text: APART FROM RECORDS AND STATISTICS..\nI'D RATE PONTING THE BEST.\nTHE BURDEN OF CAPTAINCY NEVER AFFECTED PONTING.\nHE BATTING WELL ALL BOWLERS.\nFIELDING WELL..MIND YOU HE HAS DONE 42 STRAIGHT HIT RUN OUTS.\nHE STOOD A ROLE MODEL TO HIS BOYS.\nTHE PERSON WHO SHINES REPEATEDLY IS THE BEST.\nSO, PONTING.