 Australian Captain, Ricky Thomas Ponting, is one of the best cricketers in the world. He has a strong will and is an incredible batsman. Not universally popular but, highly respected for his fighting qualities and a great leader. As of December 2010, the right handed batsman, was ranked number 13 in the world batting rankings. He was ranked number one though, in December 2003.
Ricky was born in Launceston, Tasmania, on December 19th, 1974. He started playing cricket, aged just 7 years old. At 12, he became the youngest player in the world, to gain a bat sponsor. He is still sponsored by the same company, Kookaburra.
He made his one day and Test debuts for Australia, in 1995 aged 20. He was in and out of the team early on, as a lack of form and a few minor indiscretions hindered his progress. He returned stronger and became, one day captain in 2002 and Test captain in 2004.
He has scored over 12300 test runs and is second only to the legend, that is Sachin Tendulkar. He is currently averaging, well over 50 runs per innings.
He became the first Australian captain to lead his side to a 5 -0 Ashes whitewash in 86 years. He is currently under intense pressure after a run of poor results, for Australia but, he is a fighter and if anyone can lead them out of the form they are currently in, it will be Ricky Ponting.
Throw away stats:-
" Favourite holiday destination - Maldives.
" 4th highest number of Test centuries.
" Fastest bowler faced - Shoaib Akhtar
" Favourite Food - Japanese
" Nickname - Punter
This profile has been written by our in house Cricket Coach who not only an avid cricket fan but has the privilage of working with local junior and District squads. His main viewpoint is to be a good sportsman and work hard to achieve this, and obviously to use the right Cricket Balls.
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