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Reeeaaaallly?
So why was he predicted to be the "next great player" at 15 by Rod Marsh?
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Pretty much everyone who amounted to anything (plus hundreds who didn't) has been predicted that sort of thing by someone. Rod Marsh is worse than most at it, too (Chris Read one of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen in The World anyone?).
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Ponting is an incredibly gifted player who would've been great in any era
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No, he'd have been good in any time, certainly - that he'd have been good enough to average 70 (as virtually no-one has ever done before the 2001-onwards period) is highly dubious.
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He's gone from a "kid" earning 500k to a married man earning 1 mill plus and captaining his country - that changes anyone bar a hack like John Terry
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Err, no, it doesn't. If anything the changes result
from improved performance, not the other way around.