Friday, 17 January 2014

cricket

                                                                       Rickey Ponting
AO (born 19 December 1974), nicknamed Punter, is an Australian former cricketer who was captain of the Autralia national cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International  cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman , slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler . He 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.
Ponting made his First-class debut  for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield  match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his One Day International (ODI) debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa .In his final first class innings for Surrey against Notts he hit an unbeaten 169 bringing up a total of 82 first class 100s in an illustrious county career.

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