One of the best player in ODI cricket says bye bye to the game, again with disappointment.Ricky Ponting, the former Australian captain who won two world cups: 2003 and 2007, with his captaincy says he does not expect to play ODI anymore.
"I don't expect to play one-day cricket for Australia anymore".
"I've only got Test cricket left now and I still have what it takes to be a dominant player."
"It's a bit hard to say I've retired given I've been dropped but I don't
expect to play one-day international cricket any more and I'm sure the
selectors don't expect to pick me either".
This was the statement given by the legend who has scored 13,704 runs with an outstanding average of 42.03, runner up to Sachin Tendulkar.He was dropped out of the team after he scored just 18 runs in five innings of CB series.However this disappointing dismissal of a legendary player is not the first for Cricket Australia.Michael Bevan also retired the same way.
The career of Ponting does not make us believe that he should be retired from ODI as happening.He is one of the legendary player, extraordinary captain and excellent batsmen that Australian team ever got.
Ricky Ponting's one-day career
- Born: Dec 19, 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania
- Matches: 375 (winning 165 of 230 as captain)
- Debut: Against South Africa at Wellington on 15 Feb, 1995
- Total runs: 13,704
- Centuries: 30
- Batting average: 42.03
- Highest score: 164
- Wickets: 3
- Three World Cup wins: 1999, 2003, 2007
- Second highest ODI run-scorer behind India's Sachin Tendulkar
- Second highest number of ODI centuries behind Tendulkar
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