22 June,2013 03:25 AM IST | | AFP
Ponting, announced on Thursday he would quit all professional cricket in October.
Ricky Ponting
"He's been an amazing player, there's no doubt about it, and (he's) done so much for the game of cricket," Clarke said on the Cricket Australia website. Ponting said the time would be right to walk away completely after he turns out for Mumbai in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in October.
