Cricket legend Ricky Ponting drops an incredible $20MILLION on six-bedroom Toorak mansion

Cricket legend Ricky Ponting drops an incredible $20MILLION on six-bedroom Toorak mansion
Cricket legend Ricky Ponting drops an incredible $20MILLION on six-bedroom Toorak mansion - here's what he's getting for the Powerball-sized price Ricky Ponting has paid $20million plus for a mansion Located in the exclusive Melbourne suburb Toorak Ponting also owns another mansion in Brighton By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:18 GMT, 11 March 2023 | Updated: 09:18 GMT, 11 March 2023 e-mail 18 View comments Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has forked out more than $20million for a six-bedroom Toorak mansion. Ponting, 48, now calls Melbourne 's most exclusive suburb home with his wife Rianna and the couple's three children. Among the litany of features include wrought-iron staircases, marble-topped kitchen surfaces, a luxury pool and tennis court.
Hosting guests won't be a problem, with the expansive property on 1400 square metres. The house purchase isn't the first time the Ponting's have dipped their toes into Melbourne's elite property market. Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has forked out more than $20million for a six-bedroom mansion in Melbourne The luxury home in Toorak includes wrought-iron staircases, marble-topped kitchen surfaces and a luxury pool Hosting guests won't be a problem, with the expansive property on 1400 square metres (pictured, the tennis court at the property) They currently own another mansion in Brighton, which they reportedly purchased for $9.
2million in 2013 which boasts seven bedrooms. Additionally, they own a 'weekender' at Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula, which they bought in 2019 for $3. 51million.
The home sits just 50 metres away from Fishermans Beach and features an outdoor fire place plus a tennis court. Portsea is renowned as the playground of the rich and famous in Melbourne, with other residents including TV personality Eddie McGuire and trucking magnate Lindsay Fox. Ponting commentates on Channel 7 and is also the coach of the Delhi Capitals in the lucrative Indian Premier League.
Last December, Ponting was rushed to hospital after experiencing chest pains and dizziness when working during the Perth Test. On air colleague and former teammate Justin Langer took Ponting to see Australian team Doctor Leigh Golding, before the decision was made to send him to hospital. Having a bath won't be an arduous experience for Ponting, wife Riana or their three children in their Toorak home The Ponting's also own another mansion in Brighton and have a 'weekender' at Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria Ponting made his Test debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka and is regarded as one of Australia's greatest ever cricketers He later said it was a 'scary moment' but after Ponting was given the all clear and discharged he felt 'shiny and new.
' Ponting made his Test debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka and is regarded as one of Australia's greatest ever players. Also an excellent fielder, he plundered well over 13,000 runs in the Test arena alone, retiring with an average of 51. 85.
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