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Ricky Ponting

Personal information
Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting
Born 19 December 1974 (1974-12-19) (age 34)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Nickname Punter
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman, Captain
International information
National side Australia
Test debut (cap 366) 8 December 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 19 March 2009 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 123) 15 February 1995 v South Africa
Last ODI 9 April 2009 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 14
Domestic team information
Years Team
1993 – present Tasmania
2004 Somerset
2008 – present Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC List A
Matches 131 313 230 384
Runs scored 10,960 11,430 19,791 13,769
Batting average 56.20 42.49 58.72 42.10
100s/50s 37/46 26/66 71/84 30/81
Top score 257 164 257 164
Balls bowled 539 150 1,434 349
Wickets 5 3 14 8
Bowling average 48.40 34.66 54.85 33.62
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/0 1/12 2/10 3/34
Catches/stumpings 148/– 137/– 236/– 169/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2009