Edited sentence: In January 1986, he took part in the annual Northern Tasmania junior cricket competitions for Mowbray that ran for the five days weeks days.Introduced to cricket through father Greame and uncle Greg Campbell, Ponting was able to play for  the Mowbray Under–13s team at the age of 11 in 1985-86.On the Monday he struggled to trouble the scorers, but bounced back with a century on Tuesday.Wednesday saw him make 117 not out and he continued his form into Thursday and Friday, scoring cenuries on each day