Ponting warms up for South Africa with 162
Veteran Australian batsman Ricky Ponting smashed an unbeaten 162
Wednesday in the Sheffield Shield as his fine form continued ahead of
the first Test against South Africa.
The 37-year-old, who was dumped from the one-day and Twenty20
international squads, has not played a Test since the West Indies last
April but has put himself through a gruelling training regime to be
ready for the Proteas.
Ponting hit 20 boundaries and one six in a superb display that lasted
eight minutes shy of six hours for Tasmania against Victoria at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground, to follow his unbeaten 85 against South
Australia. Victoria coach Greg Shipperd said Test cricket's
second-leading run scorer was in fantastic touch. “We needed to zero in
on tougher, tighter areas for longer periods of time, but certainly
Ricky looks in terrific form and that's a great and healthy place for
Australia if he's in form,” he said.
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