Facing the prospect of a 3-0 whitewash for the first time in over a century, Ponting says the Aussie’s are still Number One, which is really splitting hairs if nothing else. To watch the Aussies let the Proteas off the hook was amazing as slowly but surely, Duminy and Steyn snatched the game away from them, totally turning the tables on the Aussies.

A close call against India in Australia at the beginning of the year, a series defeat against India in India and now a crushing defeat to South Africa… a series lost on Australian soil after 16 years… A vice-captain who says he had no idea why Ponting took some of the decisions he did.. Personally, though, Ponting had  a superb match, and missed almost set a new world record as the only batsman to score two centuries in a Test on four occasions… but missed out by a single run, dismissed for 99 in the second innings.

What now, Ricky? What aces do you have left up your sleeve ? Wonder if we’ll find out at Sydney…

 

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