Ponting's not ready to walk away yet
Peter Badel in the Sunday Telegraph writes that Ricky Poting won't tell you he's gone eight years without a single World Cup defeat as captain
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
Peter Badel in the Sunday Telegraph writes that Ricky Poting won't tell you he's gone eight years without a single World Cup defeat as captain. But if there is anyone can be impervious to the pain of defeat, it is the streetfighter from Mowbray who is on course to become the first man in cricket history to win four World Cups.
He is the talisman who has survived the ages, from the baby-faced 21-year-old who marked his turf at the 1996 World Cup, to the ruthless No. 3 who bludgeoned India in the 2003 final, to the battle-hardened 36-year-old eyeing his crowning glory in what is almost certainly his Cup swansong on the subcontinent.
The four-year gap between World Cups means teams are loathe to take chances on a young player at the expense of an older, more trusted performer writes Jesse Hogan in the Herald on Sunday. Precocious young players may get taken along for the experience of a World Cup, but can end up ignored by the rest of the world by failing to get into the first-choice team. Hogan looks at nine cricketers who could possibly buck the trend.
Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo