Now Mark Waugh returns the favour; sings Barmy Army’s chant for Ricky Ponting during BBL game

However, Junior’s performance was not as convincing as Ponting’s, who had sung the song without any help. Unlike him, Waugh had to read out the lyrics.

A few days back, a video of Ricky Ponting singing the Barmy Army’s sledge-song for Mark Waugh in presence of the latter while commentating for a Big Bash League (BBL) game broke the internet. The song, which had a catchy tune to it, was sung verbatim by the former Australian captain, much to the embarrassment of Mark Waugh. It soon went viral on social media, with #RickySinging starting to trend and people even calling it “the TV moment of the year”. Fans enjoyed the Punter singing the song and pulling Junior’s leg, even as he and fellow commentator Mark Howard were left in splits.

And now, another video has surfaced where Mark Waugh can be seen returning back the favour to Ponting. Waugh sung the song that apparently the Barmy Army used to sing to taunt Ponting during the Ashes contests. The incident happened when a clash between Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat was underway on Wednesday. The setting for Waugh’s performance was the same, with all three of them including Ponting and Howard present inside the commentary box. It was Howard who announced that Mark Waugh will sing the rendition and return the favour to Ponting. Watch Waugh singing in the video shared by BBL’s official Twitter handle, here:

Oh Junior… #BBL06 pic.twitter.com/DMtIfIp4qg

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 28, 2016

However, Junior’s performance was not as convincing as Ponting’s, who had sung the song without any help. Unlike him, Waugh had to read out the lyrics. Also he did not get the tune right, prompting the Punter to pull his leg and sing it again. Once Waugh was done for the second time, Ponting murmured, “Umm at least you got to do it twice!”

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