#Players Profile # Ricky Thomas Ponting (Australia)

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 36 years 274 days

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

Nickname Punter

Playing role Top-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

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	153	261	28	12411	257	53.26	20919	59.32	39	56	1413	72	180	0
ODIs	367	357	39	13602	164	42.77	16876	80.59	30	81	1218	162	156	0
T20Is	17	16	2	401	98*	28.64	302	132.78	0	2	41	11	8	0
First-class	256	438	55	21380	257	55.82			73	94			272	0
List A	439	429	52	15958	164	42.32			34	96			188	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	153	31	551	247	5	1/0	1/0	49.40	2.68	110.2	0	0	0
ODIs	367	5	150	104	3	1/12	1/12	34.66	4.16	50.0	0	0	0
T20Is	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	256		1446	773	14	2/10		55.21	3.20	103.2		0	0
List A	439		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	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 22, 2011 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	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 22, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
44, 4, 0/5	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
31	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	22 Aug 2011	ODI # 3184
0	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 2011	ODI # 3182
22	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	16 Aug 2011	ODI # 3180
90*	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	14 Aug 2011	ODI # 3178
53	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	10 Aug 2011	ODI # 3175
47	Australia	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	13 Apr 2011	ODI # 3151
37*	Australia	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	11 Apr 2011	ODI # 3150
34	Australia	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	9 Apr 2011	ODI # 3149
69	Australians	v BCB XI	Fatullah	7 Apr 2011	Other OD

Profile

Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and only sits below Bradman in the country's overall ratings. It takes an extremely critical eye to diminish his run-scoring achievements, which seem to collect new records in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's necessary to look twice when analysing Ponting, first as the archetypal modern batsman, then as the country's 42nd Test captain. There is no doubt about his greatness after taking guard, but his leadership has been under scrutiny for much of his reign. While his blade has sparkled, his stewardship is pock-marked by three Ashes defeats - two in England and one at home - and stumbles to South Africa and India.

Those results didn't stop him from becoming the most successful captain in Test history after passing Steve Waugh's 41 wins in the 2009-10 Boxing Day Test. In the same match he overtook Shane Warne's 92 victories as the most by an individual, and he led Australia to 34 consecutive undefeated World Cup games. He stepped down from the captaincy when that run ended, in the 2011 World Cup. For the first three years of his reign he was in charge of a superstar unit and did not have to decide much tactically, but once that group headed for retirement he had to change from a manager to moulder.

As a batsman the only debate is where to rank him in the high reaches of the game's greatest run-makers. Acclaimed by Academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut. There were some teething problems, including a public admission of an alcohol problem, but the longer he went on the more he matured, building up records and runs.

He plays all the shots with a full flourish of the bat - the cover drive and the pull are particularly productive methods - and knows only to attack. His breathtaking, dead-eye fielding is a force in the game by itself. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more centuries in Tests and ODIs than Ponting, who is a natural in the game's traditional forms, but resistant to the perks of Twenty20, which he retired from in 2009. There have been setbacks against probing seam attacks, high-class finger-spin and, latterly, short balls, which he insists are meant to be pulled or hooked. These will be minor matters whenever he retires.

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