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Originally posted by thebest
I think he is one of the worst captain Aus ever have. Habibul and Chanderpaul are his competator for the worst test captain of the current lot.
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Certainly very harsh. Ponting has been quite a successful captain and at stages has fallen just short but I don't see him any worse than Smith or Ganguly. He is overrated yes. He isn't Steve Waugh, yes. But he has done his job and done it well enough. It was Ponting who forced Clarke into the squad at Bangalore, Ponting who led a Warne-less team to a World Cup and Ponting who led Australia to their first 3-0 win in Sri Lanka ever.
He's still only 30 and still performing with the bat so we certainly haven't seen the best of him yet and will surely learn from this experience