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Ponting vs Sangakkara (against pace)

Who is the better batsman against pace bowling?

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Al Salvador

School Boy/Girl Captain
Thala_0710 said:
He had multiple great away tours in Nz, Sa, Pak etc. He didn't get to face Bond in Nz in tests... Which isn't his fault
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Multiple great away tours where in which conditions and against whom

Please put forward his great performance on challenging pitches against quality bowlers there. Fast
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Thala_0710 said:
He had multiple great away tours in Nz, Sa, Pak etc. He didn't get to face Bond in Nz in tests... Which isn't his fault
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And it's Sanga's greatest series. We're judging them vs pace by their whole career, where Ponting is clearly ahead. Similarly, Sanga is also clearly ahead vs spin, though Ponting had a great tour vs Murali in SL
 
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Al Salvador

School Boy/Girl Captain
Thala_0710 said:
And it's Sanga's greatest series. We're judging them vs pace by their whole career, where Ponting is clearly ahead. Similarly, Sanga is also clearly ahead vs spin, though Ponting had a great tour vs Murali in SL
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I'm not saying Ponting isn't better but how is Ponting way better when there's no evidence of that. Sangakkara has 3 ATG knocks in nz ffs. And would have had ATG ton in sa if not for poor umpiring (Centurion)
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Al Salvador said:
I'm not saying Ponting isn't better but how is Ponting way better when there's no evidence of that. Sangakkara has 3 ATG knocks in nz ffs. And would have had ATG ton in sa if not for poor umpiring (Centurion)
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There is evidence though, multiple away tours of SA vs Ntini & Pollock, a great tour of Pak vs Waqar & Shoaib, the hundred vs Ambrose & Walsh in 99, multiple great 100s in Eng and Nz as well. And this is only away from home. He was great at home vs pace, on the faster and bouncy pitches; many of them were flat, but even they weren't, Ponting was great on them.
Sanga was very good vs pace, but he has few ATG inns but not sustained greatness vs pace throughout his career. It's basically the opposite of them vs spin
 
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Al Salvador

School Boy/Girl Captain
Thala_0710 said:
There is evidence though, multiple away tours of SA vs Ntini & Pollock, a great tour of Pak vs Waqar & Shoaib, the hundred vs Ambrose & Walsh in 99, multiple great 100s in Eng and Nz as well. And this is only away from home. He was great at home vs pace, on the faster and bouncy pitches; many of them were flat, but even they weren't, Ponting was great on them.
Sanga was very good vs pace, but he has few ATG inns but not sustained greatness vs pace throughout his career. It's basically the opposite of them vs spin
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Pollock? Pollock when he was finished as a bowler and mostly on good batting wicket. Ambrose of 1999 on slow flat wicket. Waqar of 2003 in sl you mean, sangakkara has a better ton in lahore and I haven't even included that. None of the innings you shared suggests Ponting was some Viv Richards against pace.


Have you even gone through his games in nz properly? Nz really?


He has one great ton in eng in 2005 and averaged mighty 39 in that series in the middle of his prime.

I'm not even saying sanga was better against pace but the way you exaggerated it was funny
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Al Salvador said:
Pollock? Pollock when he was finished as a bowler and mostly on good batting wicket. Ambrose of 1999 on slow flat wicket. Waqar of 2003 in sl you mean, sangakkara has a better ton in lahore and I haven't even included that. None of the innings you shared suggests Ponting was some Viv Richards against pace.


Have you even gone through his games in nz properly? Nz really?


He has one great ton in eng in 2005 and averaged mighty 39 in that series in the middle of his prime.

I'm not even saying sanga was better against pace but the way you exaggerated it was funny
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Ok finished pollock, but peak ntini. The attacks he faced in Nz weren't great ofc. He did make some very good 100s there though nonetheless. 1999 vs Ambrose and Walsh wasn't a slow flat wkt either. And you're ignoring the main point that Ponting played his home games in Aus where he was really at his best.
 
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Al Salvador

School Boy/Girl Captain
Thala_0710 said:
Ok finished pollock, but peak ntini. The attacks he faced in Nz weren't great ofc. He did make some very good 100s there though nonetheless. 1999 vs Ambrose and Walsh wasn't a slow flat wkt either. And you're ignoring the main point that Ponting played his home games in Aus where he was really at his best.
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Yeah Australian tracks of 2000s with those genius overseas attacks.

I'm not even saying sanga was better against pace but you exaggerated so much with very little evidence to back it up.
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Al Salvador said:
Yeah Australian tracks of 2000s with those genius overseas attacks.
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Many of them were flat, still had bounce and pace though, and much better for pace than SL tracks. You're using few great knocks in Nz to justify the opposite of what we saw throughout their career.
It's literally like I said, Sanga is much better vs spin. Ponting played a great series vs Murali in SL. Like yeah but still Sanga ofc was much better vs spin. We saw that throughout their career. It's simple
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Ponting. Probably one of the best if not the best in recent times. Sanga was a great player of pace, and was better than Ponting's peers. Odd thing is Sanga was better player of pace than spin. Other than for taking Ajmal to the cleaners, he was always very defensive against spin. it was MJ who was doing the scoring against spin.
 
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