Is ricky ponting the most over rated cricketer?

Question

Big name and a big zero in IPL and a few call him the world's no.1 batsman.

Answer 1

Before you bag him you Aussie basher have a look at the guys cricket career stats,i am pretty sure you will then eat humble pie,in other words shut up and stop bagging one of the best players and captains we have had,when was the last time your team won 16 consecutive Test matches?.........

Gee good tactics of his,go over to India earn over $400,000 then go to the West Indies,good match practise for him....

With out raising too much of a sweat too....Lmao.

Answer 2

no way!

Answer 3

nope,there are many more!

Answer 4

Ponting is not overated, as  he is one of the best batsmen in the world, hes in the catergory of dravid and kallis, he will never be in the same league as lara, and then the ultimate league of sachin.

Answer 5

Noooo,in fact he is better than all the Indian cricketers including msd.

Answer 6

No,he is not Overrated,He is good captain &Player

Its impossible to show consistency evrytime

i thinks Gibbs is an overrated player

Answer 7

Ricky is good, how can you put a man with his record down, he has just had a bad trot, lets see what he does in the west indies, his record speaks for it's self.

chak de india.

Answer 8

no

Answer 9

He was once rated the number one batsman in ICC ranks. However, personally I do not believe he is the number one batsman, there are many better then him.

He is a good batsman but not #1. Some Aussies may take offense and give me thumbs down. But I'm entitled to my own opinion.

Answer 10

Ponting is awesome, he record in Tests and ODIs speak for themselves. 34 test centuries and 39 test fifties with a highest score of 257. He also as 63 ODI fifties and 26 ODI centuries. He isnt over rated whatsoever infact he is a wonderful cricketer.

Answer 11

If you think ponting is over rated then you know nothing about cricket

Start learning the ABC of cricket

Answer 12

ricky pointing was dude.!!

he sux

Answer 13

Firstly, IPL doesn't really count for anything in the world of international cricket. It might be a big thing in india, but the rest of the world couldn't care less. FACT.

As for Ponting - well he's got a d**n good track record at thrashing your beloved indian team, hasn't he?

Answer 14

No he is a very good cricketer as well as a very good

Captain.

Answer 15

i rote what all i new about him

Ricky Ponting

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Ricky Ponting



Australia

Personal information

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Nickname Punter

Born 19 December 1974 (1974-12-19) (age 33)

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Role Batsman, Captain

Batting style Right-hand

Bowling style Right-arm medium

International information

Test debut (cap 366) 8 December 1995: v Sri Lanka

Last Test 24 January 2008: v India

ODI debut (cap 123) 15 February 1995: v South Africa

Last ODI 4 March 2008: v India

ODI shirt no. 14

Domestic team information

Years Team

1993 - Tasmania

2004 Somerset

2008 - Kolkata Knight Riders

Career statistics

Tests ODIs FC List A

Matches 116 298 212 367

Runs scored 9,776 11,026 18,378 13,325

Batting average 58.53 43.40 60.05 42.98

100s/50s 34/39 26/63 68/75 30/78

Top score 257 164 257 164



Balls bowled 527 150 1,422 349

Wickets 5 3 14 8

Bowling average 46.20 34.66 54.07 33.62

5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0

10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a

Best bowling 1/0 1/12 2/10 3/34

Catches/stumpings 133/– 134/– 218/– 166/–

As of 13 March 2008

Source: cricinfo.com



Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is a professional Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australian cricket team in One Day International, Twenty20 International and Test cricket. Ponting also represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian Domestic cricket, a side he plays for intermittently due to international commitments. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional right-arm medium pace bowler.

