Peter Roebuck says Ponting should be sacked.

Arrogant Ponting must be fired - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au

And I must say I agree with him.
Probably the worst aspect of the Australians' performance was their conduct at the end. When the last catch was taken they formed into a huddle and started jumping up and down like teenagers at a rave. It was not euphoria. It was ecstasy. They had swallowed a dangerous pill called vengeance. Not one player so much as thought about shaking hands with the defeated and departing. So much for Andrew Flintoff consoling a stricken opponent in his hour of defeat.

We are better than this.

I did get hold of a video link not sure if it will work by pasting here.

YouTube - Ricky Ponting Thrashed by Indian Cricket Legend Gavaskar

I used to agree with his policy of taking players word for catches but am a bit disillusioned by his actions.

Firstly, who is Peter Roebuck?

What do you expect a team to do that pulls off such a victory so close to the death. Give each other polite handshakes? Or do they get together as a team and collectively celebrate

(1) Pulling off a famous victory
(2) Securing the Border/Gavaskar trophy
(3) Equaling a world record.

For god's sakes, in that situation you celebrate surely? It's a big moment, not like say, getting Ponting out for a duck and running around and rolling on the ground like Singh did on day 4. You saw that didn't you amitdesilva. Or like most Indians, did you just see what you wanted to see?

And then you go and shake hands in a line, as has been done in every test that i have ever seen in about quarter of a century.

Did you see the Indians when they won the 2001 test series in India. They did the exact same thing didn't they.

Totally cr@p article. Thanks for posting it.

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Surprised you dont know, Peter Roebuck is a respected Australian journalist. Not to mention "Pained past players rang to express their disgust."

I am not Indian I am Sri Lankan. Hint is in the last name.

Crap article ? Is it because, like most Australians, you just see what you want to see?

I'll tell you what i really want to see amitdesilva. Teams accept the umpires decision. Teams to accept their losses with some semblance of grace.

A perfect example would be your countrymen. Last month, Aus vs SL, second test, final day, Sangakarra was blazing away at the Aussies, and the way he was looking, their was a chance he might actually be able to chase down the total.

Then a gets a bouncer that nicks his shoulder and he is given out caught behind by Rudi Koertzen. What did Sangakarra do? He went up to Rudi at the end of the game with a smile and shook his hand. What did Jayawardene say about it? Something along the lines of "That's cricket"

The Sri Lankans are what i want teams to aspire to. Including Australia, who like the Indians, are poor losers.

Sorry if my first post was brusque by the way. This whole issue is annoying me but i should not have taken it out on you

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Is he respected?

He is just an English turncoat who is jealous of the fact that Ian Botham achieved greatness and he didn't.

Yes I agree. The difference in behaviour of Ponting in 1st innings v/s Dravid's in the second innings was sad to see indeed. The problem I see is Unlike the Sri Lankan and Indian test team there are not enough seniors (except gilly) in the Australian team who behave in this way.

If the Test matches are proving controversial wait till there is no Kumble, Laxman and Dravid in the ODIs.

this is not about indians or aussies or any others it is about the standards shown in such a respected game.one can show ecstasy& joy but for a fair match.what happened in this match was that aussies wanted to win it at any cost and ponting went to the cost of being manipulative both on the field and off the field.this is not cricket it is NEGATIVE RATHER THAN AGRESSIVE CRICKET!!

This is a joke, what did Ponting do except have a go at Sharma for walking out with two left handed gloves, RP Singh waited a minute before he faced his first ball. With nine minutes to go and two wickets to get and the Indians were stalling, any captain would have been agro. With Clarke's catch the first thing Ponting did was run over and ask him did he catch it and Clarke said yes so Ponting and Ganguly have to take his word . Kumble needs to go before Ponting, his actions in the press conference and his dig at Ponting’s character was disgraceful. Gavasker also had a dig at Ponting on star, which really doesn’t mean much because he is probably the worst bloke and sport to ever play cricket.

The only Indian player that is a gentleman in that side is Tendulkar and Sharma at the moment but he is only young and could be infected by the disease that the Indian cricket has, which is bad sportsmanship.

One question would England, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa or Australia have carried on and threatened to boycott the tour and call the umpires cheats?

SRI LANKA are my most respected side, in the short time they have been around they have achieved greatness in the victories and the way that they play the game. I love when they come out, they play hard and to the best of the abilities and when they lose they take it on the chin and learn from it.

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Bill Ponsford - The only one who could play in Bradman’s company and make it a duet.

Peter Roebuck ? Pfffft !

A nobody that didn't achieve what he wanted to and is bitter about it all.

Ponting will be remembered as a record breaking captain and a great batsman.

In years to come the comment will be: "Peter who ?"

This is the end result of a smear campaign that Roebuck and his suck holing mate Jim Maxwell were cooking up in the ABC commentary box on days 4 and 5 of the test match.

Pathetic commentary and a pathetic smear on Ricky Ponting by two very biased and perhaps envious commentators who are full of themselves.