Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and sits below only Bradman among the greatest batters the country has...

Ricky Thomas Ponting AO (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%.

Jan 25, 2025 · Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer and coach who was the country’s premier batsman in the 1990s and early 2000s. He helped Australia win three World Cups (1999, 2003, and 2007), and he was twice named the ICC Cricketer of the Year (2006–07).

Australia's leading run scorer in both Tests and ODIs, scoring over 13,000 runs in both formats, Ricky Ponting is one of Australia's greatest ever. He led Australia to two unbeaten ICC Cricket World Cup triumphs, in 2003 and 2007 and was Player of the Match in the inaugural T20I, when he scored 98* against New Zealand.

Ricky Ponting had all the ingredients of a typical Australian - tough as nails, aggressive, vocal and above all, mentally powerful to tackle pressure situations.

Easily among the finest players to have graced the game, Ricky Ponting was the proper definition of a typical Australian - aggressive, in-your-face and a man with immense self-belief. Academy coach Rod Marsh once described Ponting as the greatest teenage batsman that he …

Ponting is Australia’s leading run scorer in Tests with 13,378, as well as in ODI cricket with 13,704. Ponting is possibly Australia’s greatest ever fieldsman.

Ricky Ponting is regarded as one of the greatest cricketers in the history of the game and arguably Australia's finest batter after Sir Donald Bradman. Known for his aggressive batting style,...

Ricky was possibly Australia’s greatest ever fieldsman and holds the record with most catches (196), is the only player to have appeared in 100 Test victories, and is one of two Australians to hit three double-centuries in a calendar year.

Ricky Ponting on cricket at the Olympics: 'Opens up completely different audiences to our game'