List of Ricky Ponting's achievements and statistics

Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia), nicknamed Punter, is the current captain of the Australian cricket team. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and plays in The INDIAN Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Awards

Ponting was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2003 and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2006. He has been the Allan Border Medalist a record four times in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009 (with Michael Clarke) . 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. He was selected as the ICC World XI captain for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal charity match against the ACC Asian XI in 2004–05 and scored a match winning 115 off 102 deliveries.

• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2003
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 2006
• Allan Border Medal: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 (with Michael Clarke)
• Australian Test Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2007
• Australian ODI Player of the Year: 2002, 2007
• ICC Player of the Year: 2006, 2007
• ICC Captain of the Year: 2007
• ICC Test Player of the Year: 2006
• ICC World Test XI: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Cricket World Cup winner: 1999, 2003, 2007
• Pura Cup winner: 2006-07
• Ford Ranger Cup winner: 2007-08
• Ponting had earned 14 "Man of the Match" awards in 110 Tests; he also has 25 such awards in 285 One-Day Internationals (including the joint award which he had declined from the Johannesburg match).
• Named Captain in Australia's greatest ever ODI team.
• Ponting was recently named the "Player of the decade" in both ODIs and Tests from an elite selection panel consisting of over 30 players (current and former), commentators and cricket writers.

International Performances

Test Match Performances

After making his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Perth in 1995–96, Ponting has become one of Test crickets most prolific batsman, creating many records in the process. He became the highest Australian Test run-scorer after surpassing Allan Border's 11,174 run record during the third Ashes Test in 2009, moving him into third place in the all-time list of run-scorers. Aided by a best Test batting score of 257 against India 2003, Ponting scored 1,544 in the calendar year—the most by an Australian.

• Most Test centuries in a calendar year by an Australian: 7 in 2006
• Most Test runs in a calendar year by an Australian: 1,544 in 2005. Ponting has passed 1,000 test runs in a calendar year on five separate occasions, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008.
• Most Test centuries by an Australian: 39
• Most Test runs by an Australian with 11,859 runs
• Ponting, during the second innings of the Third Test in Perth, became the leading run scorer on Australian soil, surpassing the previous record holder Allan Border's mark of 5,743 set in 86 Tests between 1978 and 1994.
• Ponting's 242 against India, Adelaide 2003–04 is the highest Test score by a batsman in a losing side.
• Equal most times (3) scoring 100 runs in both innings of a Test, shared with Sunil Gavasker
• Ponting became the fourth man in history to pass 11,000 Test runs, being made against England in Cardiff for the first Ashes Test during 2009.
• Ponting became the highest Australian Test score run getter after beating Allan Border's 11,174 runs record during the third Ashes Test in 2009 with 11,271 runs.
• Most consecutive Test victories won as captain: 16, shared with Steve Waugh
• Most Test victories as captain:42
• First batsman to score over 1000 runs at four individual grounds (Adelaide Oval, the Gabba, MCG and SCG).

One Day International records

ODI debut: vs South Africa, Wellington, 1994–95.

• Ponting's best ODI batting score of 164 was made against South Africa, Johannesburg (South Africa), 2005–06.
• Most One Day International Runs by an Australian.
• Most One Day International Centuries by an Australian.
• Most ODI fifties by an Australian: 63
• Most sixes in a World Cup innings (8), shared with Imran Nazir, Yuvraj Singh and Adam Gilchrist.
• Most centuries in World Cups (4), equal with Mark Waugh, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar.
• Most victories as ODI captain: 122
• Most Cricket World Cups won as captain: 2, shared with Clive Lloyd
• Undefeated as Captain in World Cups (23 matches)

Captaincy records

• Most victories as ODI captain: 122
• Most victories as Test captain: 44
• Highest victory rate as ODI captain in more than 20 matches: 75.74%
• Most Cricket World Cups won as captain: 2, shared with Clive Lloyd
• Most consecutive Test victories won as captain: 16, shared with Steve Waugh
• Undefeated as Captain in World Cups (23 matches)

Man of the Match or Series

Man of the Test match

Man of the Test series