UPDATE 1-Cricket-Australia's Ponting calls time on test career
PERTH, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Australia’s Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, telling a stunned news conference he would be calling time on his glittering 17-year career after this week’s third test against South Africa. The former Australia captain has scored 13,366 runs in 167 tests – the second highest haul in the long history of the game – and stands behind only the great Don Bradman in the ranks of Australian batsmen. …
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Cricket-Australia squad for third test v South Africa
PERTH, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Australia named the following 12-man squad on Thursday for the third and final test against South Africa, which starts on Friday at the WACA: Michael Clarke (captain), Shane Watson, David Warner, Ed Cowan, Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey, Matthew Wade, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson. (Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford)
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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