Ricky Ponting AO is a past captain of the Australian cricket team and one of the most decorated players in the history of the game.

Ricky retired in 2013 as Australia’s leading run scorer in both Test and ODI formats. He won more Test and ODI cricket matches both as player and captain than any other Australian cricketer and is second only to Sachin Tendulkar in total runs scored in Test match cricket.

Throughout his illustrious career, Ricky played in 168 Test fixtures scoring an incredible 13,378 Test runs at an average of 51.85. In One Day Internationals, Ricky played in 375 games scoring 13,704 runs at an average of 42.03.

Ricky Captained Australia to 2 consecutive World Cup victories in 2003 and 2007 (out of Australia’s hat-trick of World Cups – 1999, 2003 and 2007) and 2 Champions Trophies (2006 and 2009). Individual accolades include 2 times Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World (2003 and 2006), ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year (2006) and 4 times Allan Border Medallist.

Since retiring from playing international cricket, Ricky has become highly sought after for commentary roles, appearing on BT Sport, SKY TV’s world feed of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and the Test and Big Bash League coverage in Australia, where his insightful comments have further reinforced his status as one of the greatest tacticians in world cricket.

His tactical nous also extends to coaching with an IPL Championship win (Mumbai Indians – 2015) and runners up (Delhi Capitals – 2020) being the pinnacles of his coaching career thus far.

Ricky is co-founder of the Ponting Foundation – a charity that helps young Australians and their families beat cancer. He also co-founded Ponting Wines – a collaboration with award-winning Australian winemaker, Ben Riggs.