Dravid or Ponting?

Plus Dravid is the only player to have already made 1000 Test runs this year.

Originally posted by Sledger Originally posted by slogger72N/O I find Dravid boring in test games, he just defends until he sees a bad ball, when he promptly skies it and gets caught.... Test cricket is about punishing the bad ball and Dravid does that admirably. One thing Dravid doesn't do is go the ariel route - if he , as you say , skies it and gets caught , then why is his average so high?

With the likes of Sehwag and Dhoni in there he does not need to rake the ariel route but if its needed he can hit a few sixes as well

Averages for the players change day by day AK.

Although I am a fan of Rahul I have to admit that Ponting is ahead of him at the moment

Originally posted by slogger72N/O I find Dravid boring in test games, he just defends until he sees a bad ball, when he promptly skies it and gets caught....

Test cricket is about punishing the bad ball and Dravid does that admirably. One thing Dravid doesn't do is go the ariel route - if he , as you say , skies it and gets caught , then why is his average so high?

I would go with ponting because of his great form and aggresion.but darvi is good too.He has playd many match winning knocks.But it is quite difficult to compare the two.

Honestly Clapo he was at all the time so nailing it down to one specific example is beyond me.

Evidently I was not the only one to notice this, as Duncan Fletcher wrote in his book -

"Whenever a decision went against Australia during the series, did you notice how Ponting would invariably walk up to the umpire and challenge his decision using overbearing body language?

"Is that what we really want kids to see when they watch cricket? Is that really in the spirit of the game?

"Did you ever see Michael Vaughan or any of the England players challenge the umpires in that manner?"

Rahul Dravid the best Indian batsman at the moment

                 &

Ricky Ponting the best Australian batsman at the moment .

Howzthat?

dunno about everytime clobbs, but he had a legit reason to in bangladesh, the umpire in question had no problem with it either.

In any case i wouldn't exactly call it a habit, watching the 2 series against SA (where the whole debate stems from) there were 2/3 moments when ponting did approach the umpires, and neither of them were "whinging" to the umpires as such. 

Originally posted by mazzybabe.uk If we talk about all round Dravid is a much better Dravid trys his best to just kepp the sportsmanship in cricket wheras ponting whinges whenever he doesn't get his own way. He trys to bully the ICC because he captains australia Dravid and him a very equal in batting

What a load of crap!!

How has ponting bullied the ICC ???? And how is he unsportsmanlike as your comment suggests ??? Sure he blew up about the runout in the ashes, but that is 1 glitch on an otherwise fine record. Was it not he who called for batsmen to take the word of fielders on controversial catches, yet all the other captains declined!!!!

As for whinging when he doesn't get his own way, please explain, if this were the case he would be arguing every decision given against him!! He copped the ashes defeat on the chin, accepted it gracefully, and didn't offer any excuses, or "whinge" as such about anything. He had every right to question the tactics of the english fast bowlers trips on and off the field, as it was not only questioned by the australians, but by many around the world.

I like to watch him.

Ponting is a better player in my opinion. Dravid just sticks around for 7 hours, gets a 50 then plays a stupid shot and gets out.

can dravid play at wicketkeeper

Ponting definitely

me too

If we talk about all round Dravid is a much better Dravid trys his best to just kepp the sportsmanship in cricket wheras ponting whinges whenever he doesn't get his own way. He trys to bully the ICC because he captains australia Dravid and him a very equal in batting