Was Ricky Ponting a Wicket Keeper?

Greg Shipperd publicly suggested that Ponting could be selected as a reserve wicket-keeper for the upcoming West Indies tour, despite not keeping-wicket for Tasmania. However, he had kept wicket in pre-season matches and during centre wicket practice. In any case Ponting was selected as a specialist batsman.

Did Ricky Ponting play wicket keeper?

He made his First Class debut for Tasmania when he was 17-years old. Australia's former wicket-keeper Rod Marsh had seen him play there and considered him 'best among the teens'. After playing there for three years, Ponting made his way into the national team.

Is Ricky Ponting Chinese?

I couldn't explain how this fiction began, but the story of Ricky Ponting's Chinese heritage has been around for at least a decade. ... The story continued that the relinquishing mother had then married a Tasmanian man and one of their children was the father of Ricky Ponting.