Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09 his "worst day as national captain". Indian newspapers also continued with the criticism, with some suggesting Ponting put himself before the team. Ponting angrily responded to such comments at the post-Test media conference. Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09 Ricky Ponting captained the Australian cricket team on their four Test tour of India in 2008–09. On a tour that was unsuccessful on a whole, the tourists lost the Test series 2–0 to an Indian side led by Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, while they drew two warm-up matches against the Centre of Excellence (non
James Mansfield (Australian cricketer) James Mansfield (Australian cricketer) James Emmanuel Mansfield (23 April 1860 – 27 September 1930) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania in 1883/84. He was born at Longford, Tasmania and died at Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria. Mansfield's only matches were on a tour by Tasmania to New Zealand in 1883/84 in which the same 11 players featured in four first-class games, two each against Otago and Canterbury. In a fairly mobile batting order, Mansfield started out as a middle-order batsman, but lack of success led him to be played further down the batting order and in the