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\nTwo-time World Cup-winning Australian captain Ricky Ponting returned to the commentary box just 24 hours after suffering sharp chest pains, terming the incident a \u201cscary moment\u201d for himself.
\nFormer Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting returned to commentary box on the fourth day of the Australia-West Indies Test match in Perth only 24 hours after suffering \u201csharp pains\u201d in his chest that took him to the hospital.
\nThe right-hander batter spoke candidly about the health scare he suffered on Friday on Channel Seven. He thanked his former teammate Justin Langer and Seven\u2019s head of cricket Chris Jones who advised him to get immediate treatment after feeling pain in his chest during a commentary stint before lunch on Friday.
\nPonting told channel Seven, \u201cI probably scared a lot of people yesterday and had a scary moment for myself. I was sitting in the comms box halfway through the stint and got a couple of really short and sharp pains to my chest.
\n\u201cI tried to stretch it out and get rid of it, and probably didn\u2019t want to give too much away when I was on air.
\n\u201cI had a couple of those incidents, got through the stint and went to walk to the back of the commentary box and got lightheaded and dizzy and grabbed the bench. I mentioned to JL on the way out, who was commentating with me, that I had had these pains in my chest and Chris Jones heard me and just reacted straight away and got me out of there. Ten or 15 minutes later, I was in the hospital getting the best treatment that I possibly could.\u201d he narrated.
\n\u201cI feel great this morning, I am all shiny and new this morning,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cI think the bottom line is, the fact that I was willing to share it with JL and the fact that your mate looks after you, I think as people of our age, we are a little reluctant to share much or talk about our health and I think that is a good learning curve for me yesterday, especially with what has happened in the last 12-18 months to really close people around us. My little mate looked after me and got me down there and I\u2019m back, shiny and new this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sydney Two-time World Cup-winning Australian captain Ricky Ponting returned to the commentary box just 24 hours after suffering sharp chest pains, terming the incident a \u201cscary moment\u201d for himself. Former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting returned to commentary box on the fourth day of the Australia-West Indies Test match in Perth only 24 hours after suffering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-299111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n