Time for Ponting to make a decision - Stay or Leave !!!!

As mentioned previously Punter was axed for his terrible run in the Odi's

http://dailynewzzbuzz.blogspot.com/2012/02/end-of-road-for-ponting.html

Now time has come for Ponting to make his decision regarding his career to Stay or to retire !!!!. "The axing has pushed Ponting close to retirement", Chief Selector Inverarity said. But the selectors and the skipper Clarke emphasize that Ponting be in place for the Test squad. In spite, of his Odi slump his Test scoring has been above par scoring second only to Michael Clarke in the recent test series with India in which Aussies won 4-0.

With series with SriLanka, West Indies, South Africa, India and England fast approaching, him being absent for the Odi's will diminish his match fitness and will he be able to provide enough remains a big question. Considering all these grounds Australian cricket Board has given Ponting a couple of days to discuss the issues with his family and manager and announce his decision in the press meet on Tuesday (Feb, 21st).

Inverarity commented that missing the experience of Ponting will definitely unbalance the team, but the decision made, was in the belief that it is good for Australian Cricket. With his career path open for Test format his Odi career is more or less is over by pondering over the comments by Inverarity. Now its Pontings call to remain just for Tests or to quit for ever !!!!

End of the road for Ponting?

It was announced by Australian selectors that, former captain Ricky Ponting was axed from the rest of the series following his rough patch in the going on tri series between India and Srilanka. His poor runs with just 18 runs to show at a lean average of 3.60 in the ongoing CB Series said the chief selector John Inverarity.

His poor run in Ashes; stripped of captaincy; now his continuing poor run in the tri-series; topping all these, is the remark by the Chief Selector Inverarity "The team will not seem the same without him, but moving on from the omission of players who have been outstanding over a long period of time is the nature of elite sport." has made his career a big question mark !!!

Ricky Ponting, a good captain with two world cup victories under his belt, second highest run scorer in the world, was once considered a worthy opponent for Sachin Tendulkar is now facing with a good possibility that we might never see him again in the international arena, has he hit a dead end of his career, is for the future to tell !!!.