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Ricky Ponting      

Australia

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 41 years 6 days

Major teams Australia, Antigua Hawksbills, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Somerset, Surrey, Tasmania

Nickname Punter

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 1.78 m

Education Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston

Relation Uncle - GD Campbell

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	22782	58.72	41	62	1509	73	196	0
ODIs	375	365	39	13704	164	42.03	17046	80.39	30	82	1231	162	160	0
T20Is	17	16	2	401	98*	28.64	302	132.78	0	2	41	11	8	0
First-class	289	494	62	24150	257	55.90			82	106			309	0
List A	456	445	53	16363	164	41.74			34	99			195	0
Twenty20	48	43	3	909	98*	22.72	819	110.98	0	5	75	25	17	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	168	36	587	276	5	1/0	1/0	55.20	2.82	117.4	0	0	0
ODIs	375	5	150	104	3	1/12	1/12	34.66	4.16	50.0	0	0	0
T20Is	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	289		1506	813	14	2/10		58.07	3.23	107.5		0	0
List A	456		349	269	8	3/34	3/34	33.62	4.62	43.6	0	0	0
Twenty20	48	2	12	23	1	1/11	1/11	23.00	11.50	12.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2012 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v India at Brisbane, Feb 19, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1992/93
Last First-class	Surrey v Nottinghamshire at The Oval, Jul 8-11, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	Surrey v Lancashire at Guildford, Jun 9, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Antigua Hawksbills v Guyana Amazon Warriors at North Sound, Aug 17, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
43*	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	Los Angeles	14 Nov 2015	Other T20
41	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	Houston	11 Nov 2015	Other T20
48*	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	New York	7 Nov 2015	Other T20
-	Hawksbills	v Amazon	North Sound	17 Aug 2013	T20
-	Hawksbills	v Zouks	North Sound	15 Aug 2013	T20
-	Hawksbills	v Tridents	North Sound	13 Aug 2013	T20
1	Hawksbills	v Red Steel	Port of Spain	11 Aug 2013	T20
20	Hawksbills	v Zouks	Gros Islet	6 Aug 2013	T20
19	Hawksbills	v Tallawahs	Providence	4 Aug 2013	T20
1	Hawksbills	v Tridents	Bridgetown	1 Aug 2013	T20

Profile

Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and only sits below Bradman in the country's overall ratings. It takes an extremely critical eye to diminish his run-scoring achievements, which seem to collect new records in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's necessary to look twice when analysing Ponting, first as the archetypal modern batsman, then as the country's 42nd Test captain. There is no doubt about his greatness after taking guard, but his leadership has been under scrutiny for much of his reign. While his blade has sparkled, his stewardship is pock-marked by three Ashes defeats - two in England and one at home - and stumbles to South Africa and India.

Those results didn't stop him from becoming the most successful captain in Test history after passing Steve Waugh's 41 wins in the 2009-10 Boxing Day Test. In the same match he overtook Shane Warne's 92 victories as the most by an individual, and he led Australia to 26 consecutive undefeated (completed) World Cup games. He stepped down from the captaincy when that run ended, in the 2011 World Cup. For the first three years of his reign he was in charge of a superstar unit and did not have to decide much tactically, but once that group headed for retirement he had to change from a manager to moulder.

As a batsman the only debate is where to rank him in the high reaches of the game's greatest run-makers. Acclaimed by Academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut. There were some teething problems, including a public admission of an alcohol problem, but the longer he went on the more he matured, building up records and runs.

He plays all the shots with a full flourish of the bat - the cover drive and the pull are particularly productive methods - and knows only to attack. His breathtaking, dead-eye fielding is a force in the game by itself. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more centuries in Tests and ODIs combined than Ponting, who is a natural in the game's traditional forms, but resistant to the perks of Twenty20, from which he retired from in 2009. There have been setbacks against probing seam attacks, high-class finger-spin and, latterly, short balls, which he insists are meant to be pulled or hooked.

After a fairly prolonged patchy run of form, Ponting announced that the Perth Test against South Africa in November-December 2012 would be his last international match.

