List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting

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Ricky Ponting has scored 71 centuries in international cricket.

Ricky Ponting is a former Australian cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 41 occasions in Test cricket and 30 times in One Day International (ODI) matches, both of which are Australian records.[1][2] In Test matches, Ponting has scored hundreds against all Test playing countries. He is the joint third (41) with Joe Root in the list of Test century-makers, behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) & Jacques Kallis (45).[3] Ponting's first Test century was achieved against England at Headingley in 1997, when he scored 127. His highest innings is 257, scored against India in late-2003 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Ponting, among 41 centuries, has scored 6 double centuries, while his Test centuries have been made at 21 cricket grounds, including 15 at venues outside Australia. Ponting has been dismissed four times in the nineties, along with 96 on his Test debut.[4][5] Ponting has scored centuries in both innings of a Test three times, equalling the record set by Sunil Gavaskar. This included a century in each innings of his 100th Test match thus becoming the only player in history to achieve that feat. In that match he also guided Australia to a successful run chase against South Africa on the final day.[6] In 2006, Ponting scored seven centuries, the most by an Australian in a year.[7]

In ODIs, Ponting has scored 30 centuries against 11 opponents. He has scored centuries against all cricketing nations that have permanent One Day International status and is the first ever batsman in the world to achieve this feat in ODI cricket history. His first ODI century was against Sri Lanka in the ninth match of the Benson & Hedges World Series, held in the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1996. His highest ODI score is 164, which he scored against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in 2006. This propelled Australia to a new ODI world record score, although this mark lasted only a few hours before South Africa overhauled their target in the last over of the match. He is fourth (30) in the list of ODI century-makers, behind Virat Kohli (53*), Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Rohit Sharma (33*).[2] Ponting has scored 12 centuries at home grounds and 16 centuries at away or neutral venues. Seven centuries were hit at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He has been dismissed four times in the 90's.[8][9] Ponting previously held the highest score in a World Cup final with 140 not out against India in 2003, before it was broken by Adam Gilchrist in 2007.[10][11] He has scored five World Cup centuries, along with Kumar Sangakkara, both are behind Tendulkar with six.[12] His 145 against Zimbabwe in 1998 equalled Dean Jones' Australian record score, but this was surpassed in early-1999 by Adam Gilchrist's 154.[13][14]

In September 2009, Ponting retired from Twenty20 international (T20I) cricket,[15] failing to score a century in a T20I match. However, in the first International played, he hit 98 not out against New Zealand in Auckland.[16]

Ricky Ponting has scored hundreds at each of the six prominent cricketing venues in Australia in both Tests and ODIs and is the only Australian to do so.

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Ponting and Shane Warne during the 2006–07 Ashes series. The series saw Ponting score two centuries.

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries scored by Ponting[17]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 127  England624/6Headingley, LeedsAway24 July 1997Won[18]
2 105  South Africa611/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 1997Drawn[19]
3 104  West Indies613/4Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway26 March 1999Lost[20]
4 105* †  Sri Lanka613/3Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway30 September 1999Drawn[21]
5 197 †  Pakistan623/3WACA, PerthHome26 November 1999Won[22]
6 125  India611/3Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome10 December 1999Won[23]
7 141*  India623/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 2000Won[24]
8 144  England314/5Headingley, LeedsAway16 August 2001Lost[25]
9 157* †  New Zealand312/3Bellerive Oval, HobartHome22 November 2001Drawn[26]
10 100*  South Africa342/3Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway8 March 2002Won[27]
11 141  Pakistan311/3Saravanamuttu Stadium, ColomboNeutral3 October 2002Won[28]
12 150  Pakistan313/3Sharjah Cricket Stadium, SharjahNeutral19 October 2002Won[29]
13 123  England311/5The Gabba, BrisbaneHome7 November 2002Won[30]
14 154 †  England322/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome21 November 2002Won[31]
15 117  West Indies321/4Bourda, GeorgetownAway10 April 2003Won[32]
16 206 †  West Indies312/4Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainAway19 April 2003Won[33]
17 113  West Indies313/4Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway1 May 2003Won[34]
18 169 †  Zimbabwe322/2Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome17 October 2003Won[35]
19 242  India312/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome12 December 2003Lost[36]
20 257 †  India323/4Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 2003Won[37]
21 207 ‡  Pakistan323/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 2005Won[38]
22 105 † ‡  New Zealand323/3Eden Park, AucklandAway26 March 2005Won[39]
23 156 † ‡  England343/5Old Trafford, ManchesterAway11 August 2005Drawn[40]
24 149 † ‡  West Indies311/3The Gabba, BrisbaneHome3 November 2005Won[41]
25 104* † ‡  West Indies331/3The Gabba, BrisbaneHome3 November 2005Won[41]
26 117 ‡  South Africa312/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 2005Won[42]
27 120 † ‡  South Africa323/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 2006Won[43]
28 143* † ‡  South Africa343/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 2006Won[43]
29 103 ‡  South Africa312/3Kingsmead, DurbanAway24 March 2006Won[44]
30 116 ‡  South Africa332/3Kingsmead, DurbanAway24 March 2006Won[44]
31 118* ‡  Bangladesh341/2Fatullah Osmani Stadium, FatullahAway9 April 2006Won[45]
32 196 † ‡  England311/5The Gabba, BrisbaneHome23 November 2006Won[46]
33 142 † ‡  England322/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome1 December 2006Won[47]
34 140 ‡  India324/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome24 January 2008Drawn[48]
35 158 ‡  West Indies311/3Sabina Park, KingstonAway22 May 2008Won[49]
36 123 ‡  India311/4M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway9 October 2008Drawn[50]
37 101 ‡  South Africa312/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 2008Lost[51]
38 150 † ‡  England321/5Sophia Gardens, CardiffAway8 July 2009Drawn[52]
39 209 † ‡  Pakistan313/3Bellerive Oval, HobartHome14 January 2010Won[53]
40 134  India422/4Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome4 January 2012Won[54]
41 221  India414/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome24 January 2012Won[55]

