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Home » Full Members » Australia. One of the greatest batters and leaders in the history of the game is largely considered as being Australian cricket star Ricky Ponting.

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Ponting's unwavering dedication to the game and remarkable batting prowess have earned him a place among the cricketing elite. Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania, when he was just 17 years and days, becoming the state's youngest player to participate in a Sheffield Shield match. Rod Marsh regarded Ponting as the finest adolescent batter he had ever seen, and he began his career with Tasmania at the age of 17 and Australia at the age of Ricky Ponting played for Tasmania as he scored runs at an average of In list-a career, he has not impressed much, but these stats are better than most batters.

He has scored runs at an average of Ponting made his batting debut at position six against South Africa. His test cricket records are much better as he has scored runs at an average of Ricky Ponting's nickname 'Punter' was given to him by spin superstar and colleague Shane Warne, while Ponting was a member of the Australian Cricket Academy.

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Ponting's fondness for dog races and betting on them caused Warne to give him the moniker 'Punter. Ponting is one of the most successful skippers in the longer format. He took over the captaincy of the Test team in He captained in 77 tests, winning 48 and losing just His record in the Ashes is the only thing he would like to forget in his career.

Ponting holds a record of being the only Australian Test captain to have led his team to three separate Ashes series defeats.