Ricky Thomas Ponting Profile

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 35 years 186 days

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

Nickname Punter

Playing role Higher average adjustment batsman

Batting appearance Right-hand bat

Bowling appearance 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 144 243 27 11928 257 55.22 20034 59.53 39 51 1351 70 170 0

ODIs 347 338 37 12949 164 43.01 16053 80.66 29 78 1150 157 150 0

T20Is 17 16 2 401 98* 28.64 302 132.78 0 2 41 11 8 0

First-class 244 414 54 20775 257 57.70 73 89 259 0

List A 417 408 50 15265 164 42.63 33 93 182 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 144 30 539 242 5 1/0 1/0 48.40 2.69 107.8 0 0 0

ODIs 347 5 150 104 3 1/12 1/12 34.66 4.16 50.0 0 0 0

T20Is 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -

First-class 244 1434 768 14 2/10 54.85 3.21 102.4 0 0

List A 417 349 269 8 3/34 3/34 33.62 4.62 43.6 0 0 0

Twenty20 22 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career statistics

Test admission Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard

Last Test New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton, Mar 27-31, 2010 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI admission Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard

Last ODI England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 22, 2010 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I admission 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 admission 1992/93

Last First-class New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton, Mar 27-31, 2010 scorecard

List A admission 1992/93

Last List A England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 22, 2010 scorecard

Twenty20 admission Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20 Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Ricky Ponting, the a lot of uncompromising amateur of his generation, grew into Australia's a lot of acknowledged run-maker and alone sits beneath Bradman in the country's all-embracing ratings. It takes an acutely analytical eye to abate his run-scoring achievements, which assume to aggregate new annal in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's all-important to attending alert if analysing Ponting, aboriginal as the archetypal avant-garde batsman, again as the country's 42nd Test captain. There is no agnosticism about his abundance afterwards demography guard, but his administration has been beneath analysis for abundant of his reign. While his brand has sparkled, his administration is pock-marked by two Ashes defeats in England, the aboriginal back Billy Murdoch in the 19th aeon to accomplish the feat, and stumbles to South Africa and India.