Comments on: Wishing Ricky Ponting’s finger all the best

By: Pavan

Pavan — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:18:34 +0000

Ponting’s finger has been places.

By: The Mufti of Tufnell Park

The Mufti of Tufnell Park — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:50:29 +0000

All this talk of dolls. Rickee is already the possessed, chuckee-like manequin of all we loathe about Australian cricket. Back to haunt us over theselast 12 or so years.

By: Ged

Ged — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:36:56 +0000

He’s even acquired an extra ‘n’ in his name to make up for his shortage of runs.

By: Ged

Ged — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:36:19 +0000

As he gets older and more jowly, Ricky Ponnting is starting to look more and more like Ian Hislop.

Now that’s sad.

By: amudhan

amudhan — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:19:15 +0000

If Ricky had one kidney taken out, had sun-stroke, developed paralysis of the limbs & suffered from hernia, he should play. It would be better than watching poor Puppy being routinely kicked in the balls over five days.

By: Marzipan_Alex

Marzipan_Alex — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:42:10 +0000

Look, it’ll be better for the whole of England if Ricky Ponting and his finger play. So I agree with sam, bring out the vodoo doll please…
But leave Hussey alone.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:13:11 +0000

Oh, and all this talk about his batting is unnecessary, really. Who needs him to bat when he can do this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4nlUwmvwg

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:07:24 +0000

Bert, I reckon he’ll continue as captain no matter what the result is. Australia have not identified a potential leader. That a bunch of grown men will listen to Michael Clarke is a joke. And to top that, Greg Chappell doesn’t have enough confidence in Clarke. At any rate, Punter will captain the next world cup and a year should give them some time to shake up the test team.

By: Bert

Bert — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:33:10 +0000

Well I agree that we should want him to play, but that’s largely because he won’t score any runs. He’s a spent force. I do actually feel genuinely sad about this, as he was one of the great players of our generation. But it is true.

I (privately) predicted at the start of this series that it would be Ponting’s last, irrespective of the result. The main reason for this is that it is a home series, and I don’t think he will be sure of having another. If the Aussies lose, he will go because of the bad result. If they win, he will go because it is a time of his choosing, and something of going out at the top. In either case, I reckon it’s two more tests for Punter.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:31:25 +0000

what happened to never feeling sorry for australia?

surely we should be sticking pins in the little finger of a ponting doll.

and while we’re at it we could stick pins in the face of a hussey doll and the non-doing arm of a mitchell johnson doll.