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Captain Ricky Ponting has hit back at Google Inc for generating numerous articles and opinion pieces portraying him as a sore loser through its search engine Google and also lashed out at former cricketer
Gavin Robertson for not providing effective batting practice to the Australian team against spin.
 The skipper, currently under fire for losing Border Gavaskar Trophy series in India, said that Robertson "was a lousy bloody bowler" and "so different from the quality stuff they had in India it was ridiculous" following the drama in the recently concluded Test series against India. "We made the mistake of assuming that those closest to us would automatically back us and realise that our cause was noble. When we didn't get that support, we were angry and felt totally let down," he said, referring both to Robertson and to Google's Australian face, www.google.com.au.
Ponting also said he would act like a petulant 9-year old in the same fashion again without caring for his own reputation.
"I guess there was a certain naivety on my part in all of this; next time, I'll want to be just as sure about my convictions as I was this time, but I'll also want to be certain that the game is as committed to justice as I am before I put my reputation, and the reputation of my team-mates, on the line," he said, in a rare Sarah Palin moment.
"There is a part of me that says in future I should steer clear of 'Googling my own name'... but I don't want to run away from my fans. I couldn't then, and I won't in future. Trust me."
"I hope I never have to go through another Google Search like this before my career is through," Ponting wrote for the 2007-08 season.
Ponting was reacting to the unusual number of articles criticizing him for his captaincy and blaming him for defeat during Australis's recent 2-0 defeat in India. Ponting read many of these articles through Google, where he entered the search terms "Ponting", "Ponting + India + Not To Blame", "Ponting + Batting", "Ponting + Valiant Efforts", "Ponting + Let Down By Bowlers", "Ponting + Let Down By Batting", and "Ponting + Mental Disintegration".
Many of the articles criticized Ponting, and laid the blame for Australis's debacle at his doorstep.
Ponting called for Google to generate articles giving his side of the story too, and laying the blame on people like Brett Lee and Mathew Hayden ("three frigging ducks, man!"
"The Google guys- I mean, if they are so smart, you'd expect them to be a little reasonable. You'd expect them to put my articles on the top. You'd expect them to heavily publicize articles saying how Ganguly was given not out on a freaking stumping, for Gods sake. You'd expect them to say how the selectors gave me a ****-all bowling attack. And what do I get? Partisan, biased articles from Google"
"Google has been scathing in its criticism, which of course it is entitled to be, but to me it was so far over the top it was ridiculous.
"It was as if I'd lost World War III. It suggested that the entire cricket community was 'disgusted' and 'distressed' by our performance, but that was hardly the feedback I was getting," he said. This is really getting interesting now!
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