Ricky Ponting, successful but miles behind the best?

There has been a very popular debate about captains and their success as well as leadership in sports and especially in cricket.
Ricky Ponting known as the most successful captain to the world and also by many of the cricket experts and former but now there seems to have a twist in the tale as Dhoni looking to overtake everything Ponting ever achieved.
Whether it was him being a Three Time World Cup Winning Team Part since 1999 to 2007 (Twice During Captaincy) and Two Champions Trophy Wins in 2006 and 2009.
But as soon as Ponting lost his peak and found himself out of form in recent years, everyone seems forget his dominance but one could i ask was it really a pure dominance and did something serious got unnoticed?
If so, we have presented a Video showing how unethical was Ponting, through out his whole career.

But that is not just the end of it, Today it will be proved how Dhoni is better than Ricky Ponting or should i say 'Cheating Champion'?

Reasons:
1. Dhoni is a cool head and takes decision sensibly where as Ponting get's frustrated about little things like missed run-out chance,misfield when the passes and fielder misses and sometimes even abuses opponent's team mates when he get's out or struggles that is what we call sledging in cricket.

2. Dhoni also has to work behind the wicket with the gloves which is not any easy task if one is an accomplished batsman and a captain.

3. Ponting lead a side that has alot of Star Players like Glenn Mcgrath, Brett Lee, Warne, Gillespie, Andy Bichel, M. Bevan,  Adam Glichrist, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Darren Lehmann etc. but Dhoni doesn't have such quality players (especially in bowling department) where it's lacking the form for many senior players except the likes of Zaheer Khan who was the Highest Wicket Taker in World Cup 2011 along with Shahid Afridi  although India has a formidable batting line-up but that too sometimes look vulnerable when playing on bouncy/fast tracks or outside subcontinent.

4. Ponting over-speak about opponents and their individual and also one of his remark about Sachin was "Sachin Plays for His Record" which he said during his press conference when series in 2009 b/w India and Australia were about to start.
 The Bloke usually shows his arrogance and frustration during press or Post-Match Presentation ceremony where he hardly ever give credit to the opponent team for winning or giving in a good fight. Whereas Dhoni mostly (if not always) give credit to the players of other team for doing well.

5. Ponting never giving up attitude sometimes even get him to do it unethical way (or should say he's pure Australia Style?) as we have seen him being found guilty of cheating numerous times but Dhoni is not only captain cool but also honest at his job because he's well acknowledged about the quote "cheaters never prospers" but Ponting might still have to learn many things about it.

Bottomline, the only way Ponting can be better than Dhoni is due to the record he holds under the captaincy but does breaking the laws of the game(s) counts? The Answer is very obvious.

Why is Ricky Ponting Still Crying About World Cup 2011 Loss?

Ricky Ponting Crying Like a baby during Practice Session of World Cup 2011The Way it has been going around for 'Chi Chi Panty' sounds quite reasonable but funny too, the world cup lost hasn't been regretted yet and how can it be?

It was the same team he called Dark Horses before WC '03 and he also said in Press before World Cup 2011 as well that India would be very much under pressure due to the home crowd behind them and are unlikely to win the World Cup but his all prediction went wrong and a big shame for him as he was thrashed all around the park by the same team, so is the reason for his lost Captaincy and now doubtful even for the Place in Australian Team too.

Hasn't his Big Mouth become too small to eat food or drink water and even his favorite Foster Bear?

Ricky Ponting Beaten Up Badly


"For All This Time I've Hating You, Oh! Yes I Have.
If I did something wrong please don't mind it, no one wanna understand!

Because No One Cares and Gives a Heck What You have had.
If You Go Back! Then Cricket Would Get a Life, Be There till the end of time."

Australia cheated again but failed yet again In World Cup 2011

As they say, Cheaters Never Prosper and the saying came true when even bullying the umpires failed for Australia in World Cup 2011, admiring the UDRS took place for the first time in the biggest stage of cricket, Australians still fency their chances in corrupt and dirty usual tactics against throughout the tournament.
ICC Took care of Australians as usual and they didn't ban 3 chuckers mentioned earlier (Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait).
But When The Time Came, they even tried to bully umpires as we saw Ponting's dismissal in the match against Pakistan, thick edge but umpire turned it down and then Ricky Ponting stayed at the crease and pretended as he didn't nick it but when Pakistanis referred it to third umpire, there was a clear evidence of outside edge off the bat and so the 3rd umpire gave a fair enough decision and ruled Ponting out.

