

super J said:
Might have to get down to the Oval a bit more this summer, not a bad batting line up of Ponting, Graeme Smith and Pietersen to watch!
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Maybe I got this wrong, but my understanding was that Ricky was just there as a replacement for Smith when he's away on South Africa duty in June and July.
 

Ricky Ponting

stedders said:
Maybe I got this wrong, but my understanding was that Ricky was just there as a replacement for Smith when he's away on South Africa duty in June and July.
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..............that's how the London BBC news reported it.............he's there for June and July.............
 
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