{"id":20569,"date":"2013-06-21T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T08:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/ricky-ponting-retires-from-all-cricket\/"},"modified":"2013-06-21T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T08:39:14","slug":"ricky-ponting-retires-from-all-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/ricky-ponting-retires-from-all-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Ponting retires from all cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ricky Ponting<\/a> of Australia is chaired from the ground by David Warner and Michael Clarke<\/a> after retiring from International cricket during day four of the Third Test Match between Australia and South Africa at the WACA Ground.
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Australian captain Michael Clarke has paid tribute to Ponting after his former skipper announced that he will retire from all forms of the game.<\/p>\n

Ponting, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, announced overnight he would quit all professional cricket in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been an amazing player, there\u2019s no doubt about it, and (he\u2019s) done so much for the game of cricket,\u201d Clarke said on the Cricket Australia website.<\/p>\n

Ponting, 38, called time on his international career in December but has continued to play in several domestic competitions, including the English County Championship where he is currently appearing for Surrey.<\/p>\n

His form has been sparkling with Ponting hitting 192 on his Surrey debut this month, after having been named the Australian domestic Sheffield Shield player of the year in March.<\/p>\n

It sparked talk that he should be called out of international retirement to play the Ashes series in England, with Australia struggling after a series of disciplinary incidents and a poor ICC Champions Trophy<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n

But Clarke said he did not need Ponting back in the fold.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe retired from the Australian cricket team<\/a>. We\u2019ve got a new team here and we are looking forward to this series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ponting said the time would be right to walk away completely after he turns out for Mumbai in the Champions League Twenty20<\/a> tournament in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I\u2019m enjoying my cricket as much as ever, it just feels like the right time to finish playing,\u201d he said on the Cricket Australia website. \u2013 Herald Sun<\/a><\/p>\n

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