Only Beautiful
Posted in cross stitch on 01/12/2011 12:12 pm by adminShall we say he inherited a beautiful palace only to leave in ruins and in shambles?
When he became captain of Australia, they were No.1 in the ranking. Now they are at No.5. He is at the end of his career.
sundaroc.: When ICC released the next ranking list they would move down and England would move up. In effect 4th ranked England would take on 5th ranked Australians in the Ashes. Advantage England.
Yes, Ponting has made some mistakes, and no he isn't Australia's best captain by a long way.
However in mitigation there isn't a single side in history that could afford to lose players like Warne, McGrath, Hayden, Langer and Gilchrist in such a short period of time and still retain the same level of performance.
It'll be interesting to see how Dhoni does if Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman and the turbanator all retire within a few months of each other, won't it?