"I still think Kevin Pietersen's their class player and he seems to rise to the challenge of playing against better teams and better oppositions, " stated Ponting.
The focus on data is intentional: While other classes teach ag students how to repair combines or learn the proper chemical mixes of common fertilizers, students in agricultural economist Kevin Moore's "Returning to the Farm" class create business plans using financial information from their own family farms.
"We know what it takes to build world-class hybrids and are building on that expertise, " said Kevin Layden, director, Ford Electrification Programs and Engineering.
The perennial goalscoring problem has been much discussed, but it would be unfair to be too critical of Kevin Kyle and Scott Dobie, both of whom tried hard but look short of international class.