Australia- IPL runs
- 91
- Average
- 10.11
- Strike rate
- 71.1
- Highest
- 28
Career
Ricky Ponting captained the most dominant side in modern cricket and was its best batter. His pull shot off the front foot is the stroke he is remembered for, played to deliveries other batters would defend, and his footwork against spin was sharper than his reputation as a pace-friendly Australian suggested.
He led Australia to World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007, the second without losing a match, and captained in more Test wins than anyone. His captaincy is judged harshly for the Ashes series Australia lost as the great side aged, but he remains among the highest run-scorers in both Tests and One Day Internationals.
Highlights
- Captained Australia to the 2003 and 2007 World Cup titles
- Won more Test matches as captain than any other player
- Among the leading run-scorers in both Test and One Day International cricket
- Scored 140 not out in the 2003 World Cup final
Overview
What the figures show
Ricky Ponting's IPL career covers two seasons, 2008 and 2013, and 91 runs from 9 innings. The record leans hard on 2013, when 52 runs, 57% of everything scored, arrived for Mumbai Indians. Five fours and two sixes are in there.
The seasons break into two spells: Kolkata Knight Riders (2008) and Mumbai Indians (2013). Four of the seasons between 2008 and 2013 are missing from it.
Australia's competition adds 113 T20 runs, made in 4 matches for Hobart Hurricanes. The two diverge on pace: 71.1 per hundred balls in the IPL against 110.8 in the Big Bash, a gap of 39.7 the Australian way. The averages read 10.11 and 37.67.
The Ashes record, 1997 to 2010, shows 2,476 runs from 58 innings, nine of them fifties, top score 196.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testfrom 2001 | 89 | 159 | 6,733 | 221 | 45.19 | 58.7 | 17 | 37 |
| ODIfrom 2002 | 198 | 190 | 6,979 | 164 | 40.34 | 82.3 | 16 | 43 |
| T20I | 17 | 16 | 401 | 98* | 28.64 | 132.8 | 0 | 2 |
| IPL | 10 | 9 | 91 | 28 | 10.11 | 71.1 | 0 | 0 |
Figures marked with a year cover only part of this career — the ball-by-ball archive behind these numbers begins in 2001 for Tests and 2002 for One Day Internationals.
The Ashes
Australia versus England
Ricky Ponting’s record in Ashes Tests, from 1997-2010. Every Ashes series and record.
| Ashes batting | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-2010 | 35 | 58 | 2,476 | 196 | 44.21 | 8 | 9 |
Big Bash League
BBL career
4 Big Bash matches. Computed from the deliveries themselves. All eight BBL clubs.
| BBL batting | M | Runs | Best | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 4 | 113 | 63 | 37.67 | 110.8 | 7 | 4 |
Articles
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Questions
About Ricky Ponting
How many IPL runs has Ricky Ponting scored?
Ricky Ponting has scored 91 runs in the IPL across 2 seasons, averaging 10.11 at a strike rate of 71.09. The highest score is 28.
Which IPL teams has Ricky Ponting played for?
Ricky Ponting has appeared for Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
How many Ashes runs has Ricky Ponting scored?
Ricky Ponting has scored 2,476 runs in 35 Ashes Tests between 1997-2010, averaging 44.21, with 8 hundreds and a best of 196.
How many BBL runs has Ricky Ponting scored?
Ricky Ponting has scored 113 Big Bash League runs in 4 matches, averaging 37.67 at a strike rate of 110.78, with a best of 63.
Which BBL clubs has Ricky Ponting played for?
Ricky Ponting has appeared for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League.
What is Ricky Ponting's playing style?
Ricky Ponting is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm fast medium, listed as a batter.
How many World Cups did Ricky Ponting win as captain?
Two as captain, in 2003 and 2007, and he was also part of Australia's 1999 winning squad as a player.
What was Ricky Ponting's signature shot?
The pull, often played off the front foot to deliveries most batters would defend, which is why short bowling to him was so high-risk.
Did Ricky Ponting play in the IPL?
Yes, for Mumbai Indians, and he later coached Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in the competition.
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Players alongside Ricky Ponting
Team-mates from this player's IPL seasons first, then others from the same country.
How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
- Big Bash figures computed from ball-by-ball records of men’s BBL matches.
- Ashes figures compiled from published Test match records, not from ball-by-ball data.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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