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
Sam Whiteman (Australian cricketer) Sam Whiteman (Australian cricketer) Sam McFarlane Whiteman (born 19 March 1992) is an English-born-Australian cricketer currently contracted to Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. He has also played for Australia A. Whiteman is a wicket-keeper who bats left-handed. Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Whiteman emigrated with his family to Western Australia at an early age, and was raised in Bunbury, in the state's south-west region. Playing cricket from an early age, he toured England with an Australian Schools under-16 representative team during the 2007 English cricket season, aged 15. Whiteman played representative cricket for Western Australia at both under-17 and