Ricky Ponting - The Unluckiest Batsman

[Dawood Ahmad]

According to me, Ricky Ponting is the unluckiest of all batsmen.

The no. 3 Position

He used the bat the no. 3 position which is considered as the toughest position to bat, agreed by all the cricketers.

The Inconsistent Openers

Then it adds to his unluckiness that he had inconsistent openers.

The inconsistent openers and the no. 3 position together

If the openers are inconsistent for a no.3 batsman, there are two possibilities.

1. Either they return to pavilion in the beginning. This makes the no.3 under pressure.

2. Or they make big partnerships. Which reduces the number of remaining overs and thus the no. 3 gets less time to be stable.

Matches he played out of foam

Furthermore, Ponting played most of his matches out of foam. Imagine, if he had not played those matches, he would get his stats like 54+ one day average and 62+ test average.

The burden of captaincy

Ponting was a captain of the mightiest team of the time and this increased the burden on him. He had to manage the leadership of a large number of great players which was definitely a stress for him and hence it affected and harmed his batting

 

[Slowcoach]

As much as I disliked Ponting's antics at times on the field, I don't mind the guy now I've heard him talk in the commentary box.

I agree with all the points you made, very well structured.

Most of all I agree it was captaincy, his stats took a big nose dive in 2004 when he took over.
Was partly the team he had, not as strong, so he had to waste too much time being a captain.

 

[Aalay]

I miss the poetry. [HASHTAG]#bringbackthepoetry[/HASHTAG]

 

[IceAgeComing]

I've always thought Monty is quite unlucky

He's never played in enough tests to take the bunny award away from Chris Martin...

 

[ethybubs]

Percy Holmes is the unluckiest batsman of all time, I find it hard to see how a test captain could be considered unlucky, he had a great career and as much every cricketers has reasons why they didn't perform as well as they could have in a hypothetical perfect world.

 

[Biggs]

Rodney Redmond is the unluckiest batsman of all time. Pretty confident that's a well known fact.

 

[themusketeer]

Ramesh Powar is the unluckiest player ever. No arguments

 

[icyman]

The Inconsistent Openers

Then it adds to his unluckiness that he had inconsistent openers.

The inconsistent openers and the no. 3 position together

I hope you are not referring to your player Ricky Ponting in 'Table Top Cricket' or whatever cricket PC game it is that you ened up playing.

When did Australia ever have inconsistent openers ?

The burden of captaincy

Ponting was a captain of the mightiest team of the time and this increased the burden on him. He had to manage the leadership of a large number of great players which was definitely a stress for him and hence it affected and harmed his batting

Burden of captaincy. My dear friend, had Ponting even shown that the captaincy was affecting him remotely, he would have been takne off by the Australian Cricket officials.


IMO, the thread doesnt warrant any sort of existence.

 

[macintosh]

According to me, Ricky Ponting is the unluckiest of all batsmen.

The no. 3 Position

He used the bat the no. 3 position which is considered as the toughest position to bat, agreed by all the cricketers.

The Inconsistent Openers

Then it adds to his unluckiness that he had inconsistent openers.

The inconsistent openers and the no. 3 position together

If the openers are inconsistent for a no.3 batsman, there are two possibilities.

1. Either they return to pavilion in the beginning. This makes the no.3 under pressure.

2. Or they make big partnerships. Which reduces the number of remaining overs and thus the no. 3 gets less time to be stable.

Matches he played out of foam

Furthermore, Ponting played most of his matches out of foam. Imagine, if he had not played those matches, he would get his stats like 54+ one day average and 62+ test average.

The burden of captaincy

Ponting was a captain of the mightiest team of the time and this increased the burden on him. He had to manage the leadership of a large number of great players which was definitely a stress for him and hence it affected and harmed his batting

Partially agree with you. But you also have to consider the fact that except for the last few years of his career, Australia was way ahead of other teams, their bowling lineup was much better as compared to any other team, and Ponting was lucky not to face the best bowling lineup of his time.

And Australia had decent openers who gave good starts, and Ponting didn't have any "burden" of captaincy since he captained a very strong Australian team which was had plenty of match winners.

And its "form", not foam. And you cannot say that Ponting was unlucky because he was out of form for most part of his career, he was a consistent batsman.

 

[shravi]

And you cannot say that Ponting was unlucky because he was out of form

He's not. He's saying Ponting was unlucky because he played most of his matches out of foam.

Look how much happier he is when he has foam.

Happiness breeds success. Success breeds foam.

 

[blockerdave]

I'd posit Fred Grace, younger brother of WG. Played one test, scoring no runs, taking no wickets, making no catches, then promptly died of pneumonia two weeks later.

 

[ethybubs]

I'd posit Fred Grace, younger brother of WG. Played one test, scoring no runs, taking no wickets, making no catches, then promptly died of pneumonia two weeks later.

All of WG's family were unlucky.

 

[Biggs]

I'd posit Fred Grace,

Holy shit, I'd never heard that before... is that real? Link?

 

[blockerdave]

Holy shit, I'd never heard that before... is that real? Link?

100% true

Fred Grace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia