Where would you bat Ponting ?

[GingerFurball]

Couple of points.
He was not dropped by CA for being a racist but because of a broken finger and possibly poor form.
He has so far not shown any evidence of being a racist. He has shown utter disrespect for umpires though but not just Aleem Dar but many umpires over the years and he is not the only Australian player to do so..many including heroes McGrath, Warne and Waughs have done so.

Who's been hauled up in front of the ICC more than any other player?

That'll be Inzamam Ul-Haq, in case you're wondering.

[robinjr]

Who's been hauled up in front of the ICC more than any other player?

That'll be Inzamam Ul-Haq, in case you're wondering.

cop that Aaron

[Prince EWS]

The ICC are obviously racist.

[zaremba]

he deserved to be dropped for being racist..

A last-gasp contender for worst post of 2010.

Pathetic.

The guy's got an injury, and whatever other faults he has (he has many, and I'm usually the first to bang on about them) there's not a sliver of a shred of evidence that he's racist. That's a vile accusation to make without any evidence, son. Not sure if you'll be banned for it, but imho you ****ing deserve to be.

My advice to you is to wind your neck in.

[GuyFromLancs]

Where would you bat Ponting ?

In the bollocks if I were Australian.

[Black_Warrior]

He isn't the only player to do it. There are plenty of examples of players from all over disrespecting umpires. Players don't disrespect umpires because they're Australian anymore than they take bribes to fix matches because they're Pakistani.

But more Australian players have, over the years disrespected umpires just like more Pakistani players have over the years been accused and implicated in bribery and match fixing charges.. So it is fair to conclude that those problems are slightly more serious in those countries than the rest.

On another note, this is a topic about Ponting and the Ashes and hence it was only natural that his altercation with the umpires would come up. However is there any particular reason you found it necessary to bring up the match fixing issue other than the fact that the man in my avatar happens to be wearing the jersey of a certain country? because if that's your argument..then I must say its a pretty bad argument..Its not going to work because I will not shy away from calling a spade a spade just because I happen to support the team..unlike many others who blindly defend everything their players do.

[Black_Warrior]

Who's been hauled up in front of the ICC more than any other player?

That'll be Inzamam Ul-Haq, in case you're wondering.

If you're trying to bring Inzamam ul Haq to attack me..then thats a very sorry post I must say

Inzamam ul Haq, from what I can remember and I am sure I remember more of him than you, has never behaved with an umpire the way Ponting did at MCG. If he has been hauled in front of ICC more than Ponting or the others..then you're really opening a can of worms there.

[Burgey]

But more Australian players have, over the years disrespected umpires just like more Pakistani players have over the years been accused and implicated in bribery and match fixing charges.. So it is fair to conclude that those problems are slightly more serious in those countries than the rest.

On another note, this is a topic about Ponting and the Ashes and hence it was only natural that his altercation with the umpires would come up. However is there any particular reason you found it necessary to bring up the match fixing issue other than the fact that the man in my avatar happens to be wearing the jersey of a certain country? because if that's your argument..then I must say its a pretty bad argument..Its not going to work because I will not shy away from calling a spade a spade just because I happen to support the team..unlike many others who blindly defend everything their players do.

Well I posted it to point out that you can't generalise like that really. It's a bit rich on your part to now play a race card against me when I think you (likely inadvertently) did the same to one country's group of cricketers too. I'd have though it was self evident why I said it.
Inzamam
Cronje
Ranatunga
Gatting
Broad
Viv Richards
Michael Holding
Colin Croft
Miandad
Gavaskar
Kumble

Are among the non-Australian players I can think of off the top of my head who have disrespected umpires. Without giving it more than two minutes' thought.

[robinjr]

If you're trying to bring Inzamam ul Haq to attack me..then thats a very sorry post I must say

Inzamam ul Haq, from what I can remember and I am sure I remember more of him than you, has never behaved with an umpire the way Ponting did at MCG. If he has been hauled in front of ICC more than Ponting or the others..then you're really opening a can of worms there.

im sure he's talking to Aaron.

[vcs]

In the bollocks if I were Australian.

[howardj]

I don't see the point in Ponting continuing post-World Cup. By the time we play our next Test in August he'll be pushing 37 years of age, and he's been in decline for the last two years. In cricketing terms, he is already old. Continuing on for a couple of more years is just madness. If his coach wasn't such a 'yes man', he'd tell Ponting as much.

It's time to, to coin a phrase, move forward.

[morgieb]

I don't see the point in Ponting continuing post-World Cup. By the time we play our next Test in August he'll be pushing 37 years of age, and he's been in decline for the last two years. In cricketing terms, he is already old. Continuing on for a couple of more years is just madness. If his coach wasn't such a 'yes man', he'd tell Ponting as much.

It's time to, to coin a phrase, move forward.

howardj coming out of the closet?

But yeah, it's time to move on from Punter. He's not the player he once was, and it's unlikely that he can have a Tendulkar-esque recovery.

[howardj]

Yep, Sachin's renaissance is the exception for someone of that age, not the rule.

Anyway, Hussey, Watson and Clarke have played an awful lot of cricket and will be there to guide the younger players/batsmen.

Ponting is surplus to requirements in that respect.

[Spark]

Watson? He's only played 26 tests...

[howardj]

Watson? He's only played 26 tests...

Hussey and Clarke then....



Point I was trying to make is that his experience is not, of itself, reason enough for Poning to bat on.

There's other guys who can fill that breach.

Time to declare, as the commercial says.