It would be great to see you finish with a ton. ", England wicketkeeper Matt Prior on Twitter:external-link "Congrats to Ricky Ponting on an amazing career. It was based on my output and my results in this series so far. Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the third Test against South Africa. "Ricky has been in the spotlight for most of his career and he would have had to weigh up several things. Except for an innings against an inept Pakistani side (and I think, he was dropped by Mohd Ameer even before he scored a run in the first innings), there is nothing going right for him right now. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. In the one-day game, Ponting guided Australia to back-to-back World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007, having won the trophy as a player in 1999. Born … The Tasmanian admitted his recent poor form had prompted the decision to call time on an international career that began in 1995. Read about our approach to external linking. Ponting is simply being a selfish in wanting Tendulkar's batting records that he wouldn't even get close to anyway. In June 2002 Ponting married his long-time girlfriend, law student Rianna Jennifer Cantor. Will he … The true legend, one of the best Australian players & one of the best batsman ever Michael Clarke can't control his crying and is now speechless. On Australia Day 2012 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to cricket and, through the Ponting Foundation, the community. But on the eve of Australia's quarter-final against India, Ponting insisted he wants to continue playing at both Test and one-day international level. Ponting has scored 13,366 runs at an average of 52.21 in his career, but he has struggled for form in the current series with South Africa. Two more Ashes defeats followed in 2009 and 2010-11, and Ponting gave up the Australian captaincy after a World Cup quarter-final defeat to India in March 2011. The Indian batsmen were completely outclassed by the Australian pace duo of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood as their second innings … However, after only two games as captain he was dropped, having scored only 18 runs in 5 games of the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series. We loved to hate him because we knew how good he was! The effect of Ponting's retirement was writ large across the red eyes of the captain, Michael Clarke. “I believe now is the right time. His face follwing the 'Gary Pratt' moment in 2005 is a lasting cricket memory for me. Click here A "win at all costs" kind of guy which epitomised the great Australian team he led. I hate the booing of players at cricket, and was as disappointed whenever Ponting was booed, but Langer needs to understand it was out of total respect, because Ponting had caused England so much pain over the years, we were sick of the sight of the bloke, good player..... terrible captain and terrible loser. Born 19 December, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania. Great player, great captain. Great player, loved watching him play. Ponting, 36, has come under fire as he has struggled with the bat and lost his cool at times during the tournament. 1:06. "It was disrespectful and hard to stomach, but I am sure that he will be admired in England now that he has retired.". Undoubtedly a great of the game. Last updated on 29 November 201229 November 2012.From the section Cricketcomments351. From a nation that appointed John Terry its football captain, it's a bit rich labelling Ponting a sook and revolting character. He speaks after his retirement being disappointed that he was unable to make runs on his last few tests.Michael Clarke gets emotional on Ricky's retirement and could not control his tears. The difference is that Clarke's average for the series dropped to 177 and Ponting's has dropped to six, reinforcing why his retirement announcement last Thursday could not … So in a strange way, I think the crowds did respect him. And Clarke has broken down in tears at his Press conference when talking about Ponting's retirement. This is Ponting's moment, not yours! Justin Langer wrote: "His humility...is quite extraordinary". Its obvious he sucks big time now. But this statement by Afridi on MS Dhoni, might just change things for now. "I've said all along that I would continue to play as long as I could continue to make a contribution to wins, and I think over the last couple of weeks my performance has not been good enough to do that. ", "Ponting declares" was the headline in the. Hated the guy in that England against Australia way! He's been an amazing player for a long time," Clarke said. ", Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Twitter:external-link "The best batsman I had the privilege to play against was Ricky Ponting. Australia captain Michael Clarke was close to tears as he paid tribute to his predecessor, who stepped down from the Test captaincy last year and retired from one-day cricket in February. Ponting was promoted to captain in the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia in Michael Clarke's absence due to injury. Both are incredible players, but if I had to pick one it would be Ricky. Ricky Ponting has set his sights on a fairytale finish to his Australia career after announcing he will retire at the end of the third Test against South Africa. Many sportsmen past and present could do with some of that dazzling honesty and self-awareness - Sachin are you watching? Top batsman, hope he has a good retirement. ", "Congrats to Ricky Ponting on an amazing career. "It means that he is going into the next phase of his life with a lot of gratitude and a lots of thanks from the Australian community - full as it is with cricket tragics," she said at question time on Thursday.external-link. MS Dhoni retirement: Ricky Ponting heaps praise on the CSK captain . Former Australian Test and one-day cricket captain Ricky Ponting has announced he will retire from all forms of the game in October. Sachin Tendulkar, the only man with more test runs than Ponting's 13,366, also can't be far from retirement, at age 39 and with 192 tests under his bat. Punter played better against me than Sachin Tendulkar did. Absolutely no question Punter was a great batsman. He might as well retire before the media make him quit like the media made Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden retire, its inevitable!!!!! Stellar career Prior on Twitter: external-link `` Congrats to Ricky Ponting heaps praise on the captain! 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