Despite calls for his sack getting louder everyday, Ricky Ponting looks certain to survive the axe as his deputy Michael Clarke and Cricket Australia (CA) have endorsed him as the Australian skipper after he returns from injury. CA’s chief executive James Sutherland also endorsed Ponting’s continuation as skipper upon return from his injury and quashed [...]
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Ponting survives axe, CA endorses him as skipper
December 31st, 2010 |
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Injured Ponting to miss Sydney Test, Clarke may take over
December 30th, 2010 |
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Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of the fifth and last Test of the Ashes series in Sydney due to a broken finger and Michael Clarke is expected to take over the reins. The selectors are expected to pick Clarke to lead but a formal announcement will be made only after directors [...]
Ponting slams policy of showing replays on big screen
December 28th, 2010 |
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Australian captain Ricky Ponting criticised the policy of showing replays on the big screen before a decision is made, and admitted that the Hot-Spot heat-camera vision had prompted his anger towards umpires Aleem Dar and Tony Hill on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. “I guess one flaw we’ve got in the system [...]
Ponting apologises for showing dissent towards umpires
December 28th, 2010 |
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Australian captain Ricky Ponting Tuesday apologised for arguing with on-field umpires after England batsman Kevin Pietersen was given not out following a video referral on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. Ponting was fined 40 percent of his match fees, $5400 approximately, by match referee Ranjan Madugalle Monday for showing dissent towards the [...]
Australia’s Ponting goes in to bat for his job
December 25th, 2010 |
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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting Saturday declared himself fit to play in the crucial fourth Ashes Test against England in Melbourne Sunday. The out-of-form batsman, who broke his little finger last weekend in the Perth Test that put the local side back in the game, admitted another low score Sunday would jeopardise his inclusion in [...]
Ponting looks good to play in Melbourne, says Clarke
December 24th, 2010 |
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Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke Friday said that skipper Ricky Ponting is almost certain to play in the fourth Ashes Test against England starting here Sunday. Clarke said Ponting felt good after a net session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and it will be difficult to keep him out of action on the Boxing Day. [...]
Khawaja will be a standby for Ponting
December 21st, 2010 |
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Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday asked New South Wales batsman Usman Khawaja as a standby player for the fourth Ashes Test, if Australian captain Ricky Ponting doesn’t recover from a fractured finger. Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said Ponting will be fit in time for the Test, adding that Khawaja’s selection is only precautionary. “While the [...]
‘Ponting should take inspiration from ‘morphed’ Tendulkar to resurrect his batting’
December 18th, 2010 |
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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting should take inspiration from Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar in order to resurrect his fading batting form, a noted cricket columnist has said. Ponting, who has posted scores of 10, 51, 0 and nine for an average of 23.3 in the first two Tests, managed only 12 runs in Australia’s first [...]
Ponting may be axed as captain if Australia loses Ashes
December 16th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has said he may have to step down as Australian skipper if the Ashes series is lost. Defeat in Perth, would force Ponting and selectors to face the question of his captaincy head-on, but it is doubtful the selectors would replace Ponting as skipper mid-way through the series even if England goes 2-0 [...]
Ponting says decision on retaining Oz captaincy not his to make
December 15th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has said that his future as Australian Test skipper is now out of his hands after a dreadful run of results have left his team on the verge of an embarrassing Ashes defeat. “Probably not a decision for me to make, is it?” Ponting replied when asked if he could stay on as [...]
Angry Ponting slams ‘technology-deficient’ TV referral system as ‘blight on game’
November 30th, 2010 |
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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has branded the TV referral system as ‘a blight on the game’ after being denied what he considered was a fair catch in the drawn first Test of the Ashes series. The bone of contention was the decision to give England double centurion Alastair Cook not-out after being caught by Ponting. [...]
Winners deserve the real Ashes urn: Ponting
November 25th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has reopened the age-old debate about where the Ashes urn is held by declaring Australia should be rewarded with the real item if they defeat England this summer. Despite originating in Australia, the urn lives at the spiritual home of cricket at Lord”s in London and series victors are presented with replica Ashes. [...]
â€I want to leave a great legacy for Australian cricket,†says Ponting
November 23rd, 2010 |
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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he is concerned and worried about the legacy that he leaves behind once he decides to hang up his gloves. ””Of course I”m worried about a legacy. It”s the reason I play the game and cherish the captaincy so much. I want to make sure the team [...]
Captain Ponting under biggest amount of pressure, says Pietersen ahead of Ashes
November 22nd, 2010 |
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In the first definitive sledge launched against Australia by a cautious England side since its arrival three weeks ago, middle order batsman Kevin Pietersen has taken aim at captain Ricky Ponting”s aggressive approach. Ponting has made a point of targeting Pietersen and rival skipper Andrew Strauss at every chance since August, but Pietersen has hit [...]
Tony Greig asks England to use Bodyline-style tactics against ‘opened-up’ Ponting
November 17th, 2010 |
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England’s fast bowlers have been asked by ex-skipper Tony Greig to adopt Bodyline-style tactics and target ageing Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who has become increasingly vulnerable to the short ball. Greig rated Ponting as Australia’s “No.1 dangermanâ€, and said the 35-year-old skipper had become increasingly susceptible to the bouncer. “And if I was playing him, [...]
Mark Waugh says Ponting will have win Ashes to keep Oz skipper’s job
November 11th, 2010 |
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Former Australian middle-order batsman Mark Waugh believes that if Ricky Ponting loses a third Ashes series to England, his days as captain are numbered. Ponting goes into his fourth Test series with England in charge of the Baggy Greens with one victory and two defeats to his name. Only Billy Murdoch and Percy McDonnell have [...]
Cricket: Ponting, Hussey lead Australia to big total against India
October 25th, 2009 |
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Captain Ricky Ponting top-scored with  74 as Australia posted a strong 292-8 in the first match of their one-day international series against India on Sunday. Ponting, 34, hit eight fours and two sixes in his 85-ball knock and shared  97 runs with opener Tim Paine (50) after electing to
Cricket: Australia wary of India, says Ponting
October 21st, 2009 |
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Australia hope to continue their winning streak when they clash with India in a seven-match one-day series starting on Sunday, captain Ricky Ponting said. The world champions thrashed England 6-1 in September before winning the eight-nation Champions Trophy in South Africa earlier this month
Cricket: Ponting urges one-day rethink before India trip
October 20th, 2009 |
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting called for a rethink of one-day cricket to end meaningless dead rubbers as he left for a seven-game series in India. Ponting said a points system was needed to give all one-dayers “significant meaning,” citing Australia’s lop-sided 6-1 win against England last
Cricket: Ponting says Flintoff’s future in the balance
September 16th, 2009 |
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting sympathised with Andrew Flintoff’s decision to go freelance but said the all-rounder’s international future was now open to question. Flintoff, who retired from Test cricket last month after England’s Ashes triumph because he said his injury hit body could no