Nickname: Punter. Bestowed on him because of his love of having a punt or gamble on the races.
Best friend: his wife, Rianna
Favorite ground: WACA
Favorite band: INXS
Favorite song: Kickstart My Heart (by Motley Crue)
Favorite drink: Milo or Gatorade
Favorite food: Japanese
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite holiday destination: Italy and Maldives
Favourite way to relax away from cricket: Golf
Cricket tip: Always give 100%, "You can do it"
Other interests: Football (AFL) - is a passionate supporter of the North Melbourne Kangaroos football team.
Best advice I’ve ever received is: Watch the ball
The meal/food I am best at cooking is: Pasta
When I was 8-years-old I wanted to be: Test cricketer
Worst habit: Biting fingernails
Sporting (non-cricket) hero: Jack Nicklaus
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Full Name: Ricky Thomas Ponting
Date of Birth: December 19, 1974
Place of Birth: Launceston, Tasmania
Marital Status: Married Rianna Cantor in June 2002
Parents: Graeme (played for Mowbray) and Lorraine (sister of Greg Campbell)
Siblings: Drew and Renee (both younger)
Ricky started playing cricket at age 7, and showed immediate promise. He was known to be rich in talent ever since he was 12 when he became the youngest person in the world to have a bat sponsor as he was signed by Kookaburra. Obviously people knew that in the future he would be a star. Ponting excelled in junior levels as he was already playing 1st/A Grade cricket when he was 12 and had made it into Youth State and National sides with ease.
He attended school at Mowbray Primary and then Brooks Senior High School in Launceston, and then attended the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy from 1992 to 1993.
Date of Birth: December 19, 1974
Place of Birth: Launceston, Tasmania
Marital Status: Married Rianna Cantor in June 2002
Parents: Graeme (played for Mowbray) and Lorraine (sister of Greg Campbell)
Siblings: Drew and Renee (both younger)
Ricky started playing cricket at age 7, and showed immediate promise. He was known to be rich in talent ever since he was 12 when he became the youngest person in the world to have a bat sponsor as he was signed by Kookaburra. Obviously people knew that in the future he would be a star. Ponting excelled in junior levels as he was already playing 1st/A Grade cricket when he was 12 and had made it into Youth State and National sides with ease.
He attended school at Mowbray Primary and then Brooks Senior High School in Launceston, and then attended the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy from 1992 to 1993.
Cricket Profile
Batting style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling style: Right Arm Medium, Right Arm Off Break
Test cap No. 366
Test Debut: December 8, 1995 v Sri Lanka, Perth
One Day cap No. 123
One Day shirt No. 14
One Day Debut: February 15, 1995 v Sth Africa, Wellington
Acclaimed by academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ricky Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut.
Following 96 on Test debut against Sri Lanka in 1994/95, Ricky Ponting became the man most likely to be Australia's premier batsman. Like many other before him, however, Ponting's talent could not justify a place in the Test side, dropped after a number of poor scores at number 3.
Early in his career, Ponting was a regular in the ODI side, where his fielding at point and excellent stroke play at number 3 made him a irresistible package for the shorter form of the game. His success in the shorter form had not transferred to the longer version.
Ponting confirmed his status as one of world cricket's brightest talents with a successful World Cup appearance in 1996. Soon enough, he was recalled to the Test side during the 1997 Ashes tour and responded in kind with his maiden Test hundred in a mammoth stand with Matthew Elliott in the fourth Test of the series.
Again, Ponting's talent did not bring regular runs and he was dumped from the side mid-way through the Ashes series of 1998/99 in favour of Darren Lehmann and looked like he would be most remember for his famous punch-up at Sydney's Bourbon and Beefsteak Hotel that led him once to admit publicly to an alcohol problem, but he became part of the heartbeat of one of Australia's most successful teams and after the retirement of Ian Healy he took over as the man who led the singing of the victory song.
Ponting defined himself as yet again one of ODI crickets premier batsmen with a number of telling innings from number 3 during World Cup 1999 in England. Following on from the excellent World Cup victory, Ponting finally established himself in the Test side during the tour of Sri Lanka, playing Muralidaran and co. with aplomb.
He finally began scoring consistently at number 6 in the Test side as his ODI career went from strength to strength. Following on from 3 ducks at the beginning of their home series against Pakistan in 1999/2000, he made a then career high 197 in Perth. He continued his good form in the Test matches throughout the summer until injury struck and he was ruled out of the tour of New Zealand with ankle damage.
Following his return to the side following injury, he played well against the West Indies at home but found a horror series against India in India, scoring less than 20 runs in the 3 Test matches.
Again his Test career was on the ropes, however, he fought back when promoted to number 3 in the Test side for Justin Langer and has since made the position his own, and now stands alongside Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Matthew Hayden as his generations most consistent Test bat.
With many lessons learned, Ponting's growing maturity was acknowledged by the ACB when he saw off competition from Warne and Gilchrist to succeed Steve Waugh as Australia's one-day captain early in 2002, and with incredible happiness in his personal life, he lead Australia to a crushing victory in the 2003 World Cup where the team went through the tournament undefeated, and scored a hundred in the final to cap off a memorable 12 months. He followed this with his maiden Test double century and another 2 hundreds in the away Test Series in the West Indies.
His batting can be destructive and his fielding is feverish. He plays his shots all around the wicket and has scored one-day centuries against all the major cricketing nations.
