• Ricky Ponting became only the seventh batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sourav Ganguly, Sanath Jayasuriya, Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid to complete 10,000 runs in the history of limited overs international cricket.• The right hand top order batsman, who made his international debut against South Africa at Wellington on February 15,1995, took 12 years and 37 days to reach this milestone.• Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to cross the 5-figure mark in one day internationals. He achieved this feat during his 31-run knock against Australia at Indore on March 31, 2001.• Ponting has scored 4274 runs at 41.90 in 115 matches played at home and 5809 runs at 44.34 in 157 matches played outside Australia. He also scored 115 in a match he played for a World XI team.
