| |
Date |
Test |
Venue |
1st |
2nd |
Ct |
| |
24/07/97 |
4 |
Leeds |
127 |
dnb |
1 |
| |
07/08/97 |
5 |
Nottingham |
9 |
45 |
0 |
| |
21/08/97 |
6 |
The Oval |
40 |
20 |
0 |
| |
20/11/98 |
1 |
Brisbane |
21 |
dnb |
1 |
| |
28/11/98 |
2 |
Perth |
11 |
dnb |
2 |
| |
11/12/98 |
3 |
Adelaide |
5 |
10 |
1 |
| |
05/07/01 |
1 |
Birmingham |
11 |
dnb |
1 |
| |
19/07/01 |
2 |
Lord's |
14 |
4 |
2 |
| |
02/08/01 |
3 |
Nottingham |
14 |
17 |
3 |
| |
16/08/01 |
4 |
Leeds |
144 |
72 |
0 |
| |
23/08/01 |
5 |
The Oval |
62 |
dnb |
1 |
| |
07/11/02 |
1 |
Brisbane |
123 |
3 |
4 |
| |
21/11/02 |
2 |
Adelaide |
154 |
dnb |
1 |
| |
29/11/02 |
3 |
Perth |
68 |
dnb |
0 |
| |
26/12/02 |
4 |
Melbourne |
21 |
30 |
1 |
| |
02/01/03 |
5 |
Sydney |
7 |
11 |
0 |
| * |
21/07/05 |
1 |
Lord's |
9 |
42 |
0 |
| * |
04/08/05 |
2 |
Birmingham |
61 |
0 |
2 |
| * |
11/08/05 |
3 |
Manchester |
7 |
156 |
0 |
| * |
25/08/05 |
4 |
Nottingham |
1 |
48 |
1 |
| * |
08/09/05 |
5 |
The Oval |
35 |
dnb |
1 |
| * |
23/11/06 |
1 |
Brisbane |
196 |
60* |
1 |
| * |
01/12/06 |
2 |
Adelaide |
142 |
49 |
0 |
| * |
14/12/06 |
3 |
Perth |
2 |
75 |
0 |
| * |
26/12/06 |
4 |
Melbourne |
7 |
dnb |
2 |
| * |
02/01/07 |
5 |
Sydney |
45 |
dnb |
1 |
| * |
08/07/09 |
1 |
Cardiff |
150 |
dnb |
2 |
| * |
16/07/09 |
2 |
Lord's |
2 |
38 |
2 |
| * |
30/07/09 |
3 |
Birmingham |
38 |
5 |
1 |
| * |
07/08/09 |
4 |
Leeds |
78 |
dnb |
3 |
| * |
20/08/09 |
5 |
The Oval |
8 |
66 |
3 |
| * |
25/11/10 |
1 |
Brisbane |
10 |
51* |
1 |
| * |
03/12/10 |
2 |
Adelaide |
0 |
9 |
0 |
| * |
16/12/10 |
3 |
Perth |
12 |
1 |
2 |
| * |
26/12/10 |
4 |
Melbourne |
10 |
20 |
1 |
Summary of above matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 35 |
2476 |
196 |
44.21 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
1-9 |
27.00 |
0 |
41 |
The right hand photo above shows a delighted Ricky Ponting celebrating his century against England in the 1st Test of the 2009 series at Cardiff. He went on to score exactly 150 in what was yet another memorable innings from one of the greats of the game. Australia failed to push home the advantage that their captain had provided however, and a nailbiting finale saw the game finish in a draw after England's last wicket pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar batted out the last 69 balls.
The centre pictures above show Ricky in full flow during his Cardiff 150 whilst the left hand photo shows him pulling during his knock of 38 in Australia's 1st innings of the drawn 3rd test at Edgbaston. It was during this innings that Ponting became the most prolific run scorer in Australian Test cricket history by overtaking the previous record of 11, 174 set by Allan Border, whose 156 Test career ended in South Africa in 1994 (Ricky himself took 134 Tests to reach the mark).
Border, a former national selector as well as captain, praised Ponting as being a deserved holder of the record: "Clearly, I am a great admirer, having been involved in Ricky's selection in many great Australian sides, and having enjoyed watching him closely on more occasions than I can remember as a cricket media commentator as well" he said.