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Ponting: At the Close of Play

$34.99 at Booktopia

Price read off Booktopia’s live product page on 15 September 2026 · this link earns us nothing today

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The dad who watched every ball of the 2005 Ashes and still has opinions about it

What it is

Ricky Ponting’s autobiography, 728-page paperback covering his career from childhood prodigy through his years as player and captain. Ships in 5 to 7 business days.

Why we picked it

Ponting captained through the end of the great Australian side and the book is unusually candid about the losing years, which is the part most cricket autobiographies skip. At 728 pages it is a summer-holiday book rather than a coffee-table one.

Getting it to dad

Delivery class
Small parcel, express postLight enough for Express Post. Allow a day for the merchant to pack it.
Dispatch
In-stock items ship within 0 to 3 business days, warehouse ships Monday to Friday
Then in transit
Not published
Postage
A flat rate per order, quoted at checkout

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If it is wrong

No change-of-mind returns. If it is the wrong thing, Dad is keeping it.

They state they are not obligated to accept a change-of-mind return. Where one is accepted you pay return postage and receive store credit excluding shipping. Excludes gift certificates, eBooks, digital content, bulk orders and print-on-demand.

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Booktopia’s delivery and returns pages were read on 3 September 2026. Policies change without notice; theirs at checkout is the one that binds.

What it has cost

  1. $34.9915 September 2026

One reading so far. We record every change from here, so a sale price later in the year can be measured against this one rather than against whatever a retailer says it used to cost. Why that matters.

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