Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting Admits Australia Failed to Wrest Momentum Away From England
Ricky Ponting has admitted Australia failed to wrest momentum away from England

Ricky Ponting's Bowling Cupboard is Running Short of Provisions
Nathan Hauritz has added injury to insult but the derided spinner's success has shown up Australia's faster bowlers

Ricky Ponting Has Completed His Transformation to Cartoon Baddie
Paul Hayward: Australian sledging is coming back like a boomerang, knocking off the green caps of Ponting and his men

Ricky Ponting Caught in Umpires' Confusion
Vic Marks: The captain is the key wicket in Australia's line-up and Rudi Koertzen and Billy Doctrove erred in putting his dismissal in the hands of their off-field colleague

Ricky Ponting Aims for Knockout Blow As England Totter on the Ropes
England, on 20-2 and chasing 219 runs, must hope for help from the weather to salvage a draw from the first Test against Australia

Ricky Ponting and Simon Katich Put Australia on Top With Centuries
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting led his side into a strong position as they closed the second day of the first Ashes Test on 249 for one, 186 behind England

Ricky Ponting's Legacy As Captain at the Mercy of Ashes Series
Ricky Ponting needs to guide Australia to Ashes victory if his tenure as captain is to be compared to his country's all-time greats

Australia Captain Ricky Ponting Looks for Reverse Ahead of Ashes
The Australians could omit a specialist spinner and go for a four-pronged pace attack for the first Ashes Test

Ricky Ponting Likely to Go With Nathan Hauritz for First Ashes Test
Ricky Ponting is likely to include 27-year-old spinner Nathan Hauritz in the first Ashes Test but admits all-rounder Shane Watson is a doubt

Ricky Ponting Looking Forward to Facing Steve Harmison in Warm-up
The Australia captain says facing a fired up fast bowler desperate to prove his worth to the England team will be ideal preparation

Ricky Ponting Serves Ashes Warning After Australia Crash Out of Twenty20
Ricky Ponting is confident Australia's early elimination will not affect their Ashes campaign

Ricky Ponting Seeks to Exploit England's Worries Over Andrew Flintoff
The Australia captain said England's 'tough decision' on Andrew Flintoff's fitness could be decisive in the Ashes

Ricky Ponting's Australians Touch Down Ahead of World Twenty20
The Australian Twenty20 squad has arrived in England, with nine of the players also a part of the 16 men charged with defending the Ashes this summer

England's Road to the Ashes Runs Through Ricky Ponting
Paul Hayward: Australia captain Ricky Ponting is naming targets in England team

Ponting's Sporting Declaration Leaves Hosts Vulnerable to Series Whitewash
Australia have set South Africa a target of 376 in the final Test to complete an unlikely series whitewash

Ponting's Century Gives Hosts Hope But South Africa Claim Late Wicket
Ricky Ponting's 37th Test century gave Australia a marginal advantage on the first day of a fiercely contested second Test between Australia and South Africa at the MCG

Rueful Ponting Discovers Crushing Beetles is Not Enough
What Ricky Ponting doesn't understand is that class has more than one meaning, writes Kevin Mitchell

Ponting Defends Decision to Report Harbhajan
Cricket: The Australia captain Ricky Ponting stands by his decision to report the Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for racial abuse despite triggering a row that threatened the tour.

Symonds Tried to Defuse Racism Issue But Ponting Refused, Says Report
Cricket: A newspaper claims Ricky Ponting reported Harbhajan Singh's alleged racist comments despite Andrew Symonds' desire to drop the matter

Ponting Hundred Unhinges New Zealand
Cricket: An unbeaten Ricky Ponting century and Adam Gilchrist's quick fire 51 gave Australia a seven-wicket one-day victory over New Zealand

Zimbabwe Win Puts Ponting in Twenty20 Rage
Cricket: World Twenty20: Ricky Ponting condemned his side's batting as 'diabolical' after Zimbabwe's remarkable victory over Australia.

