The Australian cricketers may have grabbed the rewards but their wives were the topics of discussion at the Allan Border Medal function held in Melbourne on Tuesday night. Australian captain Ricky Ponting revealed that his wife of six years Rianna is expecting their first child. She is 14 weeks pregnant. “It’s great to have her as a big part of my life. She’s really been a great support for me, given up a lot of things (in) her own life to be around and help me out through my own cricket career,” Ponting said.
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Adam Gilchrist would have retired from international cricket long ago had it not been for the advice of wife Melissa, who coaxed him into re-thinking his decision after Gilchrist was ready to hang up his gloves at the end of last summer’s Ashes series against England.
“Adam was just so worn out, so, so tired, and it took a lot out of him,” Melissa told the Australian Women’s Weekly. “When he told me then we was thinking of retiring, I just felt that he needed to rest and build himself back up before he made such a critical decision. And, as a result, he stayed on,” she said. Melissa said that when her husband eventually did announce he would call it quits during the Adelaide Test last month, she was certain the timing was right. “When he rang this time from Adelaide and said, ‘Do you know what? I think I’m done,’ I just said, ‘Yes, go for it, that sounds so right.’”
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