News about Ricky Ponting

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN MULTAN: With 12 minutes to go before lunch on the third day of the first Test, Joe Root punched Aamer Jamal down the ground - and knew the record was his. As ball hit boundary, Root was crowned England's greatest Test run-scorer of all time, passing Alastair Cook's tally of 12,472, and leaving only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid ahead. Even in Multan's cauldron, he was breathing rarefied air. Root's celebrations were muted, partly because that's his way, partly because the heat had all but sapped him of the strength to raise his bat.

Australia beat the old enemy to secure victory in their five-match ODI series in Bristol on Sunday - but one very dubious act from England (right) had the umpires and commentators including Ricky Ponting (left) up in arms.

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE KIA OVAL : While children around the country have been returning to school, England have played this Test as if the holidays were round the corner. Victory is not yet out of reach, with Sri Lanka - nine wickets intact - needing another 125 on Monday to avoid a 3-0 whitewash. But faced with the chance to complete a first perfect summer in 20 years, Ollie Pope's team have been complacent and careless in equal measure. Only Jamie Smith, who has enjoyed a superb first season at Test level, escaped censure as England - armed with a lead of 62 - were dismissed in their second innings for 156, their lowest total at home for two years.

Ollie Pope has urged England to turn their series victory over West Indies into a winning habit as they go in search of a whitewash in the third Test at Edgbaston on Friday. Victory at Trent Bridge gave Ben Stokes 's side their first full series win since December 2022, having in the meantime drawn with New Zealand and Australia , and lost in India , either side of a one-off victory over Ireland. And it left Stokes with a winning percentage of 61, the third-highest figure in Test history among captains who have led their country in at least 25 games. Only the Australian duo of Steve Waugh (72%) and Ricky Ponting (62%) have done better.

As Shoaib Bashir spun England to victory over West Indies at Trent Bridge on Sunday evening, it was a dot ball - as much as any of his five wickets - that confirmed the promise spotted by Ben Stokes last summer on social media. Pitching wide of off stump, it lured Jason Holder into the drive, before turning back sharply through the gate and only narrowly missing the stumps. In execution, if not quite outcome, it was reminiscent of the delivery with which Graeme Swann dismissed Ricky Ponting at Edgbaston in 2009. Swann was playing his 10th Test to Bashir's fifth, but he was 30, a decade older than Bashir is now. And yet Bashir already has three five-wicket hauls, even though he didn't bowl a ball against the West Indians at Lord's. Not since left-arm spinner Nick Cook in the 1980s has an England player taken so many five-fors in his first five Tests.

The 57-year-old former Australia captain has been hailed as one of the greatest minds in the sport, with his punditry analysis viewed as the sharpest in the world.

After enjoying a farewell tour which included a swansong at the SCG last summer, Warner was denied his fairytale goodbye during the T20 World Cup as Australia crashed out in the Super Eights.

The cricketer, 37, played his last international cricket match at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Monday when Australia fell short in the Super Eight. Despite the anti-climactic knockout retirement, David appeared in good spirits as he reunited with his family at Sydney Airport as he finally arrived home.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: South Africa are through to their first men's World Cup final after blowing away Afghanistan by nine wickets on a desperately one-sided night in Trinidad. After bowling out the Afghans on a poor surface for 56 in 11.3 overs - the lowest total in the history of T20 knockout matches - South Africa raced to 60 for one off 8.5, to end a 32-year wait for a final. They will play either England or India at Bridgetown's Kensington Oval on Saturday.

Travis head said the Australian team was planning a boozy send-off for David Warner after he played his last game for his country (left) - but the first beery photo on social media is very unexpected, as is the reaction from his wife Candice (pictured together, right).

David Warner wouldn't have wanted the low-profile nature of his final farewell in Australia 's Super Eight loss to India .

Aussie cricket legend Ricky Ponting (pictured left) believes fans will see a different David Warner (right) when he retires following the T20 World Cup. 'Punter' is also adamant the polarising batsman endured the most criticism following 'Sandpapergate' in 2018.

Ponting, who coaches the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, said he was asked about taking over as Indian coach with the job advertised by the BCCI with Rahul Dravid's contract expiring at the end of the T20 World Cup next month. But the weight of the job, and the timing, made it easy to refuse.

Explosive footage has revealed the moment a seething David Warner (pictured left) reacted after he was given out during Australia's second innings run chase in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval last July. In what was a highly controversial moment, the hosts were permitted by the umpires to change the ball 36 overs into the innings - and the 'old' Duke ball quickly turned the contest in England's favour.

A day after Marcus Stoinis belted an IPL century to bolster his World Cup credentials veteran opener David Warner was dropped by his team amid flagging returns. It comes after Glenn Maxwell also stepped away from the tournament to refresh, and nominal Australian World Cup captain Mitch Marsh continues to battle a niggling hamstring injury which brought a premature end to his time in India.

One of the country's most famous courses (pictured right) has been knocked off top spot for just the second time in the last 40 years - and when you see the links that beat it into second (pictured left), you'll understand why. The luxurious course in Victoria has lost its crown despite being so hard to get onto that cricket greats Shane Warne (inset) and Ricky Ponting were once knocked back for a round.

Test great Steve Smith is to play for Washington Freedom in the second season of Major League Cricket as the Australian influence in the American T20 competition gathers pace

Shoaib Bashir has impressed me the most out of the three young spinners to play Test cricket for England this winter. Not just because he took four wickets here, but also because he looks like a finger spinner who might do well in England and elsewhere in the long run. He has command of the spin trio, as well as Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed, which will be crucial when returning home. To be successful in any situation, you must be able to deceive the very best players before the ball lands, and Graeme Swann did a good job with Ricky Ponting's dismissal in the 2009 Edgbaston Ashes Test.

Ben Stokes, England's Test captain, is on the verge of joining the 100 club. In the third Test against India, the 32-year-old is expected to reach a milestone, which begins in Rajkot on Thursday. Stokes will perform in his 100th Test appearance alongside Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Virat Kohli.

Ricky Ponting (pictured left) has earmarked Jake Fraser-McGurk as a future Test actor, citing the 21-year-old bomber (right) has as much talent as a young David Warner. The Victorian is the talk of the cricket world for his fearless and cavalier approach to opening. In Australia's landmark victory over the West Indies in Canberra on Tuesday, Fraser-McGurk recorded 41 out of 18 balls, with 43 overs left.

Ricky Ponting, the Australian cricket legend (pictured left), has agreed to work with the Washington Freedom as their head coach in a mayor coup. The T20 competition in the United States opens on July 4 and could include Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, and Travis Head.

On Wednesday night, Australia's cricket stars arrived with their glamorous partners, and eagle-eyed followers couldn't help but notice that the men wore the same piece of jewellery. The cricket world has banded up in Melbourne to celebrate a landmark 2023, with the men's team winning the ODI World Cup and retaining the Ashes, while the women's team winning the T20 trophy.

With a dramatic knock against England in the Ashes, the all-rounder returned to action in Australia's ODI World Cup victory in India.

Towards the conclusion of Day One between Australia and the West Indies at the Gabba, the world's second all-time Test leading run-scorer demonstrated his incredible knowledge of the game. West Indies duo Kevin Sinclair and Alzarri Joseph were fighting to keep their relationship intact as Josh Hazlewood was charged with the final over the day.