Ponting cleansweeps the Allan Border Medal
From the depths of a 2005 Ashes loss, Ricky Ponting is now likely to suffer a spinal injury from all the pats on the back after a cleansweep of the Allan Border Medal awards. To be honest, I didn't watch much of the Allan Border Medal last night. I love Australian cricket but even I can't stomach the procession of smug self-congratulation. The only time it got interesting was
last year when Phil Tufnell sledged them over losing the Ashes - the sour looks on the Aussies' faces was priceless.
This year, there was precious little to sledge the Aussies about after a triumphant year (maybe they could've done a satellite cross to Graeme Smith gloating about winning the "greatest match of all"). Ricky Ponting won best Test player, ODI player and logically from that point, best overall player over the last 12 months. It's hard to argue with (although Stuart Clark deserved to be closer in what seems to be a batsman dominated award and Andrew Symonds got pipped in the last ODI where Ponting scored a century and Roy was injured). Punter has always had a hunger for runs but since 2005 has been a man possessed. Let's hope the 2006/2007 Ashes win hasn't sated his taste for big scores (it doesn't seem to have).
| Posted by JC on Tue 6 Feb |  3 comments |
Nice comment about the prizes being loaded towards batsmen JC.
Posted by TA on 2007-02-06 11:24:25
Posted by TA on 2007-02-06 11:24:25
It's just a bit weird as it's widely acknowledged that bowlers win matches, batsmen save matches. There were two Test series over the last 12 months - one against South Africa in South Africa, one against England. Stuart Clark was the best bowler in both series, won man of the series in South Africa and yet didn't even rate a mention. I'm not saying Ponting didn't deserve his gongs as the guy is a deadset champion but just think it's weird that batsmen seem to get all the kudos.
Posted by JC on 2007-02-06 13:54:02
Posted by JC on 2007-02-06 13:54:02
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