Ponting reached international standards at a young age for a batsman, making his One Day International and Test debuts in 1995 at the age of 20. However, his progress was not unhindered. He lost his place in the team several times due to lack of form and discipline issues, before rising to the One Day International captaincy in early 2002 and becoming Test captain in early 2004. As of March 2008, he is the third highest ranked batsman in both One Day International cricket and Test matches in the official ICC ratings.[1]

Contents [hide]

1 Key achievements

2 Career Summary

2.1 Early years

2.2 International career begins

2.3 Test career consolidates

2.4 ODI Captaincy

2.5 Test Captaincy

2.5.1 2005 Ashes Series

2.5.2 2006/07 Ashes Series

2.6 Recent Batting Form

3 Career Records

3.1 Batting Records

3.2 Captaincy Records

4 Career Highlights

5 Controversies

6 Endorsements

7 Individual Honours

8 Personal life

9 Books

9.1 Authored or co-authored

10 References

11 External links



[edit] Key achievements

Ricky Ponting is considered one of the best cricketers in modern cricket, and is ranked 3rd, Graeme Smith and Sachin Tendulkar are the only ones to lead him at the moment, in the One-Day International Batting chart and only Kumar Sangakkara, team mate Michael Hussey and Jacques Kallis ahead in the test rankings.[1][2] He has scored over 9,500 Test runs at an average near 60, but since the February 2002 tour of South Africa (when he was elevated to the ODI team captaincy) he has scored 24 of his Test centuries and averaged above 74, leading to comparisons with Sir Donald Bradman.[3][4]

Ponting is also Australia's leading ODI run-scorer and century maker he has the second most centuries ever, behind only Tendulkar. His century against the West Indies in Jaipur at the 1996 Cricket World Cup made him the youngest ever World Cup centurion, and his unbeaten 140 against India in the 2003 Cricket World Cup final was the highest by a captain in a World Cup final. In 2007 Cricket World Cup match against South Africa at St Kitts, Ponting became the first Australian to reach 10,000 runs in ODI Cricket and the 7th in world cricket to achieve this distinction.



An innings-by-innings breakdown of Ponting's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).Like many Australian batsmen, Ricky Ponting is particularly strong against pace bowling, with the full array of back foot shots, including the pull, hook, and square cut. Early on, he was regarded as a near-compulsive hooker, but he has lately moderated this tendency. He tends to move across his off stump, and has therefore been regarded as vulnerable to LBW early in his innings. He is less adept against spin bowling, particularly on very helpful spinning pitches such as those in India where his average is just 12.28.

After his first 30 Tests in just under four years his average was 38.62, and after rising into the mid-40s had dipped again to 40.50 after 45 Tests. Since that time his average has consistently risen; his averages in recent calendar years are 70.93 in 2002, 100.20 in 2003, 41.00 in 2004, 67.13 in 2005 and 88.86 in 2006.[5]

Ponting occasionally bowls medium pace, and has also experimented with off-spin. He is an outstanding fieldsman square of the wicket or at silly point, with fast reactions and hand-eye coordination and (especially in the one-day game) a reputation for hitting the stumps to run out opposition batsmen. A report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the second highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the sixth highest success rate.[6]

[edit] Career Summary

[edit] Early years

Ponting attended school at Mowbray Primary and then Brooks High School in Launceston, and then attended the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy from 1992 to 1993.

The nephew of Tasmanian Test cricketer and fast bowler Greg Campbell, Ponting played his junior cricket for Mowbray Cricket Club and attracted attention at an early age. Nicknamed Punter for his love of greyhound-racing, he left school at 16 to attend the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. After impressing head coach Rod Marsh, Ponting made his Sheffield Shield debut at the age of 17, in the 1992/93 season. He was immediately productive, scoring 782 runs at 46 for the season. He was the youngest Tasmanian to score a first-class century, and the youngest to score centuries in each innings of a match on Australian soil. This put him in contention for selection for the 1993 Ashes tour, and despite being overlooked, he continued his heavy scoring in his second domestic season, scoring 965 at 48.25 to propel the Tasmanians into the Shield final. His form the following year in 1994/95 led to his selection in the Australian XI to play in a four-day match against England, as well as selection for Australia A in the ODI tournament.[7]

[edit] International career begins

Ponting's domestic performances were rewarded when he was selected for the Australian ODI team to play in a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in early 1995. He played in all of Australia's matches, aggregating 80 runs at 40, highlighted by a 62 against India in Dunedin. He was selected for the subsequent tour of the West Indies, and although he played in two more ODIs, he watched from the dressing room as his teammates reclaimed the Frank Worrell Trophy.[8]

He made his Test debut in the 1st Test against Sri Lanka in December 1995 at Perth, replacing Greg Blewett although due to Steve Waugh's absence through injury Ponting batted at 5. He was out for 96, lbw to Chaminda Vaas. He combined with Stuart Law, also playing on debut, for a partnership of 121. This was only the ninth ever century partnership by debutants in test cricket.

