Some good News..... And Confusion.....

RICKY PONTING RETAINS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

And Ricky Ponting was named, Captain of the Year 2007. No surprises there also.

Matthew Hayden was named the ODI player of the Year 2007. No surprises there.
Mohammad Yousuf won the Test Player of the Year 2007 award. It was a tough competition between him and Ponting. But, the hard work of Yousuf played off.

Now the confusion part. There is some problem with the cable network. So I am getting all the NEWS from cricinfo. And they have reported that Ponting is not in the Test Team for the year. But, some time later, they have written that Ponting is in that team.

They Report :-

Michael Vaughan capped a great return from an injury that nearly ended his career by making it to the Test Team of the Year. In the period under consideration - August 9, 2006 to August 8, 2007 - Vaughan scored 493 runs in five Tests at an average of 61.62, with two glorious centuries against West Indies and India. The side was dominated by the Australians again, which wasn't surprising considering the way they have demolished all opposition. Adam Gilchrist missed out, though, with Kumar Sangakkara taking the wicketkeeper's slot. Team Matthew Hayden, Michael Vaughan, Mohammad Yousuf, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Hussey, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Stuart Clark, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini, Mohammad Asif. 12th man: Zaheer Khan.

And then :-

In a year of spectacular success for Australia it was only fitting that Ricky Ponting won the Player of the Year and the Captain of the Year awards and was named in both the ODI and the Test teams of the year. His efforts with the bat were outstanding - 576 runs in five Tests at an average of 82.28, an ODI average of 51.52 during the period August 9, 2006 to August 8, 2007 - while as captain he won the three huge series over the last year: the Ashes, the Champions trophy and the World Cup. Ponting couldn't have asked for much more.

If Ponting is really in the Test Team for 2007, then I take back all the foul words I used against ICC in the last Post, and apologize for my actions. It was inevitable in my situation.

For the entire article, visit CricInfo.

Aditya Shevade