It was a surreal feeling for Nehal Wadhera when he found out that Virat Kohli knew him by his first name.
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.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Sunday said that they failed to execute their plans apart from misreading the pitch, which largely resulted in their 72-run defeat against India in the Perth Test.
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.
"There was no, 'Bad luck, mate' or pat on the shoulder, which confirmed for me that I no longer had the support of my captain," 71-Test veteran Gillespie writes in his autobiography, Dizzy.
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.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting warned England on Friday they would be taking a gamble if they played a half-fit Andrew Flintoff in the Ashes series starting in Cardiff on July 8. All-rounder Flintoff will miss the ICC World Twenty20 after surgery on a knee injury sustained in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Australia are not exactly favourites at next month's World Twenty20 Championship given their past record, but skipper Ricky Ponting feels it is hard to predict a team's chances in a format, which is perhaps the most unpredictable of all. 'We were disappointed with the way we exited the tournament the last time around. You can expect a bold showing from Australia,' he said.
Ricky Ponting, who stepped down from the captaincy in March and turned 37 on Monday, needs a first Test ton in nearly two years merely to save his career.
Australia's World Cup-winning captain says that burnout caused by exhausting playing schedules is the team's biggest fear.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting figured in a fresh row on Monday, arguing with the on-field umpires and holding up game for several minutes on day four of the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington. With gushing winds -- measuring 130kmph -- sweeping the stadium, the virtual-eye cameras could not provide the actual trajectory of the ball and that infuriated Ponting who kept arguing with the umpires.
'I was just doing my gloves when I got the little shoulder charge, but it happens in cricket.'
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.
Predicting a close contest in the upcoming series against India, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said he was keenly looking forward to the tour as it is one of the great places to play cricket.
Ranjan Madugalle has requested the rival captains to be present for a 'cool-off' session at Perth on Monday.
The job is only 'half done' for captain Shreyas Iyer as he chases a second consecutive IPL title, albeit with a new team: Punjab Kings.
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.
The Australian captain mirrors daunting records for England, as the teams ready for the semi-final clash in Champions Trophy.
Australia's selectors need to show faith in their top six batsmen after undermining their confidence by chopping and changing the order during the recent Ashes series defeat, former captain Ricky Ponting has said.
"We had a very big open heart-to-heart meeting (in 1999), there'd been a bit of build-up at that time, and it came to a head where we had to really identify a few issues, a few things off-field out within the team dynamic," he added.
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.
Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan believes Australia captain Ricky Ponting will lose his job if he fails to secure an Ashes victory this winter.
Steve Waugh has questioned recalling Ricky Ponting as captain of the Australian One-day team in the absence of the injured Michael Clarke, reflecting widespread confusion in the country about the role of the vice-captain.
The Australian captain claimed that his side has devised strategies to silence Yuvraj Singh in the fourth one-day international in Chandigarh.
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.
Taking a swipe at Shane Warne in a bid to soften the scrutiny on captain Ricky Ponting, Australian national selector Merv Hughes has said that Warne's criticism was unfair.
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.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted to being embarrassed after his team's stunning loss to Zimbabwe in their first match of the inaugural World Cup Twenty20 tournament at Newlands on Wednesday.
Whether it be pulling a short delivery to the fence or plucking a lightning-quick catch in the slips, Ricky Ponting's formidable powers of anticipation have rarely been questioned throughout his storied career.
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.
The Australian captain spent most of the day in bed with a stomach virus.
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.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting made an unbeaten 169 in his final match for English county Surrey to ensure he ended his first-class career with a bang on Thursday.
"They have really been consistent over the past two years," said Rahul Dravid.
