DECEMBER 19-PERSON OF THE DAY-RICKY PONTING

Probably the best captain I have ever seen..

             

Australian cricket team was always one of my favourite team,just after India.. It was because of the attitude they show towards the game. Each and every team member would be totally involved and it was like..an 'elixir of life' to them.. Whether its Gilchrist, Hayden, Lee, Warne, MagGrath or Ponting... Everyone was awesome.. But, it was always Ponting,the captain of the ship, controlling the game.. During its Golden era,the team would have a fielder everywhere the ball goes.. It was due to the pure talent and experience of this great cricketer. He is a right handed batsman and widely considered one among the best one after Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara..

Ricky Thomas Ponting was born on December 19,1974 Launceston, Tasmania. He made his first-class debut for Tansmania in november 1992. His one-day International debut was in 1995

 against the all time rivals, South Africa. He did his test debut in the same year against Sri Lanka in which he scored 96 runs. He lost his place in the team frequently due to lack of form and discipline before he became the ODI captain in the early 2002 and Test captain in 2004. He is Ausis's top scorer till now and one among the four (Sachin, Dravid, Kallis, Ponting) in the world to score 13000 runs in test.

As I have already told, he can be considered as one of the most successful captain with 44 test wins in 78 matches. As a player, he is the only person to be involved in 100 Test victories and 262 ODI wins. He had also captained 2 consecutive Worl Cup victories of 2003 and 2007 out of Ausis's hat-trick(1999, 2003 & 2007) and was a player in the 1999 world cup under Steve Waugh's captaincy.

Everyone of you does know him..as a cricketer.. But he has another role to play.. A role to save thousands of lives from the evil cancer. Yes.. He with his wife Rianna has set up Ponting Foundation to do everything possible to help young Australians and their families to beat cancer. It provide financial and emotional support to families suffering from the difficulties of cancer.

So.. Let us all wish this great cricketer, or, more than that, a great human being, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY,,

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Take care friends..