Original sentence: Australian Rules football was also a big part of Ponting's sporting life.During the winter he played junior football for North Launceston and up until he was 14, it could have become a possible sporting option.Ponting's arm was so badly damaged, it had to be pinned.This was before he broke his arm playing for North Launceston Under–17s as a 13 year-old.Told to endure a 14-week lay-off, he has never played competitive football since
Edited sentence: 1991 saw the NTCA sponsor Ponting to attend a fortnight's training at the Australian Institute of Sport's Cricket Academy in Adelaide.After completing school in 1990, he began work as a groundsman at Launceston Private School Scotch Oakburn College.During Tasmanian Sheffield Shield matches at the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground (NTCA Ground), Ponting helped out with the scoreboard, thus surrounding himself with cricketers.In 1986, Ponting said "I'd love to play for Australia... I look up to David Boon because he's from here.The two weeks turned into a full two-year sponsorship and he was acclaimed to be the best 17 year-old batsman, Academy coach Rod Marsh had ever seen