What makes ricky ponting a good leader

Cancel Update. Login to reply. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. Writer Awards. Tech Blog. So, we have to keep challenging ourselves daily by finding different ways of preparing. Who knows, if it's going to make you one per cent better everyday, then you are doing a good job. When you are in the position that the Australian cricket team is in today - that is at the top for almost 10 years - what does an event like the Ashes loss last year do to the team?

Ponting: What its done for us is that it made us go away and take a look at ourselves, and what we were doing including looking at any handbrakes that might have been on us during the Ashes series. If we were placing any restriction upon ourselves that wasn't letting our best cricket come out.

And from that moment on since we arrived back in Australia till now, we are a much better team, we've looked at things that might be holding us back, we released those handbrakes now and we feel that we are a closer, more committed team than we were probably ever before, and that's always a good thing going forward. How much of your time do you invest in nurturing talent in planning for the future?

Richtor: I would say in one shape, way or form - probably half my time because it may not be that you are doing something for tomorrow - but maybe for five-ten years down the line.

In any shape, way or form we try and constantly coach people because at the end of the day, we know that we are going to keep on developing people because people grow, people move on and I think that's also healthy.

But at the same time, you are going to make sure that your people understand the core values and are able to live those everyday - to build a strong organization. Ricky they say all is fair in love and war and like we know the Japanese believe that business is war. So do sportsmen believe that sports is war? Is there a difference between sportsmanship and gamesmanship? You guys have introduced it to the game. Ponting: There is definitely a difference. There is definitely a difference between gamesmanship and sportsmanship.

Gamesmanship I think is more about the mental side of the game and trying to work the mental side of the opposition players out. Sportsmanship is playing the game within the rules of the game, and the way the game is supposed to be played. So, there is always a lot made about us and the perceived sledging thing on the fields. One thing, I think needs to be understood is that every time I open my mouth or one of the guys on the field, while talking to an opposition player does not automatically mean that we are verbally abusing or attacking them.

We might be just talking about the weather or about a nice shot that was played. Is there an ethical issue here at all? Is there a fine line between how far you would go in the game of gamesmanship? Ponting: Absolutely. There is definitely a line there and its important that everybody in my team stays at the right side of the line.

Ponting: Including me, more than anybody else. When I have transgressed in the past I would be the first one to apologies and let the guys know that it is not acceptable and it is not right and that's happened recently. Hopefully it doesn't happen again cause it is certainly embarrassing for me and it is embarrassing for Australian cricket as well.

So, we don't want to be remembered as that. We want to be remembered for being a very good team but more importantly for being good people and playing the game the right way as well.

I was just going to ask you at the end of the day, does it matter if you are the number one team for the longest time or the number one cricketer for the longest time or is it important to be remembered as the good guy who perhaps was not the number. Which one do you choose? Ponting: Both if you can manage it. If you can manage to be the number one player and the number one team in the world and have a great reputation to go with it then -- that's what I'm asking all the players, basically demanding of the players now.

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Ricky Ponting, cricket's most successful captain, offers some answers. Watson has emerged as a powerful opener while Hauritz, so long scorned, is using footprints and air with equal dexterity. As players soar when a captain shows faith in them, so a leader responds to the confidence sensed in his players. As the team's elder as well as skipper, Ponting commands widespread respect.

His players listen to him and when necessary he helps them with their games and attitudes. His approach has worked as struggling players respond to his input. As much could be told from the performance of his side in Wellington. Before the match Ponting spent extra time with Marcus North and Clarke. Captains have plenty on their plate and need to take care of their own games, so it's unusual for a leader to devote as much of his energy to teammates, particularly senior ones.

Yet Ponting talked for hours with Clarke, working hard to get his vice-captain in the right frame of mind for the match. Clarke's innings spoke for itself. Yesterday, the right-hander sat beside his leader at the press conference and was delighted and amazed not to get a single question. The show has moved on. North's problems were partly technical and partly psychological.