Is he mad... Is he bad... Is he sad... Ricky Ponting WACA Ashes Special
Early Onset: 'Ponting is physically at his fittest and looks in fabulous shape, but his mind, 36 years old on Monday, is winding down' - Peter English, Cricinfo
False Memory Syndrome: 'Ricky Ponting turns 36 this month and he appears to be morphing into Steve Waugh in the final few years of his Test career - jerky, nervous, uncertain' - Robert Craddock, Courier Mail
Dry your eyes mate: 'He doesn't want to leave the scene, as he showed with his funereal shuffle off the ground' - Peter English, Cricinfo
Bunny: 'He's nearly done. Jimmy Anderson has him three times in the series for just 15 runs' - Crash Craddock, Courier Mail
From the other side: 'The Don, had he been alive, would have been appalled' - Andrew Faulkner on the decision to omit Michael Beer from the XI
Everyday occurrence: 'Yet another Ashes series slips away' - Malcolm Conn, The Australian
Dead Man Walking's Shoes: 'Michael Clarke, leader in waiting' [cricinfo]; 'Captaincy bolter Michael Hussey' [SMH]; 'Shane Watson, come on down' - [Herald Sun]
Key criteria: 'How can we have a bloke captain Australia with tattoos? It's just not on' - Ian Chappell
Absolutely no exaggeration: 'Such mistrust [of the media] is understandable given the September 11-like coverage of his relationship and break-up with Lara Bingle' - Andrew Webster on Michael Clarke
From the coach's mouth: 'Each and every one of us must relax and live in the moment, enjoying every contest between bat and ball...all day, every day' - Tim Nielsen [via his blog]
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At least now Ponting will only get booed by a small minority of idiots in the ground...all the Aussie supporters.
'Each and every one of us must relax...enjoying every contest between bat and ball...all day, every day'.
Ah yes. If only I could convince my wife of this simple truth...
Was Ian Chappell on about tattoos, too? Rodney Marsh. But I reckon I have them covered, and my cricket authority is greater then theirs ever will be. I mean what have they done: taken 300 catches, made thousands of runs, captained the country? Pah.
Well, now the tattooed mythical god king of the ashes has reversed the series, maybe he should be captain.
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