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2nd Test: Australia vs South Africa in Melbourne

salivor

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Put this down as another Ponting captaincy gem. He's defending a small total and needs early wickets and instead of bowling his only bowler who's actually looked dangerous all summer he bowls Siddle and an injured Lee.
 

hineyrulz

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Put this down as another Ponting captaincy gem. He's defending a small total and needs early wickets and instead of bowling his only bowler who's actually looked dangerous all summer he bowls Siddle and an injured Lee.
Couldn't believe they didn't open with him yesterday but not opening with him today is just madness.
 

hineyrulz

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FFS how does Ponting expect to get wickets with the fields he sets :? Just give Carke the captaincy now...
 

Danish

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Ponting's field selections are terrible...

Smith has been playing the late cut all day and scoring easily off it, so lets set up heavily off side field, forcing the bowlers to give him the exact ball he is looking for regularly.

Then, lets have the bowlers go around the wicket to him so with the extra angle he use plenty of bat in the shot giving less chance of an edge.

Best of all, with the field as it is we cant bowl any full deliveries close to the stumps because any on side shot is an easy single.

We have had some bad luck during this test but Ponting is turning a bit of bad luck into an embarrassment.
 
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maybe the crowd can invade the field and dig up the wicket and save your country from a humiliating defeat. just think by june next year your country will be number 3 and then a loss in england you could be number 4. lucky the kiwis and bangladesh play cricket
 

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