Australia Beat India in World Cup Hockey
Australia beat India in Hockey World Cup campaign with a 5-2 drubbing of host nation India in New Delhi. It is a great relief to the team after their lose against England with 3-2.
Australia started their winning since the third minute of the game from Liam De Young, who shot in off a rebound from the framework.
The crowd in the stadium waiting for victory of their national game was disappointed by the way the team India played and the faults they did.
India's Spanish coach Jose Brasa admitted Australia deserved to win.
"They were in a different league as far as fitness and speed were concerned," said Brasa. "We also conceded at least two goals due to stupid faults. The team needs to learn from its mistakes and play aggressive hockey in future games."
Australia Cricket Team Captain Ricky Ponting
PROFILE OF RICKY PONTING
Full Name
Ricky Thomas Ponting
Birth Date
19 December 1974
Birth Place
Launceston, Tasmania
Batting Style
Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right Arm Medium, Right Arm Off Break
National Team
Australia
Domestic Teams
Tasmania
Test Debut
Sri Lanka at Perth, 1st Test, 1995/96
ODI Debut
v S. Africa at Wellington, NZ Centenary Tournament, 1994/95
Ricky Ponting Biography
Undoubtedly, in the recent times, Ponting has proved himself to be a decisive and effective leader. But the year 2004 saw him sit outside the fence for a few months after he suffered a finger injury during the Champions Trophy in England.
It was during that period that Australia visited India and registered a series victory after 35 years. Though, he watched much of the action from outside, he was present for the last Test in Mumbai.
It was Ponting again who led from the front as the ICC Rest of the World XI beat ACC Asian XI in Melbourne at the tsunami charity match in Melbourne on January 10, 2005.
He lead Australia to a crushing victory in the 2003 World Cup tournament, scoring a hundred in the final to cap off a memorable 12 months. He followed this with his maiden Test double century and another 2 hundreds in the away Test series in the West Indies.
His the 1999-2000 trip to India saw him hit two centuries, but he still may feel he has something to prove after making three ducks in five Test innings during the trip to the sub-continent in 2001 when he failed to come to terms with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
His batting can be destructive and his fielding is feverish. He plays his shots all around the wicket and has scored one-day centuries against all the major cricketing nations.
Although vulnerable early in his innings, Ponting is hard to dislodge once established and already has more than 6,500 Test runs to his credit.