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Mtchell Jonshon

Mitchell Johnson      

Australia

Full name Mitchell Guy Johnson

Born November 2, 1981, Townsville, Queensland

Current age 34 years 53 days

Major teams Australia, Australia A, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Queensland, Western Australia

Nickname Midge, Notch

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast

Height 1.89 m

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	73	109	16	2065	123*	22.20	3536	58.39	1	11	247	31	27	0
ODIs	153	91	32	951	73*	16.11	987	96.35	0	2	81	23	35	0
T20Is	30	17	7	109	28*	10.90	95	114.73	0	0	8	3	5	0
First-class	117	170	31	3180	123*	22.87			2	15			39	0
List A	184	108	39	1115	73*	16.15	1223	91.16	0	2			39	0
Twenty20	79	43	20	275	30	11.95	256	107.42	0	0	20	9	17	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	73	140	16001	8891	313	8/61	12/127	28.40	3.33	51.1	16	12	3
ODIs	153	150	7489	6038	239	6/31	6/31	25.26	4.83	31.3	9	3	0
T20Is	30	30	656	797	38	3/15	3/15	20.97	7.28	17.2	0	0	0
First-class	117		23765	13352	465	8/61		28.71	3.37	51.1	24	17	4
List A	184		9227	7387	284	6/31	6/31	26.01	4.80	32.4	11	4	0
Twenty20	79	78	1738	2254	92	3/15	3/15	24.50	7.78	18.8	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Nov 8-12, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 13-17, 2015 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Dec 10, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Mar 29, 2015 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	England v Australia at Chester-le-Street, Aug 31, 2013 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 13-17, 2015 scorecard
List A debut	Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Oct 25, 2003 scorecard
Last List A	Queensland v Western Australia at Sydney, Oct 21, 2015 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore, May 6, 2015 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2, 1/157, 29, 2/20	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015	Test # 2187
3/105, 1/58	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2185
14, 3/68, 2/32	West Aust	v Tasmania	Hobart	28 Oct 2015	FC
8*, 5/31	West Aust	v Queensland	Sydney	21 Oct 2015	LA
2/41, 2	West Aust	v Tasmania	Sydney	17 Oct 2015	LA
0, 3/21, 1/65	Australia	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2178
13, 1/102, 5	Australia	v England	Nottingham	6 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
3, 2/66, 14, 0/10	Australia	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015	Test # 2173
15, 3/53, 3/27	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
0/111, 14, 2/69, 77	Australia	v England	Cardiff	8 Jul 2015	Test # 2170

Profile

An express bowler whose career has consisted of Himalayan peaks and oceanic troughs, Mitchell Johnson at his best was as fearsome as fast bowlers come. That summit came during 2013-14, when in successive series he cowed the batsmen of England and South Africa with his speed and aggression. In those eight Tests he collected 59 wickets at 15.23, along with a big bunch of cherries on helmets and gloves. Not surprisingly it led to Johnson winning his first Allan Border Medal, and at the age of 32 he was finally achieving the sorts of feats that Dennis Lillee might have expected when he first spotted Johnson's talent as a 17-year-old. There had been other highlights along the way for Johnson, including brutal spells against South Africa in 2008-09, but the lows of his 2009 and 2010-11 Ashes campaigns left his legacy looking uncertain. Nerves and family problems contributed to those struggles, but a broken toe in 2011 gave him time away from the game and the chance to reflect on where he was going.

Breet Lee

Brett Lee      

Australia

Full name Brett Lee

Born November 8, 1976, Wollongong, New South Wales

Current age 39 years 47 days

Major teams Australia, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, New South Wales, Otago, Sydney Sixers, Wellington

Nickname Bing

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Height 1.87 m

Relation Brother - S Lee

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	76	90	18	1451	64	20.15	2739	52.97	0	5	182	18	23	0
ODIs	221	110	44	1176	59	17.81	1407	83.58	0	3	69	35	54	0
T20Is	25	12	6	101	43*	16.83	71	142.25	0	0	9	4	6	0
First-class	116	139	25	2120	97	18.59			0	8			35	0
List A	262	134	54	1365	59	17.06			0	3			62	0
Twenty20	120	56	26	416	48	13.86	317	131.23	0	0	30	22	28	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	76	150	16531	9554	310	5/30	9/171	30.81	3.46	53.3	17	10	0
ODIs	221	217	11185	8877	380	5/22	5/22	23.36	4.76	29.4	14	9	0
T20Is	25	25	545	714	28	3/23	3/23	25.50	7.86	19.4	0	0	0
First-class	116		24193	13746	487	7/114		28.22	3.40	49.6		20	2
List A	262		13475	10534	438	5/22	5/22	24.05	4.69	30.7	15	10	0
Twenty20	120	120	2706	3258	109	4/28	4/28	29.88	7.22	24.8	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at Chester-le-Street, Jul 7, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Mar 30, 2012 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1994/95
Last First-class	England Lions v Australians at Worcester, Jul 1-4, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	England v Australia at Chester-le-Street, Jul 7, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Canberra, Jan 28, 2015 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
3/25	Syd Sixers	v Scorchers	Canberra	28 Jan 2015	T20
1/16	Syd Sixers	v Strikers	Adelaide	24 Jan 2015	T20
0/38	Syd Sixers	v Syd Thunder	Sydney	22 Jan 2015	T20
0/37, 7	Syd Sixers	v Strikers	Sydney	14 Jan 2015	T20
2/29	Syd Sixers	v Heat	Brisbane	11 Jan 2015	T20
1/31	Syd Sixers	v Melb Stars	Melbourne	5 Jan 2015	T20
0/20, 7*	Syd Sixers	v Scorchers	Sydney	29 Dec 2014	T20
1/28	Syd Sixers	v Syd Thunder	Sydney	27 Dec 2014	T20
3/34	Syd Sixers	v Hurricanes	Hobart	23 Dec 2014	T20
2/21	Syd Sixers	v Melb Reneg	Sydney	19 Dec 2014	T20

