- Born
- Birth nameRicky Thomas Ponting
- Nickname
- Punter
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Ricky Ponting was born on December 19, 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. He is married to Rianna. They have one child.
- SpouseRianna(? - present) (1 child)
- As a player, Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories. Ponting also holds the record to have been involved in the most ODI victories as a player, with 262 wins.
- Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He is one of only four players (along with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis) in history to have scored 13,000 Test runs.
- First played international cricket for Australia in 1995.
- Wife, Rianna gave birth to the couples' first child, daughter Emmy Charlotte, on July 26, 2008 in Sydney.
- Ponting led Australia to victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team under Steve Waugh.
- I've told the guys to keep their heads up. I really believe we played a great game here.
- It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match.
- It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.
- It's a song that we sing after we win a Test match. We sing it after every one-day series win. It's been passed down through the generations. It's the culture of the Australian team.
- I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.
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