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[243] [244] Despite Ponting's score of only one in the final in Centurion against New Zealand, Australia won by six wickets—their second consecutive Champions Trophy victory. [ 245 ] [ 246 ] Ponting was presented with the golden bat award for most runs in the tournament—288 at an average of 72 in four games—and also received the man-of ...
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.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Ricky Ponting was the highlight as he scored 242 runs, while contributions from Simon Katich and Jason Gillespie lower down the order took Australia to a first innings score of 556. Exactly 400 of these runs were scored on the first day.
The result ensured that Australia retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy, as well as taking Ricky Ponting's team to 16 consecutive Test wins, equalling the previous Test record, also held by Australia under Steve Waugh. The controversy was termed by parts of the media as Bollyline, a reference to the 1930s controversy Bodyline. [4]
Ricky Ponting's unbeaten 176 propelled Australia to a humongous score Australia ended the day with 400/5 from 90 overs, and Ponting was unbeaten on 176, [ 27 ] his 19th test hundred and his fifth for the year 2003, a remarkable year for him in which he had hitherto scored 1149 runs at an average of 95.75, and had set his sights for a double ...
Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds scored 58 runs each. Kyle Mills took four wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs. In the reply, New Zealand were all out for 206 runs in 46 overs with Daniel Vettori scoring 79 runs. Glenn McGrath, who took three wickets conceding 22 runs in 10 overs, was given man of the match award. [3] [4] [5]
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who sustained a thumb injury during the Champions Trophy, was replaced by Brad Hodge for the First Test. [9] He was later ruled out for the first two tests, [10] and later, even the Third. [11] Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was elevated to captaincy and Darren Lehmann was named the vice-captain. [12]
Australia won the final by 6 wickets, their second consecutive Champions Trophy final. [1] Shane Watson earned the man of the match award while Ricky Ponting was named the man of the series for scoring 288 runs throughout the tournament.