RICKY PONTING

Ricky Ponting – profile, career and stats

Ricky Ponting was a former Australian batter and captain who led the Australian ODI team from 2002 to 2011 and the Test team from 2004 to 2011.

Ricky Ponting is considered one of the best cricketers to ever grace the game. He is also the most successful captain of all time with 220 wins in 324 international matches.

Ricky Ponting is the only player to be part of 100 Test wins and also the most ODI victories with 262 wins.

Ricky Ponting is third in the list of cricketers with the most international centuries having scored 71 centuries and also the third in the list of players with the most international runs having scored 27,483 runs in 560 matches.

Ponting is also Australia’s leading run-scorer in international cricket.

Ricky Ponting could have made history in 2005 against New Zealand in the first-ever T20I if he had scored a century. He was at 98 and there was just one more ball to go and no runs were scored on it.

With four ICC trophies (the 2004 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and 2006 and 2009 Champions Trophy), Ricky Ponting is the captain with the most ICC trophies wins.

Ricky Ponting was also part of the team which won the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Steve Waugh.

Ponting was named one of the five Cricketers of the Decade of 2000-2009. In 2018, Ponting was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

A one-of-a-kind batter and captain, Ricky Ponting announced his retirement just a day before he played his last Test against South Africa on November 29 2012.

What is the full name of Ricky Ponting?

Ricky Thomas Ponting.

When and where was Ricky Ponting born?

December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Who is the wife of Ricky Ponting?

Rianna Jennifer Cantor is the wife of Ricky Ponting.

What is the nickname of Ricky Ponting?

Punter.

When did Ricky Ponting play his first international match?

Ricky Ponting played his first ODI and Test in 1995 against South Africa and Sri Lanka respectively. He played his first T20I against New Zealand in 2005.

When did Ricky Ponting play his last international match?

Ricky Ponting played his last T20I against Sri Lanka in 2009. In 2012, Ponting played his last ODI and Test against India and South Africa respectively.

How many Tests did Ricky Ponting play and how many runs did he score in them?

In 168 Tests, Ponting scored 13,378 runs at an average of 51.85 with 41 hundreds and 62 fifties.

How many ODIs did Ricky Ponting play and how many runs did he score in them?

In 375 ODIs, Ricky Ponting scored 13,704 at an average of 42.03 with 30 hundreds and 82 fifties.

How many T20Is did Ricky Ponting play and how many runs did he score in them?

In 17 T20Is, Ponting scored 401 runs at an average of 28.64 with two fifties.

Who is the favourite Australian cricketer of Ricky Ponting?

Kim Hughes.

Which cricketer of any other country but Australia is a favourite of Ricky Ponting?

Sir Viv Richards.

Who are the toughest bowlers Ricky Ponting ever faced?

Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose, Shoaib Akhtar and Harbhajan Singh.

What would Ricky Ponting have chosen as a career if he hadn’t become a cricketer?

Footballer.