Is ricky ponting the next best batsman in world cricket?

Well I don't know if he will be the "best" batsman in the world...but he definately will give the title a good shake!

i think he is the best bastman now and he will score the most number of centuries also. he is a very good bastman and also he playes when the team needs an inns from him and if you compare that with sachin then when the team needs a good inns fro him he will always fail and will score a century when te team is in good form or the pitch has nothing special.

I believe so he'll be crowned the best batsman after tendulkar and lara retire. But surely he won't be able to break either sachin's or lara's records. He'll have to be as consistent in coming years as these days he's been performing. But he surely is one of the finest players around and one of the best of this era so we'll have to wait and see how he fares in the coming years.

I think Ricky Ponting is the best batsman in the world at the moment. This is lot to do with his consistency and his ability to handle any situation. He has all the shots in the book and has a really good mental attitude. He is a great leader and has played some glorious knocks. Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are super talented batsman but they lack consistency. On their day they are the best batsman. Overall Ricky Ponting is the best I think. Sachin and Brian's time has come to a halt. Another rising batsman is Kevin Pieterson. If he plays with the right mental attitude I think he could be the best batsman in the world. He sometime gives up his wicket. Kumar Sangakkara is also a rising star but still needs a little bit more. At the moment practically I think he is the best batsman in the world.

Yea i guess Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting are the best batsman in the world alive right now. Brian Lara is the best in test cricket and right now i dont think so his performence is good in one day matches.Besides this, Ricky ponting is one of ma fav batsman in one day cricket so i'll pick them both as the best batsmens in CRICKET.

yes he will be the best batman in years to come.

Yeah, he can become the next best batsman in the world of cricket. I want to share some information about him with u. Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australian cricket team (for both One-day International and Test cricket). Ricky Ponting is also Captain of the Tasmanian Tigers, although international duties make it difficult for him to appear for them. He is a specialist right-hand batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as being a very occasional right-arm medium pacer. Ponting reached international standards at a young age for a batsman, making his ODI debut in early 1995 and making his Test debut at the end of the year, before turning 21. However, his progress was not unhindered. He lost his place in the team several times due to lack of form and discipline issues, before rising to the ODI captaincy in early 2002 and becoming Test captain in early 2004. He is currently the highest ranked Test batsman in the ICC ratings.

Yes I think he is the next best batsmen in the International Cricket arena and that is because of the fact that he is now in his best form and when he plays he really dominates the opponent bowling attack and never let them come back. He can be very edgy at the start but once he settles down then he can kill any kind of bowling attack and that is the reason why he is the best batsmen now. He is going to play a very vital role in this World Cup and also his captains scale a very good because to handle such talented players present in the Australian team is not a piece of cake and Ricky Ponting theirs that very nicely. His presence makes them feel that he is the boss and he will control whatever is going on the field. And he has a very positive attitude data which he is so dangerous as the captain and also as a batsmen.

I think that is quite true after sachin he is the best player and also he has the maximum number of centuries after him. And if he continued to play like what he is doing right now than I am very much confident that he can break the record of maximum number of centuries scored by any cricketer in what the International Cricket and that proves that he is the best batsmen currently.

I would say yes. He has been performing pretty consistently over the past years without any fuss or hype like in our Indian team who make heroes out of pretty ordinary players like dhoni who is not even in the class of number 7 batsman in australian cricket team. But the australian cricket team has all the best batsman and best bowlers in the world but still they don't hype it or make use of it to earn money but they do their job sensibly and correctly and hence they are winning matches. Indian team should learn a lesson from them.

the next best batsmen u said,i think he is one the best currently and in the league of lara ,he has some many times single handely won the games for australia and alsways leads from the example ,i think his batting record for this year speaks for him , i think he is the most talented batsman, u has got every shot nin his book

well according to me yes.as we all know he is playing in such a good patch that he can break sachin's record also.i have seen his batting in ashes and i saw that he is playing some grand innnings for his team.so there is no doubt about his performance .so i think he going to be next batsman in world of cricket.

ya i think he only stands after sachin and lara as his record and his form at present tells us.......

Yes, he definitely can be the one but there are many others in the list as well like Hussey, etc. You are right that since he has been so successful now, he is on the top of the list of the next legends. He may even top while Sachin and Lara are playing with his current form if they play even after the world cup but I think defeating Sachin's centuries for him will be difficult. Lets hope that an Indian probably Dhoni or Yuvraj can be the next legend after Sachin and Lara.

He is a good batsman no doubt about it.

i think ricky ponting is really a very very good player. he has always performed at the cutial time and really champion captain of a champion team

he is young and he deserves title indeed and in near future there is no match with rickky ponting. thanks.

i think he can never break sachin's record

Hmm...it seems so. Ricky has definitely showed signs of the consistent performer. Everytime he enters the field .its like OK lets switch on to plan B. Anyways, I think he will immediately after Sachin or LAra

yes but he will always come after tendulkar and lara thats for sure