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Ricky, please come back and save us

In an open letter to Ricky Ponting, Richard Hinds in the Sydney Morning Herald regrets having once ridiculed the idea of asking him to come out of retirement, but given Australia's desperate batting situation, the calls for his return might get lou

15-Jun-2013
In an open letter to Ricky Ponting, Richard Hinds in the Sydney Morning Herald regrets having once ridiculed the idea of asking him to come out of retirement, but given Australia's desperate batting situation, the calls for his return might get louder.
You want a personal dressing room in the sheds stocked with the finest champagne, fresh flowers, a fruit platter and a bowl of red M&Ms? The Krug Grande Cuvee or the Perrier-Jouet? You will only take batting practice on alternate days, field in the slips and have a hotel room far enough from Shane Watson's that you never have to hear his guitar? You can have your own hotel.