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Over the past 20 years, Australia have re-written the rule book on Test cricket; transforming the pace of the sport’s most ancient form, along with setting new standards on batting, bowling and fielding. Furthermore, for long stretches, their team included one of the world’s great fast bowlers (Brett Lee) and also history’s greatest-ever spinners, Shane Warne. Unsurprisingly, in this special season, Warne is singled out for special attention. But so also is skipper supreme Ricky Ponting, whose inspirational innings of 196 during a crucial stage of the 2006/07 Ashes series receives its channel premiere this month on ESPN Classic.
