Ponting retires from Twenty20 internationals

[AirWolf]

http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/423805.html

Ricky Ponting has announced his retirement from international Twenty20 cricket in a bid to extend his Test and ODI playing career. Ponting will retain the captaincy of Australia's Test and one-day sides and Michael Clarke is expected to take the reins of the Twenty20 outfit, although a formal decision on Ponting's successor has not yet been made.

Don't players usually retire from Tests to concentrate on ODIs and T20s?

 

[killadoob]

This seems stupid LOL

You retire from 5 days and ODI because it is so long, you do not retire from 20/20 the shortest version of the game .

That is like ryan giggs saying he is retiring from 10 minute soccer matches to concentrate on the 90 minute ones, i mean WTF?

 

[Morgoth]

I never thought of Ponting as an excellent T20 player...
Stick to what you do best

 

[AirWolf]

I never thought of Ponting as an excellent T20 player...
Stick to what you do best

He is still doing domestic T20s and the IPL, and only retiring from T20 internationals. So he will miss maybe 5 games a year.

 

[gifs]

This seems stupid LOL

You retire from 5 days and ODI because it is so long, you do not retire from 20/20 the shortest version of the game .

Maybe his IQ is getting higher as he gets older

 

[Devill]

Think he is doing this to give the younger guys a chance and to add that extra 5 matches rest. Also ponting has shown and said that he prefers Test to ODI and ODI to Pro 20.

IPL he is doing for the $$$$

 

[AirWolf]

Think he is doing this to give the younger guys a chance and to add that extra 5 matches rest. Also ponting has shown and said that he prefers Test to ODI and ODI to Pro 20.

IPL he is doing for the $$$$

In tests you have 5 days to make good on a poor decision - in a T20 you've got less than 4 hours.

 

[cr@zydude]

http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/423805.html



Don't players usually retire from Tests to concentrate on ODIs and T20s?

Tests are and will always be teh ultimate form of cricket. Punter knows that his days are numbered and he would rather play a few more tests than some pro 20's.