World cricket most successful captain (Ricky Ponting)

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Today I will discuss about former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting. He was a right-handed batsman and captain of the Australian national cricket teamHe is considered one of the most successful captains in international cricket history.Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket.

Ponting birth and family

Ricky Ponting was born on December 19, 1974 in Australia. Her father's name was Graeme and her mother's name was Lorraine. And Ricky Ponting was the eldest of four siblings. His father was also involved in cricket. He was a good quality club cricketer. Ricky Ponting's uncle Greg Campbell played Test cricket in Australia from 1989 to 1990.

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He made his first-class cricket debut in 1992 at the age of 17.

Ponting 1st test match

He got a chance in the national team in 1995 due to his great performance in domestic cricket.
He made his Test debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka.Ponting made his Test debut on 8 December 1995 against Sri Lanka. Australia won that match by an innings and won the match by 36 runs against Sri Lanka. came to bat in the first innings, Lanka was all out for only 251 runs.

In reply Austria played a huge innings of 617 runs in the first innings. Michael Slater scored 219 for Australia. Ricky Ponting, who came to bat in his debut innings, made a good start to his career and at that time he hinted at becoming a future cricket celebrity. Played a great innings of 96 runs over the first innings.

First test century

In his first Ashes Test, Ponting score his first Test century 127 runs.
It was the fourth ashes Test between England and Australia. Ashes is a very popular series between Australia vs England. There is a lot of discussion and criticism surrounding Jet. And no one is willing to give up on anyone.

In that match, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Opponent England were all out for just 172 in the first innings. Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie took 7 wickets for Australia in that innings. Australia played a very good innings in the first innings of that match. Matthew Elliott scored 199 runs for just one he missed out on a double change. Ricky Ponting scored the first century of his career in that match. He was able to score 127 runs off 202 balls with a six and 16 boundaries.

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Best test performance

He played an innings of 257 against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2003.Australia won that match against India. India scored 366 in the first innings as opposed to Australia's 558 in the first innings and among them Ricky Ponting played a huge innings of 257 runs.

As a player, Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories.He is the only Australian Test captain to have led his side to three separate Ashes series defeats, but led Australia to their second-ever 5-0 Ashes win as well as victory at the 2003.For his performances in 2008, he was named as captain once again of the World ODI XI by the ICC.

He is one of the most successful Test captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010.

Ponting last test match

He played his last Test in 2012 against South Africa.Australia's performance in the last Test match against Ponting was not good. In the match between South Africa vs Australia, South Africa won by a huge margin of 309 runs. Batting in the first innings, South Africa were bowled out for 225. In reply, Australia were bowled out for 163 in the first innings. Ricky Ponting was out for just 4 runs off Philander.

In the second innings, South Africa played a huge innings of 69 runs. Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers' centuries helped South Africa score so many runs. In reply, Australia managed to score only 322 runs even though the target was much higher. Ricky Ponting failed to play a good innings in the second innings as well as in the first. He scored only 6 runs.

In Test cricket, he has scored more than 13,000 runs and scored 41 centuries.

Ponting 1st ODI century

He made his ODI debut in 1995 against South Africa. He scored his first ODI century against Sri Lanka. In that match he scored 123 runs off 138 balls.
Australia scored 213 runs in the match against Sri Lanka in January 1996. Ricky Ponting scored his team's only century and his own first century. He was run out for 123 in that match. However, Sri Lanka won the match by three wickets.

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Highest ODI runs

On 12 March 2006 Ponting scored 164 in only 105 balls in the 5th ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg.The match in 2006 was a historic match in the history of cricket. Australia played a huge innings of 434 runs, breaking all past records. Ricky Ponting's contribution was the highest in the entire innings of Australia. But unfortunately Australia lost the match. South Africa won that match after breaking record after record. South Africa scored 438 runs in the match.

Ponting was a member of the Australia squad for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. In the final, he scored 45 off 73 balls against Sri Lanka
He scored 229 runs at an average of 32.71 in this World Cup.

Australia won the 1999 World Cup. 1999 played the ICC Cricket World Cup. He led the Australian team to the 2003 World Cup. Australia is the champion in that World Cup. Ponting played an innings of 140 in the 2003 World Cup final to help Australia win the match and become champions. He The 2007 ICC World Cup cricket team led Australia. This world cup Ponting himself began successfully with an innings of 113 from 93 deliveries that included five sixes, as Australia were dominant in 203-run victory against Scotland.Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final to become the champions.

He led the Australian team to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. However, the performance of the Australian team in this World Cup was not so good. He scored more than 13,000 runs in one-day international cricket.

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He played an unbeaten innings of 98 in T20 cricket against New Zealand in 2005.
T20 cricket takes international cricket to a slightly different level. In this match of only 20 overs, both the teams have to give a breathtaking performance. The T20 match between Australia and New Zealand was held on 17 February 2005 in Auckland.

Australia came to bat first and scored a huge innings of 214 runs. The highest run for the team was scored by the then Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Missed a century for just 2 runs but faced 55 balls and gave a huge innings of 98 runs. But in the end he was undefeated. He hit 8 fours and five sixes in his entire innings. New Zealand were bowled out for 170 in that match. And Australia won by 44 runs.

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Award

Ponting has won the award of Australia's best Test player in 2003, 2004 and 2007 and Australia's best One Day International player in 2002 and 2007
Pointing is the only batsman to score a century against all Test playing nations.
He also has a record number of partnership runs in the second wicket. Shane Watson and Ponting combined for 252runs for the second wicket partnership. Which is a unique record in ODI cricket.

Ricky Ponting was not only a good quality batsman, he was also an experienced captain. He has been called one of the best captains in Australian cricket history. His performance in fielding was also outstanding. He was one of the best fielders in the history of cricket. Even after retiring from international cricket, he has been associated with various cricket organizations.