Profile

Brett Lee excelled as an exponent of extreme speed over a decade without achieving the all-conquering success required to earn the tag of a true Test great. Fast and with a flashy smile that added to his star quality, he finished as Australia's fourth-most successful bowler with 310 wickets in 76 matches. A refusal to bow to severe injuries increases his rating, but for most of his career he operated as brutal support for Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie. In his final two years he was a highly dependable attack leader until his body limited his ability to back up in five-day contests.

Ishant shrma

Ishant Sharma      

India

Full name Ishant Sharma

Born September 2, 1988, Delhi

Current age 27 years 114 days

Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, Delhi, India Red, Kolkata Knight Riders, North Zone, Sunrisers Hyderabad

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	68	100	38	550	31*	8.87	1918	28.67	0	0	61	0	14	0
ODIs	76	27	13	72	13	5.14	200	36.00	0	0	6	0	17	0
T20Is	14	3	2	8	5*	8.00	9	88.88	0	0	1	0	4	0
First-class	97	128	52	652	31*	8.57	2309	28.23	0	0	72	0	20	0
List A	107	38	18	153	31	7.65	324	47.22	0	0	11	1	23	0
Twenty20	99	23	18	45	9	9.00	55	81.81	0	0	3	1	19	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	68	119	13419	7417	201	7/74	10/108	36.90	3.31	66.7	8	7	1
ODIs	76	74	3493	3313	106	4/34	4/34	31.25	5.69	32.9	5	0	0
T20Is	14	14	278	400	8	2/34	2/34	50.00	8.63	34.7	0	0	0
First-class	97	169	18706	9901	315	7/24	11/51	31.43	3.17	59.3	16	11	2
List A	107	105	5036	4475	156	5/21	5/21	28.68	5.33	32.2	9	1	0
Twenty20	99	99	2149	2784	81	5/12	5/12	34.37	7.77	26.5	1	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, May 25-27, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Delhi, Dec 3-7, 2015 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	India v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 26, 2015 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	India v Australia at Rajkot, Oct 10, 2013 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	Delhi v Tamil Nadu at Delhi, Nov 23-26, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	India v South Africa at Delhi, Dec 3-7, 2015 scorecard
List A debut	Delhi v Jammu & Kashmir at Delhi, Feb 10, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Jharkhand v Delhi at Bangalore, Dec 23, 2015 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab at Hyderabad (Deccan), May 11, 2015 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1, 2/21	Delhi	v Jharkhand	Bangalore	23 Dec 2015	LA
1/37	Delhi	v Andhra	Delhi	18 Dec 2015	LA
5/21, 8	Delhi	v Vidarbha	Delhi	11 Dec 2015	LA
0/29	Delhi	v Baroda	Delhi	10 Dec 2015	LA
0, 1/28, 0/23	India	v South Africa	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
0*, 0/4, 1*, 0/20	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
0/40	India	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015	Test # 2188
2/29, 0*, 0/18	Delhi	v Haryana	Delhi	15 Oct 2015	FC
6/36, 3*, 3/11	Delhi	v Vidarbha	Delhi	8 Oct 2015	FC
6, 5/54, 2*, 3/32	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179

Profile

With a physique and attitude that is reminiscent of a young Javagal Srinath, Ishant Sharma shot into prominence during the 2007-08 Test series in Australia. Standing at 6'4", his rhythmic, high-arm action allowed him to bowl at around 140 kph. For one who started serious cricket at 14, his rise was rapid and he made his Ranji Trophy debut at 18. An injury to Munaf Patel provided him an opening during India's tour of Bangladesh in May 2007 but it was in Australia where he caught the attention, prompting Steve Waugh to call him the next best thing in Indian cricket. He showed he could move the ball both ways and his probing spell in the second innings in Perth, where he set-up Ricky Ponting, is the stuff of folklore. He continued to impress in the one-day series, clocking more than 150kph once, and ended as India's highest wicket-taker in the triumphant campaign.