Cricinfo On Ponting' Dismissal:
Mohammad Hafeez to Ponting, OUT, gone! Akmal has held a very good catch and Ponting has to go! Things really bubbling over here. Ponting went back to cut a ball which wasn't really there for it, got a thick edge that Akmal did well to hold. It was given not out originally, but rightly was overturned on review. While waiting for the third umpire to confirm the edge there was some verbal exchanges though between Haddin and the Pakistan fielders and plenty of chat as Ponting was sent on his way

In the QF Match Against India, Umpires as usual were reluctant to give LBW decisions as a result Ponting went on to make a hundred that was also a expected result of his umpire's domination when India had no review left but wondering why such plumb shout were turned down even when Australians had two reviews left and India had none, dodgy umpiring added a few 10-15 more runs to Australian Total so they got 260+ which wasn't an easily achievable total and now Indians need a team effort and every had to contribute but umpires tried there best as we saw how shockingly Sachin was given out off a backfoot no-ball in a crunching situation of the game where he was looking solid after scoring a fifty but surprisingly it probably the first time i saw on-field umpire referring to third umpire for no-ball checking and usually if umpires had a doubt he should have given it as a no-ball because as they say, Batsman gets the benifit of doubt but that was a big back-foot no-ball, just wondering do these racist umpires even these know the rules of cricket but India still easily kicked the sorry butts of the World Cheaters and shown them their way. 

This is What Cricinfo Says About Sachin's Dismissal:
Tait to Tendulkar, OUT, Sachin is gone, or is he, is that a back foot no-ball, it was a length ball outside off stump, and he nibbled it on its way to Haddin, it was very close to being a no-ball, but Tait got away with it, he hadn't grounded the back heel on the line, Sachin has to walk back

Glenn Mcgrath Bowling Action Was Dubious and Suspicious: Matthews

Former Australian Test spinner Greg Matthews has made the stunning claim that Glenn McGrath threw the ball during his career.

McGrath – who starred with the ball in a one-off charity Twenty20 match against the current Australian lineup last weekend – was one of several Test bowlers who occasionally "chucked", according to Matthews, who also claimed Muttiah Muralitharan’s doosra was "impossible" to bowl with a straight arm.

"Tim May informed me that he went with Michael Holding, Ian Botham and two other gentlemen to an ICC function where they looked at all bowling actions from around the globe. Tim came back from that meeting and told me that Glenn McGrath throws occasionally," Matthews told BigPond Sports Weekend.

"It's impossible to have an absolutely perpendicular arm when you're delivering the cricket ball so they made a rule to allow for fifteen degrees but I can’t say why."

Controversial Sri Lankan star Muralitharan has defended himself from chucking claims by arguing he could not physically straighten his arm – a claim Matthews also denies.

"There is footage of Muralitharan bowling in the practice nets at Lords where he’s bowling medium pace and has a dead straight arm, I've seen it," he said.

"You can’t bowl a doosra or a top spinner with a straight arm – it’s impossible."

But the former off-spinner refused to identify any current Australian players with dubious actions, saying: "No, I'm not going to give up any Australians."

Will Cheating Machine Continue to Work in World Cup 2011 as well?

The Australians have a rich history of cheating and corruption in every sport (especially cricket) and they are masters of such things as we have seen in earlier posts and it was quite proven in Sydney Test 2008 they played against India how to buy umpires and receive some special treated gifts.


In 1999 World Cup, Hansie Cronje Dodgy Runout Made them win world cup after losing twice in the final earlier and it sounds much more of a match fixing rather than silly thing as we can see the video, who knows how much he was (Hansie Cronje) paid to get out by the Australian Thugs to rob a world cup but anyhow it was the most gifted win for Australia in 1999 World Cup and such evidences of match fixing might remain mysteries forever as ICC is always around for the Defend of Australian Cricket.


World Cup 2003, Ponting Used Illegal Graphite Bat In the Final Match against India to score with ease and freely and that robbery was the difference b/w two teams (Ind and Aus) in the final match.
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4720928.stm

World Cup 2007, Gilchrist Cheated Using Hand Squash Ball to score big runs and hit easy boundaries and his innings was the only difference b/w the total of two teams (SL and Aus) in the big 'final' match.
>> http://www.espncricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/293393.html

Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest, Don Bradman Highly Overrated

Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest EverObviously, Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest Cricketer of All Time according to the facts with Validated Points and Genuine Reasons after a hard lot of Research and Facts, clearly proving that Sachin Tendulkar is a class part and miles ahead of Don Bradman -


1. Most of Professionals Can hit more than 6 sixes in one game (Yuvraj Did It Against against Stuart Broad of England in T20 World Cup 2007) where as it took Bradman a 20 years long career to do so.
It show he wasn't quite capable of hitting the big ones outta the park and was not even close be called an entertainer whereas Sachin has hitten 6 Sixes to Complete his hundred in Six Tests.

2. Bradman played 52 international matches in his 20 years long International career (avg. of 2.3 matches per year) so it was easy to maintain such high average whereas Sachin has packed schedule of over 21 years by playing in 30 matches per year with the passion for doing something phenomenal to make India proud and that's what actually he had done so far in his 630+ International Career Matches including 453 ODIs and 177 Tests.

3. Test Cricket was the only form of cricket existed during the era of Don Bradman but also the only suited format for him as per his Strike Rate of 29.7 shows it all and whereas Sachin Tendulkar adjusted Himself for every format such as T20 (as we saw in IPL 2010), ODIs,Test Cricket and has a much better strike and of around 55+ in Tests, 86+ in ODIs and has a nice average of 38+ in Twenty20 (IPL) but he decided to retire too early from International T20s so it does not affect his natural game but he still cops well within every format of the game.

4. Don Bradman played in the Semi-Professional Era of cricket while there were no such good bowlers as Kumble, Warne, Mcgrath, Brett Lee, Lilllee, Wasim Akram, Malcolm Marshall and Murali (who is unarguably the greatest bowler of all time) whereas Sachin not only faced quality bowlers but also dominated them all through out the 20 years of his career.

5.Bradman scored most of his runs (75%) against the ordinary bowling attack of England and he got used to it there was no real pace, the ball used at that time was not too hard as we have these days and there was no swing (let alone reverse swing), flipper, doosra, teesra, googly, slower, carrom ball, slider bouncer or even perfect yorker was not even known.

6. There was no technology to analyze the weakness of a batsman during the Bradman's era but in today's cricket there is technology to analyze weaknesses under slow-motion, batting style etc.

7. Sachin would even have may came close to the average of even 75+ in Test Cricket and even 65+ in ODIs if he wasn't a victim of such dubious umpiring in his whole career and then he would have easily have made 125 centuries and the landmark of 40K Runs.
--> http://sachinandcritics.com/sachin_vs_ump.php


8. Dead Pitches are actually easy to bat on ,wonder watching the Bradman's Video with deliveries not even bouncing till the Waist height at such slow speed with no grace and so Bradman has ample of time to play the stroke at those so called uncovered pitches.
Clearly He Wouldn't Had Play Little More Bouncing Balls (than usual of his time) that Well.

9. Cricket Legends and Expertise too have Accepted Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest Batsman of All Time Without a Doubt.

Nasser Hussain calling him better than Bradman -->
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/sachin-tendulkar-immortal-at-200/Tendulkar-better-than-even-Bradman-Nasser-Hussain/articleshow/5615151.cms

Sir Viv Richards saying his Feats Untouchable and also him being the greatest -->
http://www.theindiadaily.com/sachin-is-greatest-ever-viv-richards/


Zaheer Abbas (A Truly Pakistani Legend) had words right from his heart --
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_sachin-tendulkar-better-than-bradman-zaheer-abbas_1463479

Sir Richard Hadlee have had his remarkable Point about Our Legend -->
http://tendulkar.co.in/index.php/2009/04/03/sachin-the-greatest-richard-hadlee/ (Article)

Brett Lee (One of the Most Successful Australian Fast Bowler) Calling Him the Greatest -->
http://www.sify.com/sports/tendulkar-is-the-greatest-batsman-brett-lee-news-news-kmspOiaebce.html

Wasim Akram (Best All Time Fast Bowler) have had his words right from the heart -->
http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/exclusive/news/detail/item549875/Akram-hails-Sachin-as-the-greatest/

Sachin The Best of All Time, According to Brian Lara -->
http://netindian.in/news/2011/01/18/00010176/sachin-best-batsman-world-says-lara
 
--> Best Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar by one of the most Phenomenal Cricketers & Experts:

#1. "Sachin is a genius, I'm a mere mortal."
- Brian Lara

#2. "I have Seen God, He Bat's at No.4 for India in Tests."
       - Matthew Hayden

#3. "We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin."
       - Mark Taylor said during the test in Chennai (1997)

#4. "I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!"
       - Anil Kumble


10. As For Bradman, Without Helmet and Modern Equipments such as helmet and It was much easier to play your stroke for that Batsman so Sachin beats him having such unique but heavy modern protection gears where it is not a comfort zone.
As BCC Stated, "Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure."

Ricky Ponting Uses 'Illegal' Graphite Bat and So Does Australian Team

Ricky Ponting (Punter) - Illegal Graphite Bat CheatCricket lawmakers the MCC have ruled that the bat used by Australia's Ricky Ponting, and other cricketers sponsored by maker Kookaburra, is illegal.
The bat has been withdrawn with immediate effect and will not be used in upcoming international matches.
The bat attracted interest because the length of the blade was supported by a backing strip of graphite.
The MCC stated: "Following a thorough review, MCC has concluded that these bats do not comply with law six."


Law 6.2 says covering matering should "not be likely to cause unacceptable damage to the ball".
Kookaburra Readers managing director Brett Elliot said the company disagreed with the decision as they believed the carbon fibre cover was designed to be within the laws of the game.
He added that more than 60% of cricket bats currently on the market have a cover similar to the Kookaburra graphite cover, but said the company would abide by the MCC's decision.

"Kookaburra is extremely disappointed by the MCC's opinion and strongly disagree that our graphite covered cricket bats do not comply with law six of the laws of cricket," said Elliot.
"Kookaburra has a proud history of manufacturing cricket equipment since 1890 and this is the first instance that a Kookaburra bat has been drawn into question.

"However, Kookaburra fully respects both the laws of cricket and the spirit of cricket and has therefore reached agreement with the International Cricket Council to voluntarily withdraw the bats from international cricket."

Kookaburra will immediately supply Ponting with a replacement bat for the tour of South Africa.
Australian batsmen Justin Langer and Damien Martyn and Sri Lanka international Sanath Jayasuriya are among the other players sponsored by the company.

Sydney Test 2010 b/w Pak and Aus was 'fixed', Bookies made $1.45 Million

Mazhar Majeed - Pakistani Cricket Bookmaker (Bookie)The controversial second Test between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010 was fixed, and crooked gamblers made £837,000 ($A1.45 million), News of the World reports a cricket fixer as boasting.

Pakistan took to the field for day four of the Sydney Test with Australia leading by 49 runs with just two wickets of their second innings remaining.The controversial second Test between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010 was fixed, and crooked gamblers made £837,000 ($A1.45 million), News of the World reports a cricket fixer as boasting.

Pakistan took to the field for day four of the Sydney Test with Australia leading by 49 runs with just two wickets of their second innings remaining.

But Australia put on another 124 runs to set Pakistan a victory target of 176 runs to win. Australia dismissed the tourists for 139 to win the Test by 39 runs amid widespread accusations of match-fixing.

Re-live day four of the controversial Test between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Gricket Ground, as it happened.

Pakistan coaches raised doubts about wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped four catches and missed an easy run-out in the Sydney Test. Three of the dropped catches were off the bat of Michael Hussey, who went on to score 134 not out.

But Australia put on another 124 runs to set Pakistan a victory target of 176 runs to win. Australia dismissed the tourists for 139 to win the Test by 39 runs amid widespread accusations of match-fixing.

Re-live day four of the controversial Test between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Gricket Ground, as it happened.

Pakistan coaches raised doubts about wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped four catches and missed an easy run-out in the Sydney Test. Three of the dropped catches were off the bat of Michael Hussey, who went on to score 134 not out.

Shane Warne Took Perfomance Inhancing Drugs In His "Prime" Form

Shane Warne is a Drug AddictOne of The Greatest Spin Bowler who was banned for taking illegal drugs in World Cup 2003 has been occasionally found guilty of taking performance enhancing drugs to improve his cricket and it's a big shame ICC let him go only with a 1 year ban.
Moreover, One should admit the fact that he was good turner of the ball but was actually found guilty of taking some earlier tablet too to mask performance enhancing drugs.
He is now in 40s and so his high fitness level for IPL also suggest that he is still upto the business he was, is and always would be.


► Masking agents for performance-enhancing drugs:
World Cup 2003 Ban for a Year

► It wasn't the first time:
Earlier Tablet Warnie took to Mask Performance Enhancing Drugs

Bowlers with Illegal Action in Current Australian Team

Shaun Tait, Brett Lee, Mitchell JohnsonSo Called Aussies who falsely claimed allegations many great bowlers like Murali and Harbhajan in dismay of chucking have actually been found guilty of it themselves, proving more about their character and dignity that is never questioned by ICC but must be before it's too late and moreover a life ban would be fair enough unless they have a legal bowling action.
Chucker #1: Shaun Tait Suspicious Bowling Action
Chucker #2: Brett Lee is a Chucker
Chucker #3: Mitchell Johnson Illegal Action
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