Ponting a straight shooter

Updated November 29 2012 - 5:13pm, first published 4:27pm
Ricky Ponting as a teenager representing his local club Mowbray in 1992.
Ricky Ponting as a teenager representing his local club Mowbray in 1992.

Ricky Ponting is a modern Australian. Following local custom, he emerged from the backblocks and made his way through the ranks and into the upper echelons. Now the boy from Mowbray bestrides the game. Although not regarded as a colossus, he stands top of the batting rankings and captains the World Cup holders and the strongest Test team on the planet. And he has done it without joining any of the rich gangs that played such a part in directing life down under.

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