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Ricky Ponting Quotes
Australian Cricket captain, right handed batsman
Ricky Thomas Ponting, nicknamed Punter, is the current captain of the Australian cricket team. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and played in the Indian Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
| Full Name | Ricky Thomas Ponting |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | December 19, 1974 |
| Place of Birth | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Other Names / Nick Names | Punter |
| Batting style | Right-hand |
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium, Right arm off break |
| Role | Batsman, Australian Test and ODI captain |
What everyone thinks about Ricky Ponting?
[James] Anderson and [Stuart] Broad and those guys have really stepped up. They are coming together well as a team. We have to make sure at the end of the Indian tour that we have got everything in place to make sure that we're ultra-competitive against them. They [England] certainly have bowled well and they've had great conditions to bowl in as well, the English. We'll have a different set of conditions and a different ball when they come out here and I'm sure our guys will equip themselves really well. We know where we have to bowl to all of their batsmen. They've got no one there who's going to surprise us at all.
— Ricky Ponting on the England cricket team / August 16, 2010
We know now that we're a more experienced and probably a better team now than we were then. We put that together plus we're playing in our conditions, we hope to win this series and win it well. Batting collapses probably were the reason we lost the series last time around and our inability to bowl them out on the last day in Cardiff. I've got confidence in the squad of players that we've got that they are going to be good enough to win an Ashes series.
— Ricky Ponting / August 16, 2010
It's absolutely possible, there's no reason why not. It's all in our hands. It's how well we play and how well we take charge of different situations. We've learned from a lot of the mistakes that we've made.
— Ricky Ponting saying Austarlia can win Ashes series 5-0 / August 16, 2010
I was disappointed for the boys; no doubt they were the best team right through the tournament but they stumbled at the last hurdle. They should be proud of the way they conducted themselves. Of course you would like to be there, but I made the decision I made for all the right reasons. I was finding it increasingly difficult to play all three formats of the game the way I wanted to.
— Ricky Ponting is proud of the Australian cricket team despite losing in the final of the 2010 Twenty20 World cup / May 19, 2010
I don't know what he had to say about himself, but everything I've been reading is very positive about him and how he's led the team. I notice the coach [Tim Nielsen] made some positive comments and every time I have seen Michael in a leadership role he has done exceptionally well. So there are some really good signs there for the future of Australian cricket.
— Ricky Ponting saying Michael Clarke did a great performance as a captain in the Twenty20 World Cup / May 19, 2010
We've done it really well. I'm happy the way the bowlers have stuck at it the last couple of days. We've been in the field for four consecutive days, so they're all a little bit tired and sore in the rooms and we'll give them a couple of days off and make sure they're in as good a shape as they can be for the start of the next one.
— Ricky Ponting saying they will get enough rest ahead of the second test match / March 23, 2010
The declaration had a lot to do with what I knew about the weather coming. We could have batted on and got 600 or whatever we wanted to, but by doing that and losing the majority of the day yesterday, it would have been touch and go whether we would have got a result in the game. For me and the Australian cricket team it's all about giving ourselves the best chance of winning.
— Ricky Ponting on their first innings declaration in the first test / March 23, 2010
[Watson] just gives us so much better balance in our side, the fact that you can throw the ball to him and he can get his 10 or 15 overs out per innings. Every team in the world is after someone who bats in the top six and can bowl like he does. He has shown since he has been in our side just how important he is, so hopefully we'll get him back. If we do it means the bowlers won't have to do as much next week.
— Ricky Ponting saying Shane Watson might play in the second test match / March 23, 2010
He's definitely feeling the pinch, as is Dougie [Bollinger]. Mitch [Johnson's] workload over the last couple of years has been exceptional anyway, the way he's managed to get through and keep presenting in a really good shape. We have to manage them really well in the next couple of days.
— Ricky Ponting on Ryan Harris and other bowlers / March 23, 2010
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