http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 claims that his game suffered during his captaincy tenure – Cricket News Update
The former Australian skipper, Ricky Ponting, has revealed that his natural game experienced a setback during his captaincy tenure, but he is enjoying the current phase of his career.
The legendary batsman claims that he had been preoccupied with leadership responsibilities and obligations which did not let him focus on his own career.
Ponting reiterated that he is eager to concentrate on his batting now as he wants to spend the rest of his career as a successful and consistent batsman.
Talking to the media today, the ex-captain said, “Because I have been captain for so long, I still will always have those thoughts…but no I have more of an opportunity to just focus on me for a change. I think my own game (cricket, that is) was suffering
as a result of all the other stuff I was dealing with.”
He further told, “I was not only worrying about my game but having to worry about what everyone else was doing and how they were preparing and how they were training and what the coaches were doing and what the selectors wanted to do.”
Ponting, who is regarded as the most successful skipper in the history of Australian cricket, stepped down voluntarily after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978. Taking his national team’s reins at the dawn of the 21th century,
Punter earned two consecutive WC titles in 2003 and 2007. He also played a key role in the Kangaroos’ triumph in the 1999 edition of the 50-over showpiece tournament.
Ponting has also experimented with his batting position after giving up captaincy. Instead of his traditional one-down spot, he now bats down the order.
The 36-year-old poses to be the third top scorer in Test cricket with India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 on top. Starting his International career in 1995, he has played 154 Test, 369 ODI and 17 T20I matches so far, getting 12487, 13675 and 401 runs respectively in
the three formats of the game. He has also represented some of the ace overseas domestic teams like Kolkata Knight Riders and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843.
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