Ponting is a smart-arse and a disaster as leader. The conduct of him and his players is absolutely disgraceful. He has no control over his players. It is an insult to former players and people associated with the game.
The standard of conduct that was common-place in my time has been contemptuously trampled underfoot by certain Australian players who cannot grasp the significance of the honour bestowed on them by the baggy green cap.
The ever-present and accepted practice of sledging, obscenities, excessive appealing, the questioning of umpires and the accompanying dissent leaves our Australian team quite correctly dubbed 'the ugly Australians'.
Ouch.
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Although I agree with some of what he says - it's a little strong especially the stuff on leadership and "his day" considering this is the umpire that stood during the heated 1970-71 Ashes Tour in which he didn't manage to even keep the sides on the field for the entire time.
Not sure what happened to that last link??? Should've been to here: http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1970-71/ENG_IN_AUS/ENG_AUS_T4_09-14JAN1971.html
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