He also featured that season in the ODI team, and attended the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where he batted in the No.3 position, and became the youngest batsman to score a World Cup century, when he achieved the feat in a group match against the West Indies.[9]

With the retirement of fellow Tasmanian David Boon, Ponting was elevated to the No.3 position in the Test team for the series against the West Indies in 1996-97 in Australia. After two Test matches and three scores under 10, he was replaced by Justin Langer and was out of the team for six months. Returning at Leeds in July 1997 he scored his first Test century (127, batting at No.6) but in 1998-99 again failed to hold his place consistently, being dropped in favour of Darren Lehmann on the tour of Pakistan and again in the home series against England.[10] He had played 22 Tests at the end of 1998, with 1209 runs at an average of 36.63. He was a permanent fixture in the ODI team throughout this period.

[edit] Test career consolidates



Ricky Ponting in his Test flannelsPonting was in the squad for the 1999 tour of the West Indies, and scored 104 batting at No.6 when recalled to the starting XI for the 3rd Test.[11] Injury aside (he missed a tour of New Zealand after hurting his ankle in a fielding mishap in an ODI Final at Sydney), his position was now secure in spite of a run of poor form in 2001 - this included 17 runs at an average of 3.4 in three Tests in India, dismissed all five times by Harbhajan Singh. Despite this recent run of poor scores, Ponting was promoted to the key No.3 position in the Australian batting order at the expense of Justin Langer, while Damien Martyn took Ponting's former spot at No.6. Ponting began the series poorly, scoring 11[12], 14, 4 [13],14 and 17[14] - the first four dismissals all to Darren Gough - before returning to form at Leeds, scoring 144 and 72 in a dead-rubber.[15] Starting with that 2001 Ashes series he has batted No.3 in all but four of his Test innings. Despite his initial failure, Ponting has averaged 68.76 since his promotion, scoring 26 of his 33 centuries (as of March 2007)[16].

In late 2003, Ponting scored double-centuries in back-to-back Tests against India, at Adelaide (2

Answer 16

His record does't suggest so.He has singlehandedly won numerous games for the aussies.He is rather underestimated in the IPL tournament as he has begged twice less money than that of David Hussey.

Answer 17

i'm with Ange on this one

"a big fat zero in the IPL"

how about "IPL form is worth a big fat zero!!" seriously people, basically you line up the ball, try to hit it into the next city, and hope you dont get out, honestly i dont think theres that much more to it, if your lucky, your shots keep going for 6, if not, you get a duck, big deal, test form is what matters, and thats still fine enough

you want over rated, i'll give you to more players that are over rated!!

1 Yuvraj Singh!! the guy hits 6 6s in a slog match and you guys make him an ICON!! what?! what about Kumble? the 3rd highest wicket taker of all time, yet hes not an icon and Yuvraj is?! what a crock! when Yuvraj played tests out here last summer, we should have given him a baggygreen cap cos he was more of a help to us than he was to India! a bloke makes a couple of test and ODI hundreds, hits 36 in a over in a slog match and hes an icon, yet a bloke with 600 test wickets isnt?! how does that make sense!

2 MS Dhoni!! the guy slogs a couple of ODI hundreds and one in a test (on a DEAD FLAT wicket) and all of a sudden hes the greatest thing to happen to cricket is years?! rubbish! and what has he done to earn the $1.5 million he scored at the players auction!? at least Symonds made a century before he went on national duty! Dinesh Kartik is a better batsman and Partiv Patel is a better keeper, so how does he even get in the team?!

Answer 18

Of course not.  Ponting is fine.

It is Afridi who needs to justify his rating.

Answer 19

gonna kidding, iiitz the indian masters whose performance was not upto expectations

Answer 20

Do you think criticizing Ponting will make people forget the dismal performances of your own players in IPL? From what i've read, foreign players were the biggest run getters in the series.But I guess if you consider Ponting overrated, then you must also say that of Sachin. Think about that!!!