RICKY PONTING AND ANDREW FLINTOFF SHAKE HANDS

Aug 24 2009
RICKY PONTING AND ANDREW FLINTOFF SHAKE HANDS 5TH ASHES TEST MATCH 5TH ASHES TEST MATCH,NPOWER TEST SERIES 2009 THE BRIT OVAL, LONDON, ENGLAND 23 August 2009 DIB7196 AiWire Photo via Newscom

What we see here is a more personal hand shake than the typical businessman's hand shake. By placing the free hand on the shoulder it is somewhere between a handshake and a full hug.

Other variations include placing the free hand on the other's forearm or enclosing the other person's hand in a sort of hand hug- these all are taking the handshake to a different level of intimacy.◦

RICKY PONTING AND ANDREW FLINTOFF SHAKE HANDS