Who's better Dravid or Ponting

[Red]

Debatable, tbh. Ever see Ponting keep? Did so a few times for Tas and at worst, his work was very neat.

Yep. Ponting would've made a gun keeper I reckon.

 

[Top_Cat]

Sledger was making the point that he doesn't rate Dravid's batting with that post, and TC takes his wicket keeping comment literally.

Come on TC.

 

[Jono]

ffs don't meme me on a Friday

 

[Coronis]

 

[sledger]

Sledger was making the point that he doesn't rate Dravid's batting with that post, and TC takes his wicket keeping comment literally.

Come on TC.

I add so much to this forum, I really do. I'm modest too. Great bloke all-round.

 

[Flem274*]

Ponting. Not because he was more attacking which seems to be the main argument in here, but because I think he was simply better. It's close though.

 

[cricmahanty]

There's no clear winner for mine although I do know which batsman I'd pick if someone had to bat for my life. And that would be Dravid.

Ponting at his peak was a gun though. He could grind down the opposition to dirt single-handedly. But one gets the feeling that he was relatively more vulnerable at the start of his innings and in some respect, a less ideal #3 test batsman that Dravid. RD was just made for #3.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'd take Ponting in his peak ahead of almost anyone; he reached heights only a couple have bettered. That's not the question though. Over the course of a career I think Dravid would add ever so slightly more to a side. Both tailed away towards the end of their careers but I think Dravid held his decline together a bit better; he dug himself out of a few late-career troughs despite looking shot at times and the lone hand he played in England is something Ponting could never have done at the same age.

 

[NUFAN]

I do know which batsman I'd pick if someone had to bat for my life.

I find this saying funny. I mean, I can't ever imagine a would-be killer saying, okay I'm going to kill you unless you pick a good Cricketer who will keep you alive with his rock solid technique.

What does a batsman have to actually do in order to keep your life going? Block out an over? make a patient 50? hit a ton? WHATS THE CRITERIA CRICMAHANTY?

 

[TNT]

I find this saying funny. I mean, I can't ever imagine a would-be killer saying, okay I'm going to kill you unless you pick a good Cricketer who will keep you alive with his rock solid technique.

What does a batsman have to actually do in order to keep your life going? Block out an over? make a patient 50? hit a ton? WHATS THE CRITERIA CRICMAHANTY?

Cricketers with lower strike rates and less aggressive techniques apparently will bat better if your life is on the line. Its no secret that if your life is on the line Ponting would play risky shots but Dravid would put up the wall to try and prolong your life.

 

[Red]

And what's to say either want the responsibility of batting for your life. It's a lot of pressure.

 

[Furball]

Cricketers with lower strike rates and less aggressive techniques apparently will bat better if your life is on the line. Its no secret that if your life is on the line Ponting would play risky shots but Dravid would put up the wall to try and prolong your life.

Didn't watch the 3rd Test in the 2005 Ashes then?

 

[Burgey]

If you we're going to choose someone to bat for your life it would be WG Grace wouldn't it?

 

[kyear2]

The good doctor himself.

 

[Geoffboycott]

I'd take Ponting in his peak ahead of almost anyone; he reached heights only a couple have better. That's not the question though. Over the course of a career I think Dravid would add ever so slightly more to a side. Both tailed away towards the end of their careers but I think Dravid held his decline together a bit better; he dug himself out of a few late-career troughs despite looking shot at times and the lone hand he played in England is something Ponting could never have done at the same age.

Great post

 

[3703]

Ponting declined so sharply in the back end of his career it left his numbers not really reflective of what he was as a player. Didn't end up showing quite the longevity, but no question, both up and playing well, Ponting every day of the week.

 

[the big bambino]

Ponting easily. Complete mismatch here. Who's Ponting's round 2 opponent: Peter Fulton?

 

[smash84]

Ponting easily. Complete mismatch here. Who's Ponting's round 2 opponent: Peter Fulton?

Going a little overboard here. It is not like Ponting is light years ahead of Dravid. Over the course of their careers there is a very strong argument to be made that Dravid was the better batsman.

 

[slowfinger]

I think that due to consistency I would have to pick Dravid over Ponting... But it also depends on the circumstances...

 

[Red]

Ponting easily. Complete mismatch here. Who's Ponting's round 2 opponent: Peter Fulton?

Hardly a complete mismatch to compare the two best number 3s of the last 2 decades.