Ponting: At the Close of PlayThe number 1 bestseller in paperback. One of the greatest cricketers of all time, Ricky Ponting boasts more records than any other player in Australian history including the most wins as a player and a captain, as well as being Australia's highest run-scorer in test and ODI cricket. From childhood prodigy to the highs and lows of an extraordinary international career, At the Close of Play is the remarkable autobiography of one of the game's greats. But beyond the triumphs and scandals, records and retirement, this is the story of a life lived in cricket and of a life shaped by extraordinary talent and the people who believed in that talent. |
Contents
Character | |
Doing the Right Thing | |
The Last Frontier | |
Playing with Brian | |
Behind the Times | |
Helmet On Helmet | |
Resurgence | |
Test Century | |
13 | |
Backyard Cricket | |
Playing with Dad 3 Out of Tasmania | |
Punter | |
In the Company of Boonie | |
An Angry Young | |
Making the Team | |
Retaliate First | |
24 | |
The Hundred That Got Away | |
Best Seat in the House | |
High Security | |
25 | |
Dropped | |
56 | |
22 | |
Hope Builds Fear Destroys 139 | |
AT THE CREASE | |
Solidarity Forever | |
Im Not Going Im Staying | |
Betting Rings and Broken Helmets | |
The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time | |
Starting Over | |
Mateship Matters | |
Team First | |
Good Versus Great | |
Turning | |
From Harbhajan to Headingley | |
Love Comes to Town | |
Three Amigos | |
AT THE HELM | |
Captain and Player | |
Swimming Between the Flags | |
Leading Our Defence of the World | |
One Game After Another | |
No Fear | |
Mind Games | |
Getting Dizzy | |
Ugly Australians? | |
Ashes Regained | |
Most Tough Guys | |
WC2007 | |
Good Times | |
Zero Tolerance | |
Irreplaceable | |
OverRated | |
Last Man Standing | |
The Old | |
Six Days in Potchefstroom | |
Public Enemy No 1 | |
Mug or Magician | |
AT THE CLOSE OF PLAY | |
Tactics and Tweets | |
Execution | |
Punted | |
Matisse | |
Edge of the Abyss | |
Thanks for the Memories | |
Its Time | |
End of the Journey | |
Epilogue Winding Down | |
CAREER RECORD | |
Test Cricket | |
OneDay International Cricket 3 Twenty20 International Cricket | |
FirstClass and Other Cricket | |
The Records | |
Searchable Terms | |
List of photo credits Final word | |
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