Background
He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Ponder was a left-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. Ponder made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against the Nottinghamshire Second XI. Ponder played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1966 to 1984, including 112 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1967, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the Gillette Cup.
He played 4 further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, the last coming against Middlesex in the 1983 National Westminster Trophy.
In his five List A matches, he scored 75 runs at a batting average of 15.00, with a single half century high score of 57. This came against Northamptonshire in 1975.
