Complex sentence: Intriguingly, from 1 January 2004, up until the start of the first Test, Ponting scored 1510 runs and an average of 83.88 in 64 innings against spin bowling--the only Australian to score more than 1,300 runs and average over 70.
Split into simpler sentences: Intriguingly, from 1 January 2004, up until the start of the first Test, Ponting scored 1510 runs and an average of 83.88 in 64 innings against spin bowling. He was the only Australian to score more than 1,300 runs and average over 70.