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The Australian captain mirrors daunting records for England, as the teams ready for the semi-final clash in Champions Trophy.
Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has said in his soon to be released autobiography that no one had forced him to step down as Test captain but instead a number of people tried to talk him out of it.
Ricky Ponting raised both arms to acknowledge the crowd of the WACA Ground and said farewell to cricket.
Ricky Ponting is on the verge of joining an exclusive club of 10,000 Test runs, but the Australian captain said he was not aware of his impending milestone only to be told by a team official.
South Africa's power-packed batting unit suffered a light-out against Australia, but they found enough support from the packed Eden Gardens crowd during the second semifinal of the World Cup in Kolkata on Thursday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting opened the Test series against West Indies with an innings of 158 at Sabina Park on Thursday and declared himself delighted to be back in the long version of the game. Ponting scored a century in his last Test appearance but that was back in January against India -- since then he has been focused on one-day and Twenty20 cricket in India and struggling to make scores.
Embattled Ricky Ponting on Tuesday stepped down as Australia's captain from the Test and one-day cricket teams in the wake of the team's shocking quarter-final exit from the ongoing World Cup, but will be available for selection as a batsman in both the formats.
The Aussie skipper said that his team was in Zimbabwe to do their jobs but did not turn a blind eye to the happenings.
"A lot of the guys have (not) played cricket for a couple of months, so it was a good game to get under our belt," said the Aussie captain.
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting is hoping to score plenty of runs during upcoming the four-Test series and improve his pathetic average of 12.28.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting smashed a LCD television set in the team's dressing room, apparently in a fit of anger, after he got run out against Zimbabwe, sources in the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) said on Tuesday.
The bad blood of last summer still fresh in mind, Australia captain Ricky Ponting does not want acrimony to vitiate his team's healthy rivalry with India in the forthcoming Test series.
The Australian captain spent most of the day in bed with a stomach virus.
Australia's bowlers backed up captain Ricky Ponting's second successive ODI century to lead their side to a 114-run win and series victory against New Zealand.
"They have really been consistent over the past two years," said Rahul Dravid.
The duo, became only the fourth opening pair to notch centuries in a World Cup match. First, Warner got to the three-figure mar with a nudge for a single and then, Marsh reached his hundred to celebrate his 32nd birthday in the best possible manner and broke a number of records en route...
Australia captain Ricky Ponting became only the seventh batsman to reach 10,000 runs in Test matches on Friday and declared himself proud of his long career. He went to the crease needing 61 on the first day of the second test against West Indies and become the third Australian to reach the milestone following former captains Allan Border and Steve Waugh.
The knives are out, and directed at one man. Ricky Ponting. With the fans and former cricketers gunning for his head after the Ashes loss, Australia's captain had an ideal opportunity to redeem himself by winning the World Cup.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was impressed with Hiral Patel's blazing 45-ball 54-run innings and compared the Canada opener with Indian swashbuckler Virender Sehwag.
Recently retired batting greats Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey have both ruled out returning to the Australia team for the back-to-back Ashes series against England this year.
Ricky Ponting admits Harbhajan Singh has had the better of their exchanges in Tests but stressed he had paid the bowler back in the one-dayers.
Steve Smith's manager debunks former Australian captain's retirement talks
Australia one-day captain believes that playing against the Sri Lanka off-spinner is largely guesswork.
Australia's World Cup-winning captain says that burnout caused by exhausting playing schedules is the team's biggest fear.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting is hoping for a "Tendulkar-sort rebirth" after his century against India in the World Cup quarter-final in Ahmedabad last Thursday.
John Buchanan, who coached Australia to the last two of their three successive World Cup wins, has backed Ricky Ponting to lead them back into the final again in 2011 despite their recent Ashes humiliation.
Australia opener Usman Khawaja has vented his frustration after the team lost 10 World Test Championship (WTC) points for slow over-rates.
"Batting in the middle-order, he's someone who can really control a one-day innings. And that might be what you need in England," Ponting told Cricket Australia's official website.
Ranjan Madugalle has requested the rival captains to be present for a 'cool-off' session at Perth on Monday.
The Australia captain claimed S Sreesanth had passed remarks and taunted five batsmen as they stepped in and out of the dressing room during the fourth ODI in Chandigarh.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, the second most prolific Test batsman of all time, has struggled at the crease so far in the Ashes series against England.
Australia cannot afford to contemplate anything other than victory in the third Test at Perth with a grassy wicket likely to produce a result that could seal the hosts' Ashes fate, captain Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that the way the team performed in his absence, thrashing England 6-1 in their ODI series, showed that they were ready to chase their fourth consecutive World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar's age-defying stupendous form of late has inspired Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who says he wants to continue playing international cricket and score heavily despite turning 36 next month.
Australia, already 2-0 ahead in the series, reached 320 for three at the close on the first day.
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