Ricky Ponting Recalls Best Over He Faced In International Cricket

It was difficult to trouble Australia great Ricky Ponting at his peak. But former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff did it at ease during the Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 2005. Ricky Ponting was beaten all ends up and hand no answer to Andrew Flintoff’s fiery pace.

Ponting has represented Australia in 168 Tests and 375 ODIs. He scored over 13000 runs in both formats at a brilliant average. The right-handed batsman was, moreover, a key for Australia in the top order during his days.

Class Reverse Swing At 90odd Mph: Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting recalled the fiery pace from Andrew Flintoff after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) took to twitter to post a video of the thrilling encounter. They captioned the video as, “Is there an emoji for goosebumps? That crowd noise @flintoff11″. 

Later, Ricky Ponting being a sport retweeted the video and revealed, “Best over I ever faced. Class reverse swing at 90odd mph!”

Best over I ever faced. Class reverse swing at 90odd mph! https://t.co/EUdN9P64Cr

— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) April 10, 2020

In the Edgbaston Test, Flintoff was in the thick of things for scoring 70 runs in both the innings and then removing the Australian opener to eventually invite Ricky Ponting to bat. The former Australia captain had a start to forget in the over.

As seen in the video, Ponting huffed and puffed to survive the first three balls of the over. He, then, watched the ball closely and left the delivery travelling outside the off-stump line as umpire signaled it a no ball. Flintoff went back to his run-up and the next ball came as a blessing in disguise for the all-rounder and the English side.

The next delivery from ‘Freddie’ Flintoff was an absolute peach! He bowled it full outside off as it took an outside edge off Ponting’s bat and finished into the safe arms of the wicket-keeper. The wicket left the entire team ecstatic as they cheered the historic dismissal.