Ricky Ponting

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Ranked: The ten best match-saving fourth-innings efforts of the 21st century

Ponting's masterpiece at the top

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The fight for graphite: How Ricky Ponting became embroiled in a row over an illegal bat

'I've been using that bat for five or six years, it's just the sticker that's changed this year'

by Wisden Staff / February 24, 2022
West Indies v England
Bookmakers list Ricky Ponting as one of the favourites for the England head coach role

Chris Silverwood's departure has left the role vacant

by Wisden Staff / February 4, 2022
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Ponting: India's Test feats under Kohli more staggering than Australia's under my captaincy

Kohli led India to 40 Test wins

by Wisden Staff / January 31, 2022
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The night-club brawl that was the 'turning point' in Ricky Ponting's career

"I'm very, very embarrassed about this whole situation"

by Wisden Staff / January 28, 2022
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Wisden's 'The best years of our lives' XI

Joe Root misses out

by Wisden Staff / January 21, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
'There had to be more desperation' - Ricky Ponting and Alastair Cook criticise Rory Burns for not diving in attempt to avoid run out

The dismissal was Burns' seventh Test duck in the last 12 months

by Wisden Staff / January 15, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Ponting on England: All their planning, and thought, and structures have been completely wrong

"Just pick your best team from the start, and see how far that group can take you"

by Wisden Staff / December 28, 2021
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Watch: 17-year-old Harbhajan gives Ponting a fiery send-off, gets shoulder barge in return in epic duel from 1998

It was the first in 13 occasions that Bhajji dismissed Ponting

by Wisden Staff / December 24, 2021
Australia v England
Ricky Ponting on Root’s length frustration: ‘If you can't influence your bowlers on what length to bowl, what are you doing on the field?’

"Whose job is it then to make them change? Why are you captain then?"

by Wisden Staff / December 21, 2021

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July '22 Issue

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Ricky Ponting

Ranked: The ten best match-saving fourth-innings efforts of the 21st century

The fight for graphite: How Ricky Ponting became embroiled in a row over an illegal bat

Bookmakers list Ricky Ponting as one of the favourites for the England head coach role

Ponting: India's Test feats under Kohli more staggering than Australia's under my captaincy

The night-club brawl that was the 'turning point' in Ricky Ponting's career

Wisden's 'The best years of our lives' XI

'There had to be more desperation' - Ricky Ponting and Alastair Cook criticise Rory Burns for not diving in attempt to avoid run out

Ponting on England: All their planning, and thought, and structures have been completely wrong

Watch: 17-year-old Harbhajan gives Ponting a fiery send-off, gets shoulder barge in return in epic duel from 1998

Ricky Ponting on Root’s length frustration: ‘If you can't influence your bowlers on what length to bowl, what are you doing on the field?’

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