Ricky Ponting
98Australia · BAT · 1995 to 2012 · on scorecards: RT Ponting
BATTING
- Matches
- 375
- Innings
- 365
- Runs
- 13704
- Average
- 42.03
- Strike rate
- 80.39
- High score
- 164
- 100s / 50s
- 30 / 82
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 3
- Average
- 34.66
- Economy
- 4.16
- Strike rate
- 50
- Best figures
- 1/12
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 160 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 64
CAREER IN BRIEF
Ricky Ponting played 375 ODIs for Australia in CricArcade's archive, from 1995 to 2012. The first came against South Africa at Basin Reserve, with a score of 1, and the last against India at Brisbane Cricket Ground in 2012.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 9,103 runs at 44.2 in 239 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 164 from 105 balls against South Africa at Wanderers Stadium in 2006, in a defeat. In all: 30 hundreds, 82 fifties.
At home the average was 39.2 across 153 ODIs; away it was 45.0 across 132 ODIs. The most runs came against India: 2,164 runs at 40.1 in 59 ODIs. Sydney Cricket Ground was the most frequent ground, with 43 ODIs and 1,326 runs at 34.0. Ricky Ponting captained Australia in 230 ODIs, winning 165 and losing 51. The scorecards record 32 player-of-the-match awards. Australia won 262 of the ODIs Ricky Ponting played and lost 96.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 375 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | 105 | South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2006 | Lost |
| 145 | 158 | Zimbabwe | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 1998 | Won |
| 141* | 127 | New Zealand | McLean Park | 2005 | Won |
| 140* | 121 | India | Wanderers Stadium | 2003 | Won |
| 134* | 133 | New Zealand | Bellerive Oval | 2007 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12 | 5 | Zimbabwe | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2001 | Won |
| 1/28 | 5 | West Indies | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2001 | Won |
| 1/41 | 10 | Sri Lanka | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 1999 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 59 | 2,164 | 40.07 | 6/9 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand | 51 | 1,971 | 45.84 | 6/12 | 0 | – |
| South Africa | 48 | 1,879 | 39.98 | 2/13 | 0 | – |
| Sri Lanka | 46 | 1,649 | 42.28 | 4/10 | 1 | 43.00 |
| West Indies | 45 | 1,475 | 35.98 | 2/12 | 1 | 28.00 |
| England | 39 | 1,598 | 48.42 | 5/8 | 0 | – |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1,107 | 36.90 | 1/8 | 0 | – |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 949 | 52.72 | 1/7 | 1 | 12.00 |
| Bangladesh | 14 | 361 | 45.13 | 1/1 | 0 | – |
| Kenya | 4 | 60 | 20.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| ICC World XI | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 0/2 | 0 | – |
| Ireland | 2 | 33 | 33.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 2 | 23 | 23.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Scotland | 2 | 146 | 73.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Asia XI | 1 | 115 | 115.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Canada | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Namibia | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| United States | 1 | 8 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 153 | 5,406 | 39.17 | 13/32 | 3 | 27.00 |
| Away | 132 | 5,090 | 45.04 | 10/32 | 0 | – |
| Neutral | 90 | 3,208 | 42.77 | 7/18 | 0 | – |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91 | 3,208 | 40.61 | 5/17 | 1 | 64.00 |
| 2000s | 239 | 9,103 | 44.19 | 23/56 | 2 | 20.00 |
| 2010s | 45 | 1,393 | 33.98 | 2/9 | 0 | – |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Cricket Ground | 43 | 1,326 | 34.00 | 2/6 | 1 | 12.00 |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | 41 | 2,108 | 56.97 | 7/15 | 0 | – |
| Brisbane Cricket Ground | 18 | 464 | 29.00 | 1/2 | 1 | 28.00 |
| Adelaide Oval | 15 | 445 | 37.08 | 1/4 | 0 | – |
| Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 15 | 442 | 29.47 | 1/1 | 1 | 41.00 |
| Docklands Stadium | 12 | 334 | 27.83 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v South Africa, 1995 at Basin Reserve
- Latest in the archive: v India, 2012 at Brisbane Cricket Ground
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 19 December 1974
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm medium
- Balls faced (career)
- 17,046
- Ducks
- 20
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 3rd
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 74.4
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 82.2
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 127.9
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 46.8
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 66.9
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 8,433 balls faced in that period.
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