Ponting suspended (20 January 1999)
Ricky Ponting has been suspended from the Australian cricket team for disciplinary reasons
20-Jan-1999
20 January 1999
Ponting suspended
CricInfo report
Ricky Ponting has been suspended from the Australian cricket team for
disciplinary reasons. The action was announced by ACB chief executive Mal
Speed at a press conference in Hobart at 7.30pm local time Wednesday.
Further details are not clear at this stage but the ACB has stressed that
the reasons are not related to match-fixing or betting.
Ponting was due to play for Australia in a one-day game against Sri Lanka
at Bellerive Oval, Hobart tomorrow. A replacement has not been announced
at this stage.