Took over captaincy of the Test side for the Travelex Tour of Sri Lanka in 2004, winning the series 3-0.
Batting style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling style: Right Arm Medium, Right Arm Off Break
Test cap No. 366
Test Debut: December 8, 1995 v Sri Lanka, Perth
One Day cap No. 123
One Day shirt No. 14
One Day Debut: February 15, 1995 v Sth Africa, Wellington
Acclaimed by academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ricky Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut.
Following 96 on Test debut against Sri Lanka in 1994/95, Ricky Ponting became the man most likely to be Australia's premier batsman. Like many other before him, however, Ponting's talent could not justify a place in the Test side, dropped after a number of poor scores at number 3.
Early in his career, Ponting was a regular in the ODI side, where his fielding at point and excellent stroke play at number 3 made him a irresistible package for the shorter form of the game. His success in the shorter form had not transferred to the longer version.
Ponting confirmed his status as one of world cricket's brightest talents with a successful World Cup appearance in 1996. Soon enough, he was recalled to the Test side during the 1997 Ashes tour and responded in kind with his maiden Test hundred in a mammoth stand with Matthew Elliott in the fourth Test of the series.
Again, Ponting's talent did not bring regular runs and he was dumped from the side mid-way through the Ashes series of 1998/99 in favour of Darren Lehmann and looked like he would be most remember for his famous punch-up at Sydney's Bourbon and Beefsteak Hotel that led him once to admit publicly to an alcohol problem, but he became part of the heartbeat of one of Australia's most successful teams and after the retirement of Ian Healy he took over as the man who led the singing of the victory song.
Ponting defined himself as yet again one of ODI crickets premier batsmen with a number of telling innings from number 3 during World Cup 1999 in England. Following on from the excellent World Cup victory, Ponting finally established himself in the Test side during the tour of Sri Lanka, playing Muralidaran and co. with aplomb.
He finally began scoring consistently at number 6 in the Test side as his ODI career went from strength to strength. Following on from 3 ducks at the beginning of their home series against Pakistan in 1999/2000, he made a then career high 197 in Perth. He continued his good form in the Test matches throughout the summer until injury struck and he was ruled out of the tour of New Zealand with ankle damage.
Following his return to the side following injury, he played well against the West Indies at home but found a horror series against India in India, scoring less than 20 runs in the 3 Test matches.
Again his Test career was on the ropes, however, he fought back when promoted to number 3 in the Test side for Justin Langer and has since made the position his own, and now stands alongside Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Matthew Hayden as his generations most consistent Test bat.
With many lessons learned, Ponting's growing maturity was acknowledged by the ACB when he saw off competition from Warne and Gilchrist to succeed Steve Waugh as Australia's one-day captain early in 2002, and with incredible happiness in his personal life, he lead Australia to a crushing victory in the 2003 World Cup where the team went through the tournament undefeated, and scored a hundred in the final to cap off a memorable 12 months. He followed this with his maiden Test double century and another 2 hundreds in the away Test Series in the West Indies.
His batting can be destructive and his fielding is feverish. He plays his shots all around the wicket and has scored one-day centuries against all the major cricketing nations.
Took over captaincy of the Test side for the Travelex Tour of Sri Lanka in 2004, winning the series 3-0.
Kookaburra
The Kookaburra name is synonymous wiht Australian sport. Not only is Kookaburra Sport the largest producer of cricket balls in the world, their cricket bats and ultra-lite protective equipment are used by the worlds elite batsmen including Ricky Ponting.
Ricky's choice of bat is the 'Kahuna' from Kookaburra.
Rexona
Rexona was originally created in Australia in 1900 by a pharmacist and his wife. Since then it has led the field by providing consumers with cutting-edge technology that is proven to deliver outstanding results. They are the world’s biggest deodorant company and hold the Number 1 position in 29 countries. They are the only brand tailored to the needs of both men and women.
The latest cricket themed ad to roll out this summer is for Rexona brand and stars Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting dressed up as a can of deodorant. In the new Rexona “challenge” spot, Ponting declares that if Rexona protection lasts as long as he bats, he'll "sell it himself". After a gruelling battle against bowlers attacking him from all sides, Rexona wins the challenge, and the spot finishes with Ponting, dressed as a Rexona can, spruiking Rexona in the street.
The Kookaburra name is synonymous wiht Australian sport. Not only is Kookaburra Sport the largest producer of cricket balls in the world, their cricket bats and ultra-lite protective equipment are used by the worlds elite batsmen including Ricky Ponting.
Ricky's choice of bat is the 'Kahuna' from Kookaburra.
Rexona
Rexona was originally created in Australia in 1900 by a pharmacist and his wife. Since then it has led the field by providing consumers with cutting-edge technology that is proven to deliver outstanding results. They are the world’s biggest deodorant company and hold the Number 1 position in 29 countries. They are the only brand tailored to the needs of both men and women.
The latest cricket themed ad to roll out this summer is for Rexona brand and stars Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting dressed up as a can of deodorant. In the new Rexona “challenge” spot, Ponting declares that if Rexona protection lasts as long as he bats, he'll "sell it himself". After a gruelling battle against bowlers attacking him from all sides, Rexona wins the challenge, and the spot finishes with Ponting, dressed as a Rexona can, spruiking Rexona in the street.
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