{"id":19883,"date":"2016-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/ricky-ponting-bewildered-by-chris-gayle-s-ridiculous-cricket\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T00:00:00","slug":"ricky-ponting-bewildered-by-chris-gayle-s-ridiculous-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/ricky-ponting-bewildered-by-chris-gayle-s-ridiculous-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Punter bewildered by Chris Gayle\u2019s \u201cridiculous cricket\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting has ripped into Chris Gayle\u2019s bizarre decision not to run a single after hitting a 90-metre on-drive during the Melbourne Renegades Big Bash win over&nbsp;Sydney Thunder on Monday.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most unbelievable, ridiculous cricket I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Ponting said while commentating the match.<\/p>\n<p>Gayle was then dismissed by Clint McKay the very next ball when he was caught at short fine leg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He doesn\u2019t take a run to long-on and then that short ball that we were saying would bring him undone, brings him undone,&#8221; Ponting said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes in cricket and in life you get what you deserve, and he got what he deserved there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat sort of message does that send to the boys on the sideline?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gayle&#8217;s blunder was quickly skewered on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"751\" width=\"852\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-12_at_11.01.38_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | Twitter<\/h6>\n<p>But Thunder captain Mike Hussey excused Gayle, saying Gayle was probably trying to make the most of a Powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well I understood what he was trying to do,&#8221; Hussey said. &#8220;He was trying to take advantage of the Powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s what he\u2019s there for, to take full advantage of that Powerplay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"554\" width=\"1009\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-12_at_11.14.30_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | Twitter<\/h6>\n<p>&#8220;He generally does it extremely well. He\u2019d obviously lined up that bowler and thought he could get him,&#8221; said Hussey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fortunately for us, it went our way. But on another day, he could\u2019ve hit the next two balls for six and that\u2019s good tactics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn\u2019t have a go at him for that, personally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/rebecca-wilson-rates-australia-s-cricket-commentators\">ALL OF AUSTRALIA\u2019S CRICKET COMMENTATORS RATED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/security-guard-considers-legal-action-after-altercation-with-james-packer\">60-YEAR-OLD HOSPITALISED AFTER CLASH WITH JAMES PACKER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting has ripped into Chris Gayle\u2019s bizarre decision not to run a single after hitting a 90-metre on-drive during the Melbourne Renegades Big Bash win over&nbsp;Sydney Thunder on Monday. \u201cThis is the most unbelievable, ridiculous cricket I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Ponting said while commentating the match. 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