Ricky Thomas Ponting Best Batsman:
Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO was born on 19 December 1974. He is Nicknamed
Punter.
He is an Australian former cricketer
Team Player in the world.Who was captain of
the
Australia national cricket team
during its 'golden era'; between 2004 and 2011 in Test
cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is regarded
as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.He
is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as
well as a very occasional bowler. He is the only Australian test captain to
have led his side to three separate Ashes series defeats, but led Australia
to victory at the 2003 and 2007 cricket world cups and was also a member of the
1999 world cup winning team under Steve
Waugh.
He represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket, the Hobart
Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, and played in the Indian Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008. He is widely
considered by many to be one of the best batsmen of the modern era, along with Sachin
Tendulkar of India
and Brian
Lara of the West Indies. On 1 December 2006, he reached the highest rating
achieved by a Test batsman in the last 50 years.
Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania
in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest
Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait
until 1995 before making his One Day International (ODI) debut, during a
quadrangular tournament in New Zealand
in a match against South Africa. As a player, Ricky
Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories.
Ponting also holds the record to have been involved in maximum ODI victories as
a player with 262 wins. He is Best Batsman in Austrilia.He is all rounder.Ricky Ponting is
top 10 player in history in the world. His Test debut followed shortly after,
when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he
scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period
before early-1999, Ricky Ponting retired on 3 December 2012 with a Test batting average of 51.85. He
continued to play cricket around the world. In February 2013 it was announced
that he would be captaining the Mumbai
Indians team in the Indian Premier League due to lack of form and
discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and
Test captain in early-2004.
After being involved in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs, Ricky Ponting is Australia's
leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. . Later that month it was revealed
by Ponting that this would be his last season playing cricket, as at the end of
the competition he would be retiring from all forms of the game. He is one of only four players (along with Sachin
Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Jacques
Kallis) in history to have scored 13,000 Test runs. Statistically, he is
one of the most successful captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests
between 2004 and 31 December 2010.
On 29 November 2012
Ponting announced his retirement from Test cricket, the day before he would
play in the Perth Test against South Africa.
This was his 168th and last Test appearance, equalling the Australian record
held by Steve
Waugh.. and in March 2013 he was announced as the first international
franchise player for the Caribbean Premier League
Ricky Thomas Ponting Personal Information:
- Full name:Ricky Thomas Ponting
- Born :19 December 1974Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Nickname :Punter
- Height :178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Batting style :Right-hand bat
- Bowling style :Right arm medium
- Role :Batsman
- Relations :Greg Campbell (uncle)
- National:Austrilia