One Day International centuries

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Ponting during his 124 against Sri Lanka on 12 February 2006 at the Sydney Cricket Ground
ODI centuries scored by Ponting[56]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 123  Sri Lanka4189.13Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome9 January 1996Lost[57]
2 102  West Indies3191.07Sawai Mansingh Stadium, JaipurNeutral4 March 1996Lost[58]
3 100  New Zealand3187.71Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome21 January 1998Lost[59]
4 145 †  Zimbabwe3191.77Feroz Shah Kotla, New DelhiNeutral11 April 1998Won[60]
5 124* †  Pakistan3296.12Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway18 November 1998Won[61]
6 115 †  India3195.04Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome12 January 2000Won[62]
7 101  India3192.66Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, VisakhapatnamAway3 April 2001Won[63]
8 102 †  England3287.93County Ground, BristolAway10 June 2001Won[64]
9 129 † ‡  South Africa31102.38Mangaung Oval, BloemfonteinAway30 March 2002Won[65]
10 119 ‡  England3196.74Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome15 December 2002Won[66]
11 106* † ‡  Sri Lanka32109.27Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome21 January 2003Won[67]
12 114 † ‡  Sri Lanka31104.58SuperSport Park, CenturionNeutral7 March 2003Won[68]
13 140* † ‡  India31115.70Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgNeutral23 March 2003Won[69]
14 101 † ‡  Bangladesh3185.59Marrara Oval, DarwinHome6 August 2003Won[70]
15 108* ‡  India31104.85M Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway12 November 2003Won[71]
16 115 † ‡  Asian XI31112.74Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneNeutral10 January 2005Won[72]
17 141* † ‡  New Zealand31111.02McLean Park, NapierAway5 March 2005Won[73]
18 111 ‡  England3296.52Lord's, LondonAway10 July 2005Won[74]
19 124 ‡  Sri Lanka3197.63Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome12 February 2006Won[75]
20 164 †[a] ‡  South Africa31156.19Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway12 March 2006Lost[76]
21 111 † ‡  New Zealand3190.98WACA, PerthHome28 January 2007Won[77]
22 104 † ‡  New Zealand3292.03Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome4 February 2007Won[78]
23 113 † ‡  Scotland31121.50Warner Park, BasseterreNeutral14 March 2007Won[79]
24 107* † ‡  New Zealand3299.07Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome14 December 2007Won[80]
25 134* † ‡  New Zealand31100.75Bellerive Oval, HobartHome20 December 2007Won[81]
26 124 † ‡  India3193.23Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome24 February 2008Won[82]
27 126 † ‡  England32115.59Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway15 September 2009Won[83]
28 111* ‡  England3296.52SuperSport Park, CenturionNeutral2 October 2009Won[84]
29 106* † ‡  West Indies3194.64The Gabba, BrisbaneHome14 February 2010Won[85]
30 104 ‡  India3188.13Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, AhmedabadAway24 March 2011Lost[86]

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