Ben Stokes has been surprising everyone with his mind-boggling captaincy in test cricket since they started playing Bazball style in test cricket. Heading into the 4th test, Australia is leading the Ashes 2-1. In those three matches, we have seen some thrilling and surprising performances from England’s test captain, Ben Stokes.
In the greatest rivalry, we are seeing two different styles of playing test cricket and elevated ways of captaincy. The English Test captain declaring the first inning in the opening match showed aggressiveness at the captaincy level.
Ben Stokes tries to make something on every ball- Ricky Pointing
Ricky Ponting was having an interaction with ICC and stated that skipper Ben Stokes is trying to make something happen on every ball. Ricky Ponting pointed out that this is the most tactical series he has ever seen.
“I think this has been one of the most tactical series that I have ever seen because two different ways of playing are clashing and probably two contrasting styles of captaincy as well. He’s sort of trying to make something happen every ball,” said Ricky Ponting.
Pat Cummins offers an old-fashioned way of Test match captaincy- Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting said that Pat Cummins is quite new to the role of leadership and said that the skipper is learning day by day. Ricky Ponting made it clear that Pat Cummins has done a good job in Ashes 2023 with Aussies leading the series by 2-1.
“He (Cummins) offers an old-fashioned way of Test match captaincy, sets the fielding and lets plans go until success, and is happy to do more often. See, Cummins is still pretty young in his role of leadership; don’t forget he’s only been doing it for a couple of years now, and I’m sure he’s learning day by day,” said Ricky Ponting.
“I’m not marking questions for Pat at all. The fact that Australia is leading the game 2-1 says he’s done a good job for me. In the end, I think we have to wait to see the result of the ongoing clash, and then we’ll be discussing the captains. There’ll always be small happenings in a game. When you lose, there are always little things that people are happy to throw words at,” he added.
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