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International Captain
Ricky Thomas Ponting
I chose Ricky Ponting and I feel that it would be stupid not to give my reasons to why I chose him. Ricky ponting has been a fantastic addition to the Australian side and since being appointed captain has been a magnificent leader in helping Australia regain the ashes and many other victories I first came across Ponting in the 2005 ashes when he was batting in the third test at old trafford he was the reason the australians got the draw and gave an inspirational century. Since them I have watched in awe as he gives some absoloutely magnificent perfomances. He leads by example and is a truly great part of the Australian squad . He has a fantastic test batting average of 59.29 in which he has scored 9368 runs and is a couple of centurys away from ten thousand runs. He has scored thirty three hundreds and thirty six half centurys with a top score of two hundred and fifty seven in his fantastic and inspiring career. In one day international cricket he has scored more runs than he has in test and has been a great one day international player.
He has 9368 International test match runs which is more than Graeme Smith, Chris Gayle, Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Gilchrist and many more. In one day internationals he has scored 10395 runs which is more than teamates Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist. And has more one day international runs than opponents Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis and Chris Gayle.
He has scored more centurys than any other Australian batsmen such as Steve Waugh, Don Bradman and many more great Australian batsmen. He also became the first Australian to score 10,000 runs in One day internationl cricket and the seventh in world cricket to recieve this distinction when he faced South Africa in the two thousand and seven world cup in West India. Pontings average of 59.29 in test match cricket is a better average than legends such as Ian Botham, Jack Hobbs, Garfield Sobers, Sir Vivian Richards and Steve Waugh. His average is also better than many modern greats such as teammate Adam Gilchrist, South African Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs and Matthew hayden. To conclude my explanation for choosing Ricky Ponting I say since his debut in ninghteen ninety five Ricky Ponting has been a driving force in not just Australian cricket but in cricket across the world. He is one of the greatest batters of all time and in my ambitious but inexperienced opinion the greatest batter of the new millinium. So that is why I chose Ricky Ponting.
Thanks to Wikipedia I have a little picture. This graph details the Test Match performance of Ricky Ponting. The red bars indicate the player's test match innings, while the blue line shows the average of the ten most recent innings at that point. Note that this average cannot be calculated for the first nine innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which Ponting finished not-out.
I chose Ricky Ponting and I feel that it would be stupid not to give my reasons to why I chose him. Ricky ponting has been a fantastic addition to the Australian side and since being appointed captain has been a magnificent leader in helping Australia regain the ashes and many other victories I first came across Ponting in the 2005 ashes when he was batting in the third test at old trafford he was the reason the australians got the draw and gave an inspirational century. Since them I have watched in awe as he gives some absoloutely magnificent perfomances. He leads by example and is a truly great part of the Australian squad . He has a fantastic test batting average of 59.29 in which he has scored 9368 runs and is a couple of centurys away from ten thousand runs. He has scored thirty three hundreds and thirty six half centurys with a top score of two hundred and fifty seven in his fantastic and inspiring career. In one day international cricket he has scored more runs than he has in test and has been a great one day international player.
He has 9368 International test match runs which is more than Graeme Smith, Chris Gayle, Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Gilchrist and many more. In one day internationals he has scored 10395 runs which is more than teamates Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist. And has more one day international runs than opponents Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis and Chris Gayle.
He has scored more centurys than any other Australian batsmen such as Steve Waugh, Don Bradman and many more great Australian batsmen. He also became the first Australian to score 10,000 runs in One day internationl cricket and the seventh in world cricket to recieve this distinction when he faced South Africa in the two thousand and seven world cup in West India. Pontings average of 59.29 in test match cricket is a better average than legends such as Ian Botham, Jack Hobbs, Garfield Sobers, Sir Vivian Richards and Steve Waugh. His average is also better than many modern greats such as teammate Adam Gilchrist, South African Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs and Matthew hayden. To conclude my explanation for choosing Ricky Ponting I say since his debut in ninghteen ninety five Ricky Ponting has been a driving force in not just Australian cricket but in cricket across the world. He is one of the greatest batters of all time and in my ambitious but inexperienced opinion the greatest batter of the new millinium. So that is why I chose Ricky Ponting.
Thanks to Wikipedia I have a little picture. This graph details the Test Match performance of Ricky Ponting. The red bars indicate the player's test match innings, while the blue line shows the average of the ten most recent innings at that point. Note that this average cannot be calculated for the first nine innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which Ponting finished not-out.
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