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Ponting pull out won’t affect IPL: Modi

By thedarknight ⋅ February 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian Premier League would not be poorer by the absence of one or two of the world’s top players, said the Twenty20 League’s chairman Lalit Modi on the pull-out of Australia captain Ricky Ponting from this year’s edition in April-May. “The pulling out of one or two players will not affect the IPL which [...]

KKR look to replace Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ January 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is lined up for sale in the upcoming IPL players’ transfer and auction. Ponting was all smiles on Wednesday after he led his side to victory in Sydney over South Africa. But his joy may prove to be short-lived as he could soon be up for trade by his IPL team. [...]

World cricket needs India: Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ December 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Australian captain Ricky Ponting stressed that India’s involvement is crucial to the survival of the game. Doubts have been raised over the hosting of 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent. India along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are scheduled to host the mega event. The chief executives of 10 Test playing nations will meet [...]

India v Australia, 4th Test: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ November 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India beat Australia 2-0 and regained the Border Gavaskar Trophy in style and this heralds a new world order in world cricket. Australia are no more the dominant force that they were once. It is now very clear that Ricky Ponting is an ordinary captain who squandered the chance to win a test in Bangalore [...]

CA chief will question Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ November 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Cricket Australia will seek an explanation from skipper Ricky Ponting for using part-time bowlers and letting go the initiative on the fourth day of the lost final Test against India just to escape a ban for slow over-rate. In a bid to speed up the over-rate, Ponting rested his regular bowlers in Sunday’s final session [...]

Ponting slammed for baffling tactics

By thedarknight ⋅ November 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Ponting’s move on the fifth day of the Nagpur Test to employ part timers instead of his regular pacers after the tea interval has come under heavy criticism. The Australian skipper who wanted to step up the slow over-rate to avoid a ban in the next Test match was lambasted by former players and [...]

I was asked to drop Bhajji charges: Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ November 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Ponting has said he was approached by a senior member of the India touring party during the acrimonious Sydney Test and asked to drop Australia’s complaint against Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan was alleged to have racially abused Andrew Symonds during the game and Ponting said that even before Harbhajan’s three-Test ban was handed down it [...]

India v Australia, 4th Test Preview

By thedarknight ⋅ November 5, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India and Australia take on each other in the fourth test beginning November 6th at the newly built Vidarbha Cricket Association on the outskirts of Nagpur city. Australia will only be too happy that a long arduous tour will come to an end soon enough, but they would want to go out on a high, [...]

Indian players crossed the line: Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ October 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Ponting said he did not have problems with friendly banters but suggested the Indians got carried away at times. “Bit of chit-chat is something okay with all and it’s only when you overstep the line that the umpires intervene. And umpires intervened a couple of times, like the one involving Zaheer Khan yesterday,” Ponting [...]

Kumble’s form a worry for India: Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ October 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Australian captain Ricky Ponting thinks that India have a real problem with their captain Kumble and that he should be the one making way for an extra seamer if it comes to that. “They’re in a bit of a predicament I think with Anil being their captain,” Ponting said. “If you had to look at [...]

We dominated the Bangalore test: Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ October 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Ponting believes that it was his men who dominated the match and the pressure is now on Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar. “We dominated the Bangalore Test for the majority of the match but allowing Zaheer and Harbhajan’s partnership to flourish cost us the game,” said the Aussie captain. “The Test was played in [...]

Ponting will pass Sachin: Chappell

By thedarknight ⋅ October 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Ponting’s maiden hundred on Indian soil has led Greg Chappell to predict that the Aussie skipper will eventually pass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of maximum Test centuries. Ponting’s 123 on the opening day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Thursday took him to sixth on the list of all-time run scorers with 10,222 in 120 Tests, [...]

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Australia placed strongly

By thedarknight ⋅ October 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Australia were placed in a somewhat strong position at the end of the first day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Zaheer dismissed Hayden in the first over of the day and with Ishant Sharma kept the scoring on a tight leash. But Katich and Ponting built a strong foundation with [...]

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Australia going steady

By thedarknight ⋅ October 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Australia won the first session of the test series on the morning of the first test against India at the chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Electing to bat first the Aussies reached 70 for one at the stroke of lunch, with Zaheer Khan taking the only wicket to fall, that of Hayden. After lunch, Ponting and [...]

Ponting angry with ‘cheat’ remarks

By thedarknight ⋅ October 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Ponting on Wednesday reacted angrily to Virender Sehwag’s claims that the Australians had cheated during their 2-1 Test series victory Down Under, saying he felt insulted by the Indian opener’s outburst. Sehwag said on Tuesday that India suffered the most out of a “catching pact” during his team’s tour of Australia early this year, [...]

India vs Australia: 1st Test Preview

By thedarknight ⋅ October 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The most important test series for some time will go underway tomorrow at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore as India host Australia in the first of the four test Border Gavaskar Trophy 2008. The stadium hasn’t been so lucky for India in the recent past, the home team having failed to win a test here for [...]

No catches pact: Sehwag

By thedarknight ⋅ October 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian opener Virender Sehwag said Tuesday he was against a “catches pact” with Ricky Ponting’s Australia in the upcoming Test series after bitter memories of the last tour Down Under. “We suffered the most in the catches pact during the last series,” Sehwag told a sports channel ahead of the four-match series starting in Bangalore [...]

Ponting wants another catches pact

By chetannarula ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said he is game for yet another captain’s agreement to take the fielder’s word on contentious catches during the Test series against India and will take up the matter with rival captain Anil Kumble. “I would love to talk with Anil regarding this issue at the match referee’s meeting,” [...]

Security concerns could still hit tour: Ponting

By thedarknight ⋅ September 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Security concerns in the wake of a series of bomb attacks could still scupper the Australian cricket team’s upcoming tour of India, captain Ricky Ponting indicated on Wednesday. The team and officials will constantly monitor the situation with the assistance of the Australian government ahead of their scheduled departure this weekend, Ponting said. “Anything could [...]

Sri Lanka closer to India in ICC Test rankings

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka are creeping up on India after a 2-1 series win over their Asian neighbours in the ICC Test Championship released on Monday. Sri Lanka leapfrogged England into fourth place and are now just one rating point behind third-placed India as the series result earned Mahela Jayawardena’s side five points but cost Anil Kumble’s [...]

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