Ricky Ponting Profile

Ricky Ponting is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. He is one of the world's leading batsmen in both forms of the game, as of July 2009 having made over 11,150 runs, played over 132 Tests with the outstanding batting average of 56.31. In one-day international matches, Ponting has made over 11,523 runs at an average of 42.52 with a strike rate of 78. Ponting's nickname is "punter" or "punt".


Full Name: Ricky Thomas Ponting
Date of Birth: Dec 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania
Major Team: Australia, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Somerset, Tasmania
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Nick Name: Punter
Height: 1.78 m
Education: Brooks Senior High School, Launceston
Career Statistics
International Debut: 1995
Test Debut: Australia v Sri Lanka, Dec 08, 1995
ODI Debut: Australia v South Africa, Feb 15, 1995
Twenty20 Debut: Australia v New Zealand, Feb 17, 2005

Batting and fielding records

M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Test 132 224 26 11150 257 56.31 18835 59.20 38 46 1252 65 152 -

ODI 315 306 35 11523 164 42.52 14323 80.45 26 67 1014 138 137 -

T20I 17 16 2 401 98* 28.64 302 132.78 - 2 41 11 8 -

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