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Ricky Ponting hospitalised after heart scare

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Ricky Ponting hospitalised after heart scare. Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is facing heart complications after he felt uneasy while doing commentary for Australia’s match with the West Indies in Perth.

Ponting, who is working for Channel 7 for the match, was taken to hospital following the heart scare. A spokesperson for the channel said Ponting was “unwell and will not be providing commentary for the remainder of today’s coverage.”

A report said the 47-year-old started to feel unwell at the beginning of the first Test match at Perth Stadium. The legend’s colleagues have reported that he is now doing fine and is in a stable condition.

Ricky Thomas Ponting AO is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer.

Ponting was captain of the Australian national team during its “golden era”, between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%.

He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the modern era and in December 2006 reached the highest rating achieved by a Test batsman for 50 years, although this was surpassed by Steve Smith in December 2017.

He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored, behind Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.

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