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Drunky drops out of top 10

"Ricky Ponting's sub-par Test against West Indies in Adelaide has seen the Australia captain slide out of the world's top ten batsmen for the first time since 2002.

While still regarded by many as the best batsman in the world numbers don’t lie and the most recent figures released by the International Cricket Council have Ponting sitting 12th in the player rankings."


No surprise really. Seems to have lost the edge.

From the same story:

Drunky's ranking over the years:

Year Runs Avg Rank
1995 167 83.50 N/A
1996 163 20.38 61st
1997 497 49.70 38th
1998 382 29.38 51st
1999 883 63.07 7th
2000 318 63.60 6th
2001 772 38.60 20th
2002 1,064 70.93 5th
2003 1,503 100.2 1st
2004 697 41.00 6th
2005 1,544 67.13 1st
2006 1,333 88.87 1st
2007 192 38.40 3rd
2008 1,182 47.28 6th
2009 759 39.95 12th*

He's been in slow decline for almost 3 years now. Just doesn't seem to have the concentration levels to make big hundreds anymore.

Aye.

Whenever he comes in fresh he seems to do bloddy well, but the hard schedule (have a look at what they've pl;ayed since India last Nov) and captaining a vastly inexperienced team is taking its toll, methinks.

yet it would be the lack of runs, not dropping rankiong that would piss the punter off . . he seems to care little about personal achievments . . .

His wrist is farqued

all the time away from home?

Still one of the best batsmen in the world. Still a big celebration when he is got out.

tac wrote:all the time away from home?

cheaper than tiger's method

PeterCS wrote:Still one of the best batsmen in the world. Still a big celebration when he is got out.

Still the biggest, most annoying qunt in world cricket.

The one doesn't exclude the other! ;D

doremi wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Still one of the best batsmen in the world. Still a big celebration when he is got out.

Still the biggest, most annoying qunt in world cricket.

The thread heading says it all, dori.

tac wrote:
yet it would be the lack of runs, not dropping rankiong that would piss the punter off . . he seems to care little about personal achievments . . .

Indeed. Being an Ashes retaining captain does not appear to rate at all

G.Wood wrote:

tac wrote:
yet it would be the lack of runs, not dropping rankiong that would piss the punter off . . he seems to care little about personal achievments . . .

Indeed. Being an Ashes retaining captain does not appear to rate at all

And why should it? It's only the poms, FFS, they deserve a break after 20 years . . .

tac wrote:

G.Wood wrote:

tac wrote:
yet it would be the lack of runs, not dropping rankiong that would piss the punter off . . he seems to care little about personal achievments . . .

Indeed. Being an Ashes retaining captain does not appear to rate at all

And why should it? It's only the poms, FFS, they deserve a break after 20 years . . .

Time passes so quickly. Didn't realise 2005 was so long ago.