Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO, nicknamed Punter, is an Australian former cricketer who was captain of the Australia national cricket team during its 'golden era'; 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. Ponting holds the incredible record of being the only cricketer in the history of Test cricket to be a part of 100...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth19 December 1974
CityLaunceston, Australia
CountryAustralia
We're nowhere near our best yet but we still came away with a good win.
I know I am not going to keep everybody happy along the way, but as long as I look after the guys in my dressing-room I'm okay.
I guess at different times if they can't (execute plans) well then it might look like I have done something wrong or I am doing something wrong,
It was a game dominated by the ball and mostly by our bowlers.
If you look at the first morning in Brisbane when we were 4-111, I think their intensity was up pretty high then,
He's another one who's game has developed a lot over the last couple of years,
I'm not concerned about those things, I know I'm not going to keep everybody happy along the way,
If you saw my face, I looked at the fielder and then turned straight to the bowler and said 'I'm 100% sure that didn't carry'. Otherwise I would have been off straight away.
All I can say is that we handled conditions a lot better than they did.
Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.
If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair.
It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.
To have a week off in the middle of the season feels like a lot longer I think, so I feel really good. Hopefully I can go out there and get some runs.
I know when I've been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It's not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing.