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[Cover_Drive]

Extremely sad day for cricket. Simply a legendary batsman, would be extremely hard to replace him.

He will be surely missed, he was a blessing to cricket! A remarkable and sensational batsman.

[Jenko]

Yep sad day for Australian cricket! Such a great player over the years! Will be missed even though he hasn't been scoring many runs of late still be hard to say goodbye and replace him!

[Cover_Drive]

Yep sad day for Australian cricket! Such a great player over the years! Will be missed even though he hasn't been scoring many runs of late still be hard to say goodbye and replace him!

Concur your statement. A wistful statement by Ponting at press conference. Showed how he considerate he was, there are often players who are not contributing much to team's deficit and they are still playing which is quite embarrassing for a player who has played thus long.

[Tail Ender]

Always was, and forever will be, a legend in my eyes. I'm going tomorrow, so I really hope we win the toss and I get to see him bat for Australia in the flesh one final time. Saw him score a century on Boxing Day in 2008 - reckon I would lose it if he did that tomorrow.

[Jenko]

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8572441

A link that shows the press conference...poor Clarke holding back tears!

[langer17]

Legend of Australian and World cricket.

He sighted non performance as the reason for him stepping down, so what are the chances of him getting a big hundred, or centuries in both innings? Which then sets up Australia for the series win and to reclaim the number 1 test ranking. Now that would be a way to go out.

[Cover_Drive]

I will be honest here, at times I did detest Ricky Ponting guts but I always admired his batting. He was treat to watch.

Not lying but his announcement of retirement certainly made me emotional, it always saddens me and hurts me when I see such a great player leave the game.

[Cover_Drive]

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8572441

A link that shows the press conference...poor Clarke holding back tears!

Cheers for that, top lad is Clarke. Have heap of respect for him!

[Jenko]

It's not the full press conference obviously...it would be great to see him bow out with a ton...either way will be an emotional test!

[pacman75cricket]

truly a sad day Ricky will be missed.  Go out on a high.

[Jenko]

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/videos/watch/73634c9b-9b57-3180-b5df-133d10e72f03/ricky-ponting-press-conference/

for those who want the full video

[Buzz]

the player who has played in more test wins than any other.
absolutely awesome player. I wouldn't put one last hundred past him.

[The_Bird]

Sachin should take note of this, a true cricket legend.

His impact on Clarke as a cricketer and a man shows in his reaction to the news.

Hope he gets a good send off and it should hide the fact the Aussies have picked a whole different pace attack from the previous test haha

[charlie15]

An absolute legend of the game, whether you love him or hate him, I actually hope he gets one last ton before he goes and I wouldn't be surprised if he does!

[Manormanic]

Is now a bad time to remind people that most of us (the English at least) have a Ponting T-Shirt with the legend "never trust a man whose eyes are too close together"?

No, seriously - for all Ponting has had a love/hate relationship with English fans, you have to respect his ability to shape and define a series (at least until he began to slip eighteenmonths/two years ago).