NFC wrote:mal wrote:Pages 13 +14 have become rather spiteful on this thread
Plenty of counter punching posts
It is Boxing Day I suppose
PONTING
Im with REB , he is not the player he was
0 test hundreds in 2 years is evidence enough
3 fifties in his last 3 digs has convinced me even more he is below his best
When Ricky gets out for ziltch scores it happens
But when he cant convert half tons, when he should be cashing in, is prob even more disaPOiNTING
Quite simply he is playing more faulty shots then when at his peak
So the 50s he scored are now 20s
His 100s are now 50s
This is whats happened to the once mighty batsman
Hey, it might change, he may regain his brilliant best, who knows
But from I am seeing it aint gunna happen for him [hope im wronggggg ]
Just imagine he was not Ricky Ponting
This was a Phil Hughes or Brad Hodge playing like this
Would the Safooty fraternity be as forgiving ?
I'm sorry mal, but I'm really sick to death of you trying to sound overly intelligent, you're a smart bloke but stop trying to overdo it.
The bolded point is garbage.
He's 37, he's not at his peak, no one is arguing otherwise. But he's starting to get into some decent form, and after a nervous opening 10 minutes today he started to look really assured and confident.
Should have read the 3 digs that he got his three 50s in
But anyway, It can be argued if I am overly intelligent, but I do have reasonable eyesight and a reasonable memory
I remember why he was called the 2nd best since Bradman
I have not seen that for about 2 years though
I ask this question Redleg
Do you reckon Ricky is happy with his last 2 years of cricket ?
Admire the guy if you want for not giving up, and he is trying his darnest to become the dominant batsman we both know
But its not unreasonable for any of us to think that he is 37 years old, and a shadow of the player he was
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AGE EVENTUALLY CATCHES UP TO ALL CRICKETERS
ITS NO DISGRACE TO GET OLD, AND YOUR TIME IS UP
OTHERWISE GREG CHAPPELL,STEVE WAUGH + ALAN BORDER WOULD BE BATTING 4 + 5 + 6 BELOW PONTING IN THIS TEST MATCH
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In the eyes of many Australian cricketing followers, like myself, Ponting does not need to prove to me or anyone else he still hazit, that he can tear an attack apart
But unfortunately it appears he is needing to prove it to himself
thats 3 half centuries in his last 5 test knocks. 
