A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Michael Clarke’s outstanding form was one of the key reasons why I decided to retire, admits Ricky Ponting

Clarke became the first batsman in Test cricket history to score four double centuries in a year

Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has revealed that one of the major reasons he decided to announce his retirement prior to the start of the final Test of the three-Test series against South Africa was due to the outstanding form of his successor Michael Clarke, who had scored back-to-back double hundreds in the first two Tests of the series against, what some cricket pundits and former players believe to be, the ‘best bowling attack in the world’.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Graham Gooch brands Alastair Cook’s ‘fighting’ century in Ahmedabad as the best of his career so far

Gooch believes Cook has established himself as one of the greatest batsmen England have ever produced

England batting great Graham Gooch has branded Test captain Alastair Cook’s “fighting” innings of 176 against India during the first Test at Ahmedabad as the best of his international career to date.

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