Why is Ricky Ponting allowing easy singles by keep keep fielders on boundaries? Is it the right strategy?

June 29th, 2009
anonymous guy asked:


According to Ian Chappell, this kind of strategy works against dumb cricketers, the good ones will keep taking singles.

9 Responses to “Why is Ricky Ponting allowing easy singles by keep keep fielders on boundaries? Is it the right strategy?”

  1. Bill P Says:

    Are you after top contributor. Didn’t you just ask virtually the same question a few minutes ago?

  2. Black Mamba Says:

    It works against Sehwag….he gets out to a defensive fields…you remove slips and pack your off-side then the chances are that he will always give a catch

  3. Dhruv P Says:

    yes but he sh0uld say b0wlers t0 play s0me 0verpitch balls with0ut which it is no use

  4. Oh Pish Tosh Says:

    How much can any good cricketer run in a day? Duh. They’ll get out in the post tea session.

  5. arsalan_kashi Says:

    hes not allow india to make 400 runs in a day

  6. Jess F Says:

    Ian Chappell knows dumb cricketers well.

    But this is a first time I agree with the man. I really think that Ricky’s captaincy will be in the spotlight here. He is not sowing the ability to adapt to having a lesser team without the likes of McGrath and Warne. He seems to run out of ideas faster than many.

  7. Don Says:

    Cause he is dumb.

  8. thinking Says:

    its the right thing to do

  9. YOROTPIDUS Says:

    The wicket has become easy to play on. If he tries to stop singles at this stage, the batsmen are going to get away with boundaries. By stopping the boundaries, he is trying to stop the Indians from getting to a very high score. They are hoping that the Indians would want to accelerate and try something crazy.