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Ricky Ponting
One of the greatest batsmen of all time, the most successful Test captain ever, one runs out of superlatives while describing Ricky Ponting's career. He was known for his aggression, both in his craft and in his captaincy. For the better part of his career, he led the Australian 'Invincibles', the team with the likes of Shane Warne, Mathew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer. Under him, Australia won three consecutive World Cups in 1999, 2003 and 2006 in a period of unprecedented dominance in world cricket. The amount of Test and ODI centuries he stacked up combined is only surpassed by Sachin Tendulkar. As captain, his only notable defeats were the two Ashes and slip ups in South Africa and India. He stepped down from ODI captaincy when Australia's run of 26 unbeaten World Cup games ended in 2011. His batting form too saw a decline since then and finally, in 2012, he announced that the Perth Test against South Africa would be his final international outing for Australia.
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'That little man that sits on your shoulder, he keeps telling you, you haven't done well here...': Ponting on Joe Root’s form in Australia in Ashes
October 22, 2025 7:25 pm
Former England captain Joe Root, who sits at the second spot in the list of highest run-getters in Test cricket with a tally of 13,543 runs, has not scored a Test hundred in Australia in his career so far
'Don't like hearing 'I've achieved everything in the game'': Ricky Ponting says Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli still need to set 'short-term goals' for themselves
October 21, 2025 10:17 pm
Ricky Ponting has said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should probably set short-term targets for themselves instead of thinking about the 2027 World Cup.
Ricky Ponting says he ‘loves watching England’s Bazball’
August 09, 2025 7:30 pm
The former Australian captain believes England will try to continue their aggressive approach in the Ashes series in Australia as well, though it remains to be seen what kind of pitches are served for the series.
Ricky Ponting explains how Prasidh Krishna snapped up Ben Duckett at Oval: 'Unusual and brought about his downfall'
August 03, 2025 6:40 pm
The India seamer drew Duckett into the drive and had him caught at second slip on what was his fourth ball of the morning.
Joe Root jumps past Sachin Tendulkar, only behind Ricky Ponting in hunt for yet another record
August 01, 2025 11:53 pm
Joe Root has now gotten close to yet another big batting record.
'I'd be sending him out next': Ricky Ponting wants Rishabh Pant to come out to bat if India lose another wicket in Manchester
July 27, 2025 8:14 pm
Pant fractured his toe while attempting a reverse sweep on Day 1, which led to him having to retire hurt. He then remarkably continued his innings while batting almost on one foot and scored 54 in 75 balls.
'India must back Sai Sudharsan at No. 3 like how Ben Stokes and McCullum have done with Crawley, Pope': Ricky Ponting
July 27, 2025 8:36 am
Ricky Ponting said the Indian team management must take a leaf out of the Bazball philosophy to support Sai Sudharsan, where skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum have backed under-fire players like opener Zak Crawley and No. 3 Ollie Pope despite their middling career Test averages.
IND vs ENG: ‘There is absolutely no reason why he will not go past Tendulkar’: Ricky Ponting backs Joe Root to break Sachin’s record
July 26, 2025 2:08 pm
While Tendulkar made the record playing 200 Tests, Root has become the second-highest run scorer in Tests with a total of 13,409 runs in 157 Tests, and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes he sees no reason why Root cannot break Tendulkar’s record.
Joe Root now only behind Sachin Tendulkar, goes past Ricky Ponting to become 2nd highest Test run scorer of all time
July 25, 2025 8:54 pm
Joe Root went past Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting all in one innings and is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar on the list of batters with most runs in the history of Test cricket.
'Anshul Kamboj over Siraj with new ball was tactically wrong': Ricky Ponting, Nasser Hussain slam Shubman Gill's decisions in Manchester Test
July 25, 2025 10:07 am
IND vs ENG: Ricky Ponting and Nasser Hussain slammed India captain Shubman Gill for throwing debutant seamer Anshul Kamboj into the deep end early with the new ball alongside Jasprit Bumrah as England waltzed to 225 for two in only 46 overs in Manchester on Thursday.
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