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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, April 24:\u00a0\u00a0Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Friday posted picture of the bat with which he played a knock of 156 against England in the 2005 Ashes Series \u2013 an innings which he ",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, April 24:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Friday posted picture of the bat with which he played a knock of 156 against England in the 2005 Ashes Series &ndash; an innings which he is &quot;most proud of&quot; in his entire career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;In the back half of my career I marked the hundreds I made on the handle of my bats under the grip. This is the bat I used when I made 156 against England at Manchester in the 2005 Ashes. It&#39;s probably the innings I&#39;m most proud of from my whole career,&quot; Ponting said in a tweet along with two pictures of the bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the third Test played in Manchester at the Old Trafford in the 2005 Ashes series, Ponting had played an unbelievable knock courtesy which Australia were able to draw the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chasing 423 to win, Australia could manage to reach 371\/9 on the final day before the match ended in a pulsating draw. It was an unbelievable last-wicket partnership between Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath -- who remained unbeaten on 18 and 5 -- that saved the match for the visitors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England had won that Ashes series 2-1 against Australia. Australia had emerged victorious in the opening Test at Lord&#39;s, but then the side went on to lose the second and fourth Test match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting had earlier said that 2005 Ashes was one of the most enthralling contests that he has been part of in his entire career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It was my childhood dream to play some Ashes cricket. I have played in eight or nine Ashes series so there are some fond memories and then there are some which are not that fond memories,&quot; the former Australian skipper had said in Instagram video he uploaded after David Warner&#39;s request.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;One such not so fond memory includes the 2005 Ashes series, where we were beaten by Michael Vaughan&#39;s England. It was probably one of the all-time great series, Vaughan&#39;s team was too good. We won the first Test at Lord&#39;s but then came the Edgbaston Test, it was one of the all-time great Tests and we came up short, then in the third Test we had to battle it out for a draw,&quot; he added.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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