The Brisbane Test

[malo]

Ponting, Hughes and Yallop a better captain than Smith? Are you kidding? They we awful.

Seriously?......Ponting single handidly regrouped a World Cup side that lost their star bowler (Warne) on the eve of the 2003 World Cup due to an act of stupidity & got them to a World Cup victory.  He also took them to wins against the strongest side in the world (SAF) in their own country in the era right after losing Warne, Magrath, Langer, Haydon from the side, with a bowling attack of Johnson, Siddle & Hilfy......He wasn't Mark Taylor, but he was certainly better than Smith, and probably equal to Waugh (who never had any challenges really).