from_the_stands wrote:Not neccesarily. The form of Phil Hughes has been a worry, probably since his second ever Test when he scored a century in each innings. What's he done since? Shaun Marsh opens for the Warriors, and had probably his best domestic season last year. Twatto seems to insist on wanting to continue opening. And Khawaja opened in a tour match recently and scored a century. Mike Hussey, too, could easily open, as he did earlier in his career. Now that Michael Clarke is in command, just maybe he will want to see some changes at the top of the order.
shankybiggestengfan wrote:People who are writing off Ponting,just look at Tendulkar guys.
Form is temporary,class is permanent.Punter is still a great player IMO.
He has at least another 3 yrs left in him.He looked in exellent touch in the ODIs btw.
ddb wrote:shankybiggestengfan wrote:People who are writing off Ponting,just look at Tendulkar guys.
Form is temporary,class is permanent.Punter is still a great player IMO.
He has at least another 3 yrs left in him.He looked in exellent touch in the ODIs btw.
How many players have done what Tendulkar did?
Both have a year or two max.
Stroller95 wrote:Smarsh is not a regular opener for WA. He has been batting at 3 and 4.
I don't like to say it, but I reckon Khawaja is going to get out cheaply trying to push the runrate along this afternoon, and he will be replaced by Ponting.
Still, nice to have a couple of proper test prospects looking for a place. The last time this sort of thing happened, I think, was when Marcus North had his hat in the ring as as all-rounder.
shankybiggestengfan wrote:People who are writing off Ponting,just look at Tendulkar guys.
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sportbloggeradi wrote:shankybiggestengfan wrote:People who are writing off Ponting,just look at Tendulkar guys.
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Sachin was to be dropped as some posters on CMS posted here years before. I was shocked when i read those posts. So posts suggesting Ponting, Warne, Lara to be dropped are now/were bearable putting that into context.
The opponent cricketers are professionals as well and they will sometimes make your decisions look silly. As far as blunders or captaincy mistakes i have seen Clarke do only two of them.
shankybiggestengfan wrote:ddb
I am not for even one second suggesting that Punter is as good as Sachin.But he is still a great player and he has shown get great signs all tour without really pushing on.I just get the feeling that a big score is somewhere round the corner sooner rather than later.And as an England fan,I would not like to see a hungry for runs Punter in the Aussie team come the next Ashes.So I still rate him.Still a great player IMO.
Average of 41 is not terrible by any stretch of imagination.The fact that we feel it is poor just shows goes to show the high standards that he has set for himself.He isnt living upto those high standards but he is not doing poor by normal standards and as I said I have a feeling he is about to enter a purple patch maybe against India later this year
shankybiggestengfan wrote:Another thing
People say Ponting's average of 41 in the last 4 years(his leanest patch) is equivalent to Strauss' career average who is rightfully regarded as a very good batsman.So why is Ponting's record poor in the last 4 years?
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