At the time when cricket is passing through critical stage of its history and losing its charm after match fixing and other scandals, another legend says good bye to cricket. According to media news, Australian batting great and captain Ricky Ponting has left cricket grounds for ever. Ponting announced his retirement from all types of cricket before series of South Africa. Ricky Ponting scored 13,000 runs in Test cricket, second highest after Sachin Tundulkar of India. Cricket observers consider him the second greatest batsman of Australian cricket history after Sir Donald Bradman. His remarkable performance has left behind former captain Steve Waugh and Allan Border.
In his captaincy, Australia won two World Cups crowns. Ponting scored a remarkable century in the World Cup final against India. Although Ponting scored just eight runs in his last innings against South Africa in Perth, he is the only player after Sachin Tundulkar who scored above 13,000 runs in both type of cricket and he was a master in under pressure cricket. Ponting’s career was neat and clean, like his performance and despite long years of his career he was not involved in any scandal. Now after Pointing’s retirement, Australians will find it hard to find his alternate.
