Posts tagged with ‘Ricky Ponting’
Aside from the 3-0 scoreline, there are signs that the England team just aren’t that into this ODI series. First Stuart Broad and now Paul Collingwood and James Anderson are being rested from the team.
Time for a little rest
The trend recently is of players retiring from Test cricket to prolong their Twenty20 careers, or at least professing a preference for the format limited in length but unlimited in financial inducement. But, Ricky Ponting isn’t going to be following that trend, having announced his retirement from Twenty20 internationals to prolong his Test career.
Ponting bucks the trend
Yorkshire chief exec Stewart Regan is one of my favourite inept English Cricket Administrators. Or, at least, he always sounds inept when quoted in the press. In amongst Giles Clarke’s plea for England fans to stop booing Ricky Ponting (thus guaranteeing an escalation), Regan chipped in with his contribution.
The Ashes: Headingley aims to provide miserable experience
With Australia now trailing in the Ashes, the flimsy excuses have started to show their acne-ridden faces. First we had all the fuss over umpiring decisions and “dirty cheat” Andrew Strauss, and now Shane Watson reveals that it is all because Cricket Australia have imposed a sledging ban on the squad.
The Ashes: Flimsy Aussie excuses
Both Pietersen and Flintoff are to see specialists regarding their respective injuries before a decision is made about their participation in the 3rd Test at Edgbaston. Pietersen limped his way around Lord’s for five days, while Flintoff charged in regardless as if he were the entire Light Brigade encompassed within one individual.
The Ashes: England ready to go Back to the Future
Almost everything went right for England today, and they are in a great position to beat the Aussies at Lord’s for the first time since 1934.
The Ashes 2nd Test day 2: Anderson takes charge
After the furore over England’s time wasting tactics (alleged time wasting, they still deny that was the reason) Ricky Ponting has been engaged with a war of words with anyone who’s anyone in Ashes scandals.
The Ashes: The molehill that keeps on growing
At one point in England’s desparate rear-guard yesterday evening, the 12th man appeared with a message for Anderson and Panesar. The next over, he appeared again with some replacement gloves for one of the batsman. Then, the physio appeared on the pitch.
An angry Punter
Australia chalked up 349-7 at Hove today, but had their lower order to thank for it as the top order did not perform.
