Ricky Gets Lucky
I missed most of the Aussies batting last night but did manage to hear a few comments from the commentators about Ricky Ponting.
Now, when one of those one-eyed bigots says one of their players has been “lucky”, you know they’ve been lucky.
Again, I’m going on what I heard, not what I saw.
However, it was an interesting excercise to see how often Ricky has been out LBW in one day games.
Cricinfo has all the information of course so it is relatively easy to find out:
- Ricky Ponting has been dismissed 25 times LBW in one day games
- Only 8 of those have happened in Australia
Admitedly, he’s played more games away than at home (the world cup would contribute to this) – 129 out of 302 games.
Still, the figures speak for themselves – Australis is still the lucky country for Ricky Ponting.
EDIT
I just checked the stats for Adam Gilchrist. Surprise surprise, lucky Adam! Out of 285 ODI’s, Gilchrist was LBW only 21 times, with only 6 of those being at home.