Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting — career overview
Ricky Ponting is a cricketer who represents Australia in international cricket as a batsman (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm medium bowler). In international cricket Ricky Ponting has appeared in 168 Tests (13,378 runs at 51.85, with 41 hundreds and 62 fiftys); 375 ODIs (13,704 runs at 42.04, with 30 hundreds and 82 fiftys); 17 T20Is (401 runs at 28.64, with 2 fiftys). With the ball, Ricky Ponting has taken 8 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Ricky Ponting with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Australia rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 22782 | 58.73 | 41 | 62 | 1509 | 73 |
| ODI | 375 | 365 | 39 | 13704 | 164 | 42.04 | 17046 | 80.40 | 30 | 82 | 1231 | 162 |
| T20I | 17 | 16 | 2 | 401 | 98 | 28.64 | 302 | 132.78 | - | 2 | 41 | 11 |
| IPL | 10 | 9 | - | 91 | 28 | 10.11 | 128 | 71.10 | - | - | 5 | 2 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 168 | 36 | 587 | 276 | 5 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 55.20 | 2.82 | 117.4 | - | - |
| ODI | 375 | 5 | 150 | 104 | 3 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 34.67 | 4.16 | 50.0 | - | - |
| T20I | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IPL | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Ricky Ponting — Career Overview
Ricky Ponting is a batsman from Australia. Ricky bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm medium. Specialist batters anchor an innings and shape its tempo. The best combine a tight defensive technique with the range of strokes needed to score off any ball, and the temperament to bat long across all conditions and formats. Australia is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 168 Tests: 13,378 runs at an average of 51.85, strike rate 58.73 (41 hundreds, 62 fiftys); 375 ODIs: 13,704 runs at an average of 42.04, strike rate 80.40 (30 hundreds, 82 fiftys); 17 T20Is: 401 runs at an average of 28.64, strike rate 132.78 (2 fiftys). International bowling — 5 wickets in Test at 55.20, economy 2.82; 3 wickets in ODI at 34.67, economy 4.16. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Ricky Ponting's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Ricky Ponting's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.