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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, April 10: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has said that Andrew Flintoff's fiery and magical over during the 2005 Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston was the \"best over\" he ev",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, April 10: <\/strong>Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has said that Andrew Flintoff&#39;s fiery and magical over during the 2005 Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston was the &quot;best over&quot; he ever faced in his playing days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England had won the game by two runs in a thrilling encounter and Ponting still remembers Flintoff&#39;s fiery over from that match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The official Twitter handle of England Cricket posted a video of that over and Ponting responded to it saying: &quot;Best over I ever faced. Class reverse swing at 90odd mph!&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After being invited to bat first, England posted 407 runs in their first innings in that match. In reply, Australia were bundled out for 308, conceding a crucial first-innings lead of 99 runs. However, the visitors made a stunning comeback in the second innings and rode on Shane Warne&#39;s magical spell to bowl out the hosts for just 182 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chasing 282 to win the Test, Australia got off to a decent start with openers putting up 47 runs before Flintoff struck in his very first over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting, who came in next, faced the heat for the rest of the over. Flintoff was able to move the ball at a fierce pace and had Ponting in trouble right from the word go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After surviving three balls, Ponting left alone the outside off-stump delivery and heaved a sigh of relief as the over had finished. But Flintoff had overstepped and the then Australian skipper was left to face one more ball in the over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For the final ball, Flintoff bowled a full-pitched outside off delivery, forcing Ponting to go for a drive. The ball, however, moved away just enough to kiss the outside edge of his bat and went straight into the gloves of the wicketkeeper. The entire Edgbaston crowd went into a frenzy as Ponting made the long walk.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Just like that over, the match ended on a thrilling note as Australia, after being 220\/9, went close to the touching distance courtesy a fighting partnership between Brett Lee and Michael Kasprowicz. However, they fell just a couple of runs short and lost the match to England who went on to win the series later on.<\/p>\r\n",
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