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Re: Pakistan in Australia
Going by your reasoning I ask you if it was a bad decision by Ponting to bat first at Joburg in Feb 2009 when he won the toss on a Joburg Green top where the ball didn't stop swinging for 2 days? The pitch was just as green as that SCG wicket and at one stage we were 3-20 odd before Ponting and Clarke lead a recovery and North finished it off with Johnson to post 460 odd.
I distinctly remember the ABC commentators saying that it was a brave decision, but the best one if Ponting wanted to win the game, and he did just that.
To me, and the way I understand the term 'conservative', batting first on a green top with cloud around is not conservative. Rather the opposite.
The logic for the decision has been explained. The Australians batted poorly and lost their wickets, Ponting was the worst offender, holing out off one ball. I had no problem with batting first, I said that days ago.
From memory only one chase at the SCG has been successful with a target over 250 and that was against SA a few years back. The SCG was taking turn and bounce when I saw Hauritz bowling, and no offence to Hauritz, but Kaneria would have torn us apart batting last on that wicket, any target over 150 would have been difficult against Kaneria.
That was the reason the decision was made, the simplistic view is that on a green top you bowl first, but the old saying of batting 9 times out of 10 and the 10th time consulting a team mate but batting anyway proves true again.
Whatever you say, Ponting's decision wasn't conservative and he is entitled to stick the two fingers up at all the press hacks who slammed him.
a for effort;383397 said:
Going by your reasoning I ask you if it was a bad decision by Ponting to bat first at Joburg in Feb 2009 when he won the toss on a Joburg Green top where the ball didn't stop swinging for 2 days? The pitch was just as green as that SCG wicket and at one stage we were 3-20 odd before Ponting and Clarke lead a recovery and North finished it off with Johnson to post 460 odd.
I distinctly remember the ABC commentators saying that it was a brave decision, but the best one if Ponting wanted to win the game, and he did just that.
To me, and the way I understand the term 'conservative', batting first on a green top with cloud around is not conservative. Rather the opposite.
The logic for the decision has been explained. The Australians batted poorly and lost their wickets, Ponting was the worst offender, holing out off one ball. I had no problem with batting first, I said that days ago.
From memory only one chase at the SCG has been successful with a target over 250 and that was against SA a few years back. The SCG was taking turn and bounce when I saw Hauritz bowling, and no offence to Hauritz, but Kaneria would have torn us apart batting last on that wicket, any target over 150 would have been difficult against Kaneria.
That was the reason the decision was made, the simplistic view is that on a green top you bowl first, but the old saying of batting 9 times out of 10 and the 10th time consulting a team mate but batting anyway proves true again.
Whatever you say, Ponting's decision wasn't conservative and he is entitled to stick the two fingers up at all the press hacks who slammed him.
