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[Number5]

Sitting in an airport lounge many miles from home and just saw the breaking news ticker run along the bottom of BBC World channel on the tv...
BREAKING NEWS:  Ponting resigns captaincy
....does anyone care?

[Cover_Drive]

In the current era I haven't seen a great player have a good end to his career, name the player and most of them won't have a great end to there careers.

[pacman75cricket]

I really like ponting as a batsman glad we will continue to see him as he still a class batsmen.  Also remember not so long ago Tendulkar being written off by some + he has been awesome for the last few years

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

In the current era I haven't seen a great player have a good end to his career, name the player and most of them won't have a great end to there careers.

Flintoff?

He won us thr Ashes before retiring, I don't think that is a rubbish way to depart

[Hads45]

He still has the chance to go out on his own terms. To be honest its not going to take groundbreaking performances to stay in the australian team at the moment anyway. Id say he would be looking at this summer at home or next summer at home to finish up and given the quality coming thorugh in australia (lack of that is) I cant see him being forced out.

[Tumo]

Flintoff?

He won us thr Ashes before retiring, I don't think that is a rubbish way to depart

Wouldn't class him as a great!

[sgcricket]

how abt mcgrath and warne retiring after winning the ashes 5-0?

[keysersolze]

I will miss ricky i think he is a superb batsman with plenty more miles left in the tank and his coaches let him down by trying to keep shots in his game he does not have the reactions to play anymore. he is a good guy does a lot for charity and cricket will be at a loss if he leaves the game. Plus side he might go to sommerset so i can pop up and see him play or he will go back to tassie kick back and play for the tigers. God help us if clarke takes over most hated cricketer in Australia, Watson should be next captain!!!!!!

[iand123]

I wonder if he jumped before he was pushed? Shame really, whilst he sometimes goes over the top, all he has ever wanted to do was win and represent his country with pride.

[uknsaunders]

He was on a downward path for a while. Got found out a bit by Roach, struggled in the ashes badly and some of his captaincy has been poor to say the least. Strauss may be one of the least interesting captains around but at least he doesn't smash up tv's and argue with umpires. Ponting hasn't set a great example in recent months which is a shame as it blights the last few years of good work.

[Buzz]

I have to admit that I am an unabashed Ponting fan.

In this case, I think he was pushed. Still he is a class batsman and was, for a period of time, the luckiest captain in cricket history - then once Langer, Hayden, Gilchrest, Warne, McGrath, Lee retired his limitations were exposed.
Realistically, i would have looked a good captain captaining that lot

I hope he gets another few years as a batsman because in full flow he is brilliant to watch.

[roco]

Too true did those lot really need captaining I don't think so but still one of the better bats of recent times apart from being an arrogant tw*t

[iand123]

Do you think M Clarke (or whoever takes over) will still fancy having Punter in the side? Can still do a (very) good job with the bat but it'd be a bit unsettling in my opinion still having somelike punter around as a new captain

[Ryan]

this has been coming for the last 6months or more, its about time he stood down. he's been poor with the bat and nothing has seemed to go his way.

he's been quality in his careere though, quality batsman and captain. maybe time to start bringing the young guns through?

[tim2000s]

If it was England, we'd be saying "Yes, you're one of our best batsmen, please stay in the side".

How would he get on with that though?