Herschelle Gibbs
What a player,entertainer of note
and an all time great ricky ponting! Always loved his approach to batting... legend
Sanjay Manjrekar
Ricky Ponting came out of that
very typical Australian mould of batsmen. He was the quintessential Aussie
batsman in style & approach.
Ricky Ponting - a great driver
& a great puller ! Thats one thing that really stood out for me. Enriched
the game by his feats.
Michael Vaughan
The best batsman I had the
privilege to play against ... Ricky Ponting... #Punter Australia cricket will
not be the same without him...
Matthew Hayden
Punter, congratulations on a
fantastic career. Your departure will be a massive hole in the Australian
Cricket team #RickyPonting #Legend
Ajinkya Rahane
A legend announced retirement .
The cricket world will miss Ricky Ponting on the field.
Tom Moody
Congratulations Punter on an
astonishing career been a privilege to play alongside you & watch from
afar, you are truly a great Australian.
Virat Kohli
Ricky ponting what an absolute
legend. I am glad I had the honour of playing against him. Take a bow legend respect
Kevin Pietersen
Ricky Ponting RETIRES.... ONE OF
THE GREATS! I always got excited playing AUS, so I could watch him bat up
close. Well done Punter! Legend
Scott Styris
The best batsman I played against
has decided he has had enough. I'm sure there will be some happy bowlers
around!
The year 2012 seems to be the
year of goodbyes ,first Dravid, then Laxman and now Ponting ,all three carry numbers
next to their names ,which eventually are not enough to define the class of
these players.
As per expectations Ricky Ponting
who has second highest ( 27,471) runs in all international cricket announced
his retirement .A aggressive captain , a perfect number three batsman , a great
fielder under whose captaincy Australia touched new
heights and dominated the world cricket .Ponting's retirement has signalled another movement in the
slow descending of the curtains on an era of batting giants ,as now only
Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallies remain the last two of a VANISHING TRIBE
of monumental runs and awe-inspiring career longevity !!!!
Sachin Tendulkar had 38 Matches, 55 innings, 2483 (ave 51.72), 8
100s in his belt before Ponting's debut on 8 Dec 1995 ,and since than the
debate of who is the better among them is going on . If we consider stats as
the parameter than Ponting is ranked after Sachin in maximum records but their are
many records which are unique to him. Ricky Ponting is the only man to have
participated in more than 100 Test Match victories for his side , Ponting has hit the winning run in a Test
nine times ,which is more than anyone else in Test history.'This is where it started, and will finish'- yes Perth it is , had started his career on that ground and will end it on the same ,seems like a perfect script for a motivational story !
Well , the reason for the retirements
of these legends was that they were not getting runs under their belt, in fact
,to be very precise they were actually missing the ball and getting bowled
consistently ,which is so unlikely their way .The cricket fans have always
praised the growing number of runs of these players but have always criticized the
increase of number in their ages for their failure !
The irony is that the man who is
playing before the debut of all these players is still playing at the age of 39
and with every retirement , and with his every failure , the question is raised
that when is Sachin Tendulkar retiring .The reason for such questions is the
expectations and their past performances .They have created so many historic
events that people want a long inning from them in every match . I don’t know
how Sachin deal with such question ,but i am expecting he will not hang his
boot in a bad patch !
Very sad indeed. Such a great batsman asking the selectors to take a decision for him. If Sandeep Patil is dispassionate, he has to outright sack him, which will not be the case. Anyway, they will allow him to play for the entire series and Sachin will say, see, it is not my fault. Why doesn't he understand that it is hurting his image very badly?
ReplyDeleteTimely retirement means wise decision, sportsman’s decision. He was a respected among Australian cricket like Sachin Tendulkar in Indian cricket. Only a difference between the two is Ponting didn’t wait till his removal… about Sachin better NO COMMENT.
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