Jeff thomson has called ricky ponting a "crap" skipper. Do you agree?

ok people. [b] whom u call as a good captain? tell me.yeah u will say sourav ganguly for leading a troubled side during desperate times.so we will leave him out. every great captain at one time or another had bowlers and batsmen to do the job. clive lloyd had the ultimate pace attack and powerfull hitters and won 2 world cups in a row.is he a good captain or a crap because he had such great players in the team? can u tell me what will happen if sachin,dravid,laxman,bhajji retire from test cricket tomorrow? the team will definetely struggle and we will lose matches .it will take a lot of time to bring a stabilisation to the team and ofcourse u can call the captain a crap in the mean time. back to my question how will u define a good captain? what are his qualities? a captain brings fine leg to the position of short leg for a pace bowler.the bolwer will definetely bowl on the leg side. if he got a nick and caught by the short leg,GREAT CAPTAINCY. if he got a thick edge and goes for boundary in the fine leg region,WHAT THE HECK IS HE DOING BY PLACING A FIELDER AT SHORT LEG? captaincy is a gamble.sometimes it works and sometimes it wont.when it works,u r good captain and when it doesnt,u r a crap. just wait till champions trophy people.u will then see how crap a captain ponting is ? may be we can make a bet.i can positively say that aussies will make it to the semis of chapions trophy.wanna bet?

Yes, Ponting has been a very 'lucky' skipper. When Shane Warne, Gilchrist, Hayden and McGrath were there, he was winning everything, because of each of these players, on their own were matchwinners. Now with these players retiring, Ponting's real test of character has come out. why, in fact, he had a problem in the last South African series and lost badly. He is arrogant, brash and very 'lucky'. Pure lucky guy who has a great talent in batting but in captaining a side, he is pure trash. Boot him out. Tommo is right. Ponting is a 'crap' as skipper

Ricky Ponting is an average skipper for me but he is definately not crap. Australia won in the past because of great players and not because of Ricky Ponting's captaincy. With the retirement of these players, his captaincy is being exposed.

Ricky Ponting is truly a great batsman and he has won his team many games only by his captaincy skills. Former players have their right of freedom of expression but then I am sure he could have used less insulting words for such a player. If at all, he could have described him as an "average" skipper. I am not a Ponting fan and I used to hate him for captaining such an invincible side. but, I am being honest here.

I thin its a bit harsh on any player because if they gives performance everybody encourages them but when ever any player did'nt respond then people says stuff like that. A player is not a machine that gives you 100% all the time so, we must back all the players and Ricky Ponting is a great player and captain.

yeah i really agree with thompson view..i have been telling to my friends that ricky is not fit for nothing....winning many tournaments with warne,mcgrath,gilly is really easy..but now he is really tested and fails miserably.i think he should step down as captain before cricket Australia fires him....

Well, I believe that this comment is a bit harsh . I know that Ricky Ponting has a certain arrogance and some minuses . However, credit must be given to him for leading Aussies to a large number of victories . Regards

I dont agree that Ponting is crap. He is by no means the best, but he is not crap either. He has had a fair share of good fortune no doubt. He has had the luxury of giving the ball to world class bowlers like Warne,and McGrath. He also had top quality batsmen in his line up. Setting field and making bowling changes is just one side of captaincy. It not that hard to find faults when he is in the field and recently this is more evident with the losses. That aside Ponting has never, backed away from a challenge. His personal performance has never dipped since becoming captain. He has led the way with the bat especially when Australia needed him the most. He leads from the front, which is important as a captain. His winning record is also very good and should not be ignored.

When you have great players like McGrath, Shane Warne, Hayden, Gilchrist etc., captaincy becomes a bit easier. And Ricky had that luxury. But now all those players have retired and new players yet to meet their levels, it is quite obvious that Australia will be vulnerable than earlier. Ricky himself, never seemed an astute captain, he was just direct and pragmatic as his batting is. Right now he needs to make strategies and plans to use all the players that he has to the maximum effect. So his captaincy will be under scrutiny. Though he is not in the league of great captains list in cricket, but certainly he is no crap.