Ponting praises Clarke’s captaincy – Cricket News Update
As the team prepares for a tough home summer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, terming it as high-quality.
After a couple of barren years, where the Aussie domination diminished alarmingly, the Down Under giants will finally gear up confidently for this summer, which sees them battling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
Following a thrashing at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 and Ricky Ponting.
After failing to defend their World Cup crown, Ponting relinquished his role as the leader of the side, paving way for Clarke to stamp his own philosophy onto the team. The 31-year-old barely put a foot wrong as the team climbed up the Test ranking with every series before finally finishing the previous season at a healthy no.3. Clarke is aware that strong showings against their upcoming opponents will place them at the summit of Test cricket, something that they had achieved with resounding success over the past decade, under Ponting.
Punter, who is now only a part of the Test squad, said that their periodic rise has been partly due to Clarke’s own individual efforts. Since becoming the permanent skipper, Pup has led the side in 14 Test matches, where he has scored over 1300 runs, including a stupendous triple hundred against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 further averages over 50 in the One-day format over the past 12 months.
"The thing I know about him, and it was similar to when I took over the captaincy as well, I think Michael's been able to elevate his game to a different level," Ponting said. "I think the way he played over the summer last year was very impressive, both one-day cricket and Test cricket. And when I took over the captaincy it was a bit of the same with me as well.
"Certain players respond to that responsibility a little bit better and make everybody feel and look very comfortable. As players and captains you're always judged on records, and what Michael has done as a captain and a player so far has been of a very high quality."
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