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RICKY PONTING

Ricky Thomas Ponting AO is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former player who was born on December 19, 1974. Between 2004 and 2011 for Test matches and 2002 to 2011 for One Day Internationals (ODIs), Ponting served as captain of the Australian national team. With 220 victories in 324 matches and a winning percentage of 67.91%, Ponting is the most successful captain in the annals of international cricket. He is regarded as one of the best batsmen of all time, and in December 2006, he received the highest rating for a Test batsman in 50 years. However, Steve Smith surpassed him in that same month. In terms of the total amount of international centuries scored, he is ranked third among cricketers.                                              

Ponting in the year 2015


Ponting represented Tasmania as well as Tasmania's Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. He was a right-handed specialist hitter, a superb slip fielder, and an occasional bowler. He captained Australia to their second 5-0 Ashes victory, as well as victories in the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups. He was also a member of Steve Waugh's 1999 World Cup-winning side. In 2006 and 2009, he led Australia to successive ICC Champions Trophy victories. Despite being a combative and sometimes contentious captain, he is statistically one of the most successful Test captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010.Ponting is the only cricketer in history to have played in 100 Test triumphs and the most ODI victories, with 262 wins,having played in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs. 

Ponting is Australia's top run-scorer in Test and One-Day International cricket. He was named the "Cricketer of the Decade 2000" in 2000. was named to Cricket Australia's finest Ashes XI in 2017, and he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in July 2018. He is now the assistant coach of Australia's national men's cricket team, having been hired in February 2019.

Ponting announced his retirement from Test cricket the day before his final Test against South Africa in November 2012; this was his 168th and final Test appearance, equaling the Australian record set by Steve Waugh. He retired with a Test batting average of 51.85. however he continued to play cricket until 2013.

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