How else could you explain a super aggressive declaration that even Steven Fleming would have been proud of?
Add the fact that Ponting now struggles against the short ball and has to wear an arm guard and you need no more proof.
Obviously this new Ponting is some sort of poor clone, which explains why he doesn’t make hundreds any more.
He was brought in to give Ponting a break, but the Australian team has a fear of playing without him, so this clone (possibly a Raelian clone) is there to make the team feel better.
But, as we all know, clones can’t captain.
So with him around, Katich, or perhaps North, has staged some sort of coup, and decided to captain the Australian team with some real intent.
No bowling Mike Hussey for run rates, no declaring when everyone who can hold a bat has had a bat and no letting the nightwatchman (no captain is perfect) block all day.
I like this new captain, if we could combine him with the original version of Ponting (for his batting) then Australia might have something.
There is also a chance that this is the real Ponting, and that his sore arm was having a spasm in the dressing room and Clarke thought he was declaring.
Both of those are more likely than Ricky Ponting suddenly deciding to be an attacking captain.
Obviously.
Must admit I was surprised when I seen what he had done.
Graeme Smith of all people made a generous declaration in the 1st test against England last week as well, i couldn’t believe it.
Ok so it was against England, maybe it wasn’t that generous after all.
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the clone also has started dropping easy catches
Ponting declaration was kinda shocking and almost adventurous. It almost seems like he read pakistanis timid mind. Ponting is getting too close with mike hussey and lost his form.
I thought South africa selection is kinda bad. Prince is neither test material or one day material. Also ntini is used up. Empty reservoir. SA needs 5 bowlers if they want to take 20 wickets. Morkel and ntini not doing much. steyn is good atleast wrap up the tail.
May be England is batting well because of Trott?. As he wastes ball after ball at one end.
Chances of england winning is bright.
Ponting’s declaration was gr8…kinda opened up the game….but I have to agree that it might have actually been a spasm! :P
when it comes to declarations…grame smith’s howler a few years back was something to behold. declared in both innings and lost.
Yeah I am scared. Day by day, this Ricky is getting less and less hateable. This is not Cricket!
@ Sunny
Yeah…that made him the laughin stock of worldcricket for a while,until ishant started appearin in tv ads and claiming shampoo helped hi bowl better…then ppl really howled with glee….
i wonder if the clone will be caught in a similar situation as smith….wouldbe worth a few laughs
Wasn’t Smiths generous declaration cause by the fact that SA were 1-0 down in the series and he was prepared to risk losing the game in order to lever the series? Or are we talking about different games.
There was a Studzy clone out there as well. Best economy rate in the game????
Punter’s reflexes are going. He dropped a gimme off Misbah. And he keeps getting out via shots that were once his bread and butter.
I thought it was pretty simple – the Aussies are still scared of the follow-on…
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Hauritz dropped a catch just so the Kat wouldn’t take a wicket and show him up for the fourth innings failure that he is..
Spasm …..lol!