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Craig HillSour Grapes for Ricky Ponting?
May 14th 2008 04:26
Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper, would be leading his side to the Caribbean, and is worried that because of the Indian Premier League, not a lot of Aussies would be tuning on to watch the Test Series! And so he has urged the audiences in Australia to not watch retired Aussie cricketers play, but his own team!
Technically, there are only a handful of retired cricketers playing in the tournament. And secondly, and most importantly, it does not remain Ricky Ponting's prerogative to deide who watches what! Interestingly, the IPL and the Test matches would begin at approximately the same time, 1430-1500 hours GMT, which would make it next to impossible for audiences to follow both.
However, Ponting is challenging the very ethos of Demand and Supply here. Maybe, he did not enjoy the stay in India. Maybe, it was the weather, lack of runs or unpalatable food! Maybe it was just that he did not get auctioned for a price he deemed suitable for himself.
Maybe it was a combination of all the above factors. But, this definitely reeks of the case of sour grapes, Ricky!
Technically, there are only a handful of retired cricketers playing in the tournament. And secondly, and most importantly, it does not remain Ricky Ponting's prerogative to deide who watches what! Interestingly, the IPL and the Test matches would begin at approximately the same time, 1430-1500 hours GMT, which would make it next to impossible for audiences to follow both.
However, Ponting is challenging the very ethos of Demand and Supply here. Maybe, he did not enjoy the stay in India. Maybe, it was the weather, lack of runs or unpalatable food! Maybe it was just that he did not get auctioned for a price he deemed suitable for himself.
Maybe it was a combination of all the above factors. But, this definitely reeks of the case of sour grapes, Ricky!
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