Cricket World Cup Semi-final: Ponting's Prowess Sees Off South Africa
Australia's bowlers were in devastating form as they swept aside South Africa to set-up a date with Sri Lanka in the final.

The Ashes: Kevin Mitchell on Ricky Ponting
Cricket: Kevin Mitchell believes that events down under are evidence of Ricky Ponting's growing maturity as captain of Australia.

The Ashes: Australian Press Round-up
Cricket: The Australian papers were quick to pay tribute to Ricky Ponting's leadership as his side regained the Ashes.

'There Are No Excuses'
Cricket: The Australian captain Ricky Ponting wants his side to whitewash England after their series-clinching victory in Perth.

'The Ashes Are Back Where They Belong'
Cricket: The Australian captain Ricky Ponting wants his side to whitewash England after their series-clinching victory in Perth.

Ponting Wants Big Payback
Cricket: Ricky Ponting says it will take a whitewash to appease Australia for their loss in the last Ashes series.

The Ashes: The Follow on Decision
Cricket: Ricky Ponting's decision not to enforce the follow on has allowed England to restore some pride, writes Richard Williams.

Cricket: Ricky Ponting Scores a Century As Australia Dominate the First Day of the Ashes Series
After the first day of the most-hyped cricket series in living memory, Australia are already in a position where they cannot lose the match.

Ponting Attacked Over Australian Cricket Captaincy
Cricket: A second former Australian Test star has raised doubts over Ricky Ponting's continued captaincy of the side.

Ricky Ponting
Cricket: Ricky Ponting has enough on his plate with his own squad without worrying about Andrew Flintoff, writes Mike Selvey

Faux Pas, and Flighty Spinners
When Ricky Ponting suggested recently that Bangladesh did not deserve Test status, only Wasim Akram ("shut your mouth") disagreed.

Cricket: Ponting on the Defensive
Ricky Ponting has been busy pulling his foot from his mouth after saying that Bangladesh did not deserve Test status.

Cricket: Ponting 'a Disgrace' Says Rowan
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has asked his players to improve their image after mounting criticism of their on-field behaviour.

Mercurial Ponting Leads Australia Home
Cricket: Ricky Ponting becomes the only man to score centuries in each innings of his 100th Test as his side overcome South Africa.

Ponting Marks 100th Test in Style
Cricket: Ricky Ponting marked his 100th Test with a century and Adam Gilchrist blazed his way back into form on the third day in Sydney - but South Africa remained on top.

Australia Captain Ricky Ponting Has Descri
Cricket: Australia captain Ricky Ponting has described comments made by Graeme Smith and Shane Warne as nothing more than banter.

Cricket: Ponting Plays Down Sledging Fears
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has described comments made by Graeme Smith and Shane Warne as nothing more than banter.

Ponting Leads Fight From the Front
Cricket: Ricky Ponting played a captain's innings to help Australia reach 340-7 at the close of day one at the first Test against West Indies.

Defiant Ponting Vows to Fight on
Cricket: The Ashes: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is determined to reclaim the urn when his side next face England - in just 14 months' time.

Ponting's Vow to Reclaim Ashes
Cricket: The Ashes: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is determined to reclaim the urn when his side next face England - in just 14 months' time.

Ponting blows fuse as substitute fielder powers England onwards
Cricket: Fourth Test, Third Day. If you're lucky enough to know an Australian, now is a good time to invite him around for dinner and a little gloating over a nice bottle of Grange Hermitage.

The Ashes: Ponting's Heroics Leave All to Play for
Cricket: Ricky Ponting hit 156 as Australia's tailenders clung on to claim a dramatic third Test draw at Old Trafford and set up a dramatic climax.

The Ashes: Spot the Winners and Losers: Vaughan Drained, Ponting Positive
Cricket: After one of the tightest finishes in Test cricket, neither captain seemed to have got to grips with the madness of it all, says Lawrence Booth

The Ashes: Ponting Rubs Salt in Old Wounds
Cricket: Ricky Ponting said the gap between the two teams was "quite vast" and refused to rule out the possibility of a 5-0 whitewash.

Cricket: Ponting Comes Good
Australians square the lacklustre one-day series by beating England with seven wickets in hand.

Aussies Benefit From Lord's Effect
Cricket: Ricky Ponting scored a sublime century to lead Australia to an emphatic seven-wicket victory in the second game of the NatWest Challenge.

Cricket: Ponting Prepared to Raise the Stakes
Australia are ready to adopt the uncompromising ways of old to combat Engalnd's hostility, both on the field and off it.

Natwest Series: Australia Canter Into Final
Cricket: Ricky Ponting found his form in the nick of time today to help his team avoid further embarrassment against Bangladesh

The Ashes: Ponting's Tourists Arriving in Strength
Cricket: Australia will tour England with a team comparable to the magnificent West Indies side of the 1980s and the 1948 Aussie team.

No Stopping Rampant Aussies
Cricket: Ricky Ponting scored 86 of the 164 runs needed as Australia won the third and final Test against New Zealand in Auckland by nine wickets - with a day to spare.

Kiwis Feel Ponting's Force in Inaugural Twenty20 Clash
Cricket: Ricky Ponting blasted 98 off 55 as Australia trounced New Zealand in the inaugural men's Twenty20 international.

Ponting and Gilchrist Flay Pakistan to Set Up Series Sweep
Cricket: Australia are on the verge of completing a series whitewash after Pakistan finished the third day still 197 runs in arrears of their host's first innings total of 568.

Cricket: Ponting Relieved to Lead By Example
Australia homed in on a series whitewash against Pakistan as Ricky Ponting's unbeaten 155 put them in control of the final Test.

ICC Champions Trophy: 'waste of Time' Thrashing Angers Ponting
September 14: Australia's demolition job of the USA in less than two hours left Australia's captain in scathing mood.

Ponting Prepares for Quick Assault
July 17: Australia captain Ricky Ponting has found time in between punishing the world's best attacks to punish some county ones too.

Cricket: Australia 220 Sri Lanka 352 for 6
March 10: On the evidence of the last two days, new captain Ricky Ponting has found no immediate cure for Australia's terrible record in Asia.

Ponting Puts Aussies 1-0 Up
Australia won the first match of the VB Series final against India by seven wickets after captain Ricky Ponting smashed 88 off 80 balls.

How the gamble on Punter has paid off with interest
Ricky Ponting's victory lap of Wanderers Cricket Ground was curtailed by the storm that thundered the message of Australia's emphatic victory. The journey of life and cricket that took him to the mountain peak of this popular form of the game had not been so brief or straightforward for the lad from Launceston.

Ponting Power Leads Australia to Glory
Led by an astounding partnership between Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn, Australia pulverised India into a humiliating loss and retained the World Cup.

Punter plays straight
When Ricky Ponting woke up yesterday morning to learn that Steve Waugh had decided to make himself available for Australia's tour to the West Indies, he might have permitted himself at least a smile. If Waugh is selected this evening, he will tour as captain; Ponting, installed as Waugh's successor in the one-day team at this World Cup, knows that the bigger prize of leading the Test side has been put on hold, but not for long.

Ponting Making His Mark As Captain
February 19: He has his critics as captain, but Ricky Ponting has maintained an integrity and purpose that has brought two wins of ominous certainty.

Ponting Leads Australia Charge
Patiently, skilfully and with immaculate placement and timing Ricky Ponting laid down the building blocks of the Australian reply yesterday afternoon. Ponting had, by a distance, made the best hundred of the three scored in the first Test in Brisbane and in a shade under three hours, on...

Ponting hails "a perfect day"
Matthew Hayden offered a crumb of comfort to England captain Nasser Hussain after making his decision to bowl in the first Ashes Test look like a howler.

Ponting sees off South Africa
Ricky Ponting, the new one-day captain of Australia, scored his first limited-overs international century against South Africa, scoring 129 as his team raced to a 290 for six wickets to win by 37 runs in Bloemfontein in the fourth of seven matches between the sides.