By ANI
Melbourne, Dec.24 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting has presented his teammates with limited-edition luxury watches to celebrate Australia’s Ashes win over England.
Emulating Sir Donald Bradman’s gesture to his ‘Invincibles’ in 1948, Ponting said that it was his way of saying thank you to his colleagues for the much sought after win.
After the famous tour of England in 1948, Bradman gave each of his team members a pair of gold cufflinks.
“It’s a great opportunity to say thanks to the guys personally for what they’ve done over the last four or five weeks and also something they can wear around and play in if they want to,” Ponting said, adding that the watches would be given out by Christmas.
The gesture is courtesy of one of Ponting’s personal sponsors. He said he knew about Bradman’s 1948 gesture when he decided to hand out the watches.
Australia clinched the Ashes with a win at the WACA Ground in Perth last Monday. (ANI)
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