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Ricky Ponting      

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 35 years 87 days

Major teams Australia, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Somerset, Tasmania

Nickname Punter

Playing role Higher middle order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 1.78 m

Education Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston

Relation Uncle - GD Campbell

Ricky Thomas Ponting
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 142 240 27 11859 257 55.67 19897 59.60 39 51 1342 69 164 0
ODIs 345 336 37 12895 164 43.12 15976 80.71 29 78 1142 157 148 0
T20Is 17 16 2 401 98* 28.64 302 132.78 0 2 41 11 8 0
First-class 242 411 54 20706 257 58.00 73 89 253 0
List A 414 405 50 15194 164 42.80 33 93 180 0
Twenty20 22 21 2 460 98* 24.21 375 122.66 0 2 44 13 10 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 142 30 539 242 5 1/0 1/0 48.40 2.69 107.8 0 0 0
ODIs 345 5 150 104 3 1/12 1/12 34.66 4.16 50.0 0 0 0
T20Is 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 242 1434 768 14 2/10 54.85 3.21 102.4 0 0
List A 414 349 269 8 3/34 3/34 33.62 4.62 43.6 0 0 0
Twenty20 22 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
Test debut Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test Australia v Pakistan at Hobart, Jan 14-18, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Mar 13, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 1992/93
Last First-class Australia v Pakistan at Hobart, Jan 14-18, 2010 scorecard
List A debut 1992/93
Last List A New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Mar 13, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Acclaimed by Academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ricky Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut. He was and remains the archetypal modern cricketer: he plays all the shots with a full flourish of the bat and knows only to attack, and his breathtaking, dead-eye fielding is a force in the game by itself. A gambler and a buccaneer, he is a natural at one-day cricket and is learning quickly in Twenty20. He has had his setbacks, against probing seam attacks and high-class finger-spin, which, when out of form, he plays with hard hands. In the 1990s there were off-field indiscretions that led him once to admit publicly to an alcohol problem, but he overcame the issues and became part of the heartbeat of one of Australia's most successful teams. After the retirement of Ian Healy he took over as the man who led the singing of the victory song, passing it on when he assumed the captaincy.

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Mar 13, 2010

Shane Bond celebrates and Ricky Ponting can't believe it after being given out caught off his helmet, New Zealand v Australia, 5th ODI, Wellington, March 13, 2010

Shane Bond celebrates and Ricky Ponting can't believe it after being given out caught off his helmet

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Mar 11, 2010

Ricky Ponting pulls during his 50, New Zealand v Australia, 4th ODI, Auckland, March 11, 2010

Ricky Ponting pulls during his 50

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Mar 9, 2010

Ricky Ponting drives off the back foot during his 69, New Zealand v Australia, 3rd ODI, Hamilton, March 9, 2010

Ricky Ponting drives off the back foot during his 69

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Notes

ICC Player of the Year - 2006,2007

ICC Test Player of the Year - 2003, 2004, 2006

One-Day International Player of the Year - 2002

Allan Border Medal - 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009

Wisden Cricketer of the Year - 2006

Cricinfo Player of the Decade - 2000-09

Country Fixtures Country Results
Final: Victoria v Queensland at Melbourne
Mar 17-21
1st Test: New Zealand v Australia at Wellington
Mar 19-23 (11:00 local, 22:00 GMT)
2nd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton
Mar 27-31 (11:00 local, 22:00 GMT)
6th Match, Group A: Australia v Pakistan at Gros Islet
May 2 (13:30 local, 17:30 GMT)
11th Match, Group A: Australia v Bangladesh at Bridgetown
May 5 (09:30 local, 13:30 GMT)
2nd Match, Group A: Aust Women v Eng Women at Basseterre
May 5 (13:30 local, 17:30 GMT)
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