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  Home Series Against India Will Be A Keen Contest: Ponting

  Cricket | August 06, 2011 18:16 IST

  Melbourne, Aug 6: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels that the year-end home series against India will not only be a keen contest but would also be a lot different as compared to when the

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  Sachin, Dravid Inspirations For Every Cricketer: Ponting

  Cricket | August 06, 2011 18:02 IST

  Colombo, Aug 6: Australian batsman Ricky Ponting believes that claims of batsmen fading in their mid-to-late 30s are overrated, and said that 38-year-old Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are inspirations for every cricketer.

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  Australia Leaves For Bangladesh With New Captain

  Cricket | April 04, 2011 8:48 IST

  Sydney, Apr 4 :  Australia has left for a one-day international cricket tour of Bangladesh two days after its new captain, Michael Clarke, celebrated his 30th birthday.Clarke replaced Ricky Ponting, who resigned from the test

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  Clarke Succeeds Ponting As Australia Captain

  Cricket | March 30, 2011 11:25 IST

  Melbourne, Mar 30: Michael Clarke was today appointed as captain of Australia's Test and one-day cricket teams, a day after embattled Ricky Ponting stepped down after the team's unceremonious exit from the ongoing World Cup.Clarke,

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  Cricket Australia Sets Ponting Captaincy Deadline

  Cricket | March 28, 2011 16:52 IST

  Sydney, Mar 28: Under-fire Australia captain Ricky Ponting was given just three days to decide his future on Monday as selectors said the next one-day squad would be announced on Wednesday. Ponting, who let slip

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  India Clash With Holders Australia In Do-Or-Die Humdinger

  Cricket | March 23, 2011 13:28 IST

  Ahmedabad, Mar 23: An epic battle is on the cards between the world's top two ODI teams when India cross swords with three-time defending champions Australia in what promises to be a high-voltage quarterfinal of

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  Australia Have Enough Firepower To Beat India: Hussey

  Cricket | March 23, 2011 10:26 IST

  Ahmedabad, Mar 22: The aura of invincibility remained inconspicuous by its absence through the league stage, but senior batsman Michael Hussey feels Australia still have the necessary firepower to knock pre-tournament favourites India out of

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  Ponting Supports ICC Decision On 10-Team WC In 2015

  Cricket | February 20, 2011 21:24 IST

  Ahmedabad, Feb 20:  The highly debated decision of International Cricket Council to prune down the number of World Cup participants to ten full members in 2015 today got the backing of Australian captain Ricky Ponting

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  Australia In A Mess, Ponting Should Step Down: Gatting

  Cricket | December 10, 2010 20:18 IST

  Melbourne: Australian cricket is in a "mess", says former England captain Mike Gatting, who feels an out-of-form Ricky Ponting should step down as captain to ensure that his batting does not suffer.  "If you took

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  Tony Greig Asks England To Use Bodyline-Style Tactics Against Ponting

  Cricket | November 17, 2010 20:36 IST

  Melbourne: England's fast bowlers have been asked by ex-skipper Tony Greig to adopt Bodyline-style tactics and target  ageing Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who has become increasingly vulnerable to the short ball. Greig rated Ponting as

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  Ponting, Johnson, Watson Rested From ODI Series Against India

  Cricket | October 05, 2010 20:57 IST

  Melbourne, Oct 5: With a packed international schedule awaiting them in the next few months, Australian captain Ricky Ponting, pacer Mitchell Johnson and all-rounder Shane Watson were today rested from the 14-member squad for the

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  Our Worry About Laxman Turned Out To Be True: Ponting

  Cricket | October 05, 2010 17:50 IST

  Mohali, Oct 5: Australian captain Ricky Ponting today admitted that his side's worst fears that V V S Laxman could spoil their chances came out to be true and said it would be a difficult

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  Zaheer Summoned After Heated Exchange With Ponting

  Cricket | October 01, 2010 20:55 IST

  Mohali, Oct 1: Sparks flew on the opening day of the first India-Australia cricket Test with Ricky Ponting and Zaheer Khan having a on-field showdown which prompted the match referee to summon the Indian pacer

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  Indians Putting Up Smokescreen On Bhajji's Fitness: Ponting

  Cricket | September 30, 2010 20:00 IST

  Mohali: The Indian team might be trying to put up a smokescreen by declaring Harbhajan Singh a doubtful starter for Friday's opening Test, says Australian skipper Ricky Ponting who claims to have seen the off-spinner

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  ICC Needs To Act Quickly On Match-Fixing: Ponting

  Cricket | September 19, 2010 16:14 IST

  Sydney: Cricket's image has taken a beating due to the match-fixing scandal surrounding the Pakistan team, Australian captain Ricky Ponting said on Sunday as he called on the ICC to act fast and clean up

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  India Tour May Hamper Ashes Preparation: Ponting

  Cricket | July 27, 2010 11:10 IST

  Melbourne: Australia skipper Ricky Ponting fears that the tour of India in October may hamper their preparation for the Ashes series commencing in November 25 at Brisbane.Ponting said ideally Australia should not have played on

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  Ponting, Clarke Crack Tons Against Pak, Score 302/3

  Cricket | January 14, 2010 16:21 IST

  Australian batsmen dominated the first day's play after losing three early wickets in the third and the final Test here at the Bellerive Oval on Thursday.Captain Ricky Ponting and middle-order batsman Michael Clarke cracked hundreds

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  Ponting Feared 250 Would Not Be Enough

  Cricket | November 03, 2009 10:03 IST

  Relieved after the series-levelling 24-run win, Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he was afraid that 250-run may not be enough but his bowlers made it possible.  "It was a good win but I thought we

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  Ponting Fumes Over Training Facilities At Kotla

  Cricket | October 30, 2009 18:50 IST

  Australia captain Ricky Ponting was an angry man on Friday after a watered practice pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi hampered the visitors' preparation for Saturday's  crucial third one-dayer against India.

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  Gavaskar Warns Australia To Be Wary Of Tendulkar

  Cricket | October 23, 2009 10:02 IST

  Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has warned the Australians to be wary of in-form Sachin Tendulkar, saying the Indian star would come out all guns blazing against them in the upcoming seven-match ODI series, starting on