Monday, December 3, 2012

Ricky Ponting,playing his final test match - Nov 30 - Dec 4,2012

Ricky Ponting at the WACA,Perth Nov 30 -Dec 4,2012


First Innings Australia 163 (53.1 overs)in the 1st innings
M. Wade 68* J. Hastings 32 D. Warner 13 M. Hussey 12
Wicket Takers(South Africa) D. Steyn 4-40 (16 overs) R.Peterson 3-44 (8.1 overs) V. Philander 2-55 (16 overs) M. Morkel 1-19 (13 overs) South Africa 225 (74 overs)in the 1st innings
F. du Plessis 78* R. Peterson 31 A. Petersen 30 V. Philander 30

Wicket Takers(Australia)
N. Lyon 3-41 (12 overs)
M. Johnson 2-54 (17 overs)
M. Starc 2-55 (16 overs)
S. Watson 1-22 (9 overs)

Faf du Plessis remained unbeaten on 78

Australia was bowled out for 163 to concede a 62-run deficit in the 1st innings.
Third Test: First innings
Ricky Ponting played 7 Balls and scored 4 Runs and got out LBW in the bowling of Philander

Third Test:South Africa's Second Innings - Day 3

Hashim Amla scored his 18th and fastest Test century, off just 87 balls with10 boundaries

South Africa 286/2 at Drinks, leading by 348 -Amla 134 and Kallis 37
South Africa 320/3 at Lunch,leading by 382 - Amla 149 and De Villiers18
Hashim Amla falls four short of his double-century at 196(221 balls, 21 fours)at the score of 436/4 with De Villiers unbeaten at 87(amla-de villiers partnership 149 runs)
De Villiers Scores a ton(14th Test ton 15x4x1x6 in 131 Balls)

South Africa 467/5 at Tea - De Villiers on 116 and Faf du Plessis 2
South Africa all-out for 569, setting Australia a mammoth 632 runs for victory

South Africa 569 (111.5 overs)in the 2nd innings
H. Amla 196 AB. de Villiers 169 G. Smith 84 J. Kallis 37 Wicket Takers(Australia) M. Starc 6-154 (28.5 overs) M. Johnson 4-110 (25 overs)

Third Test:Australia's Second Innings - Day 4
Ricky Ponting walked to the centre at 11.46am Perth time on the fall of Shane Watson's wicket
Ricky Ponting comes out to bat for the final time in his international career

The South African team form a guard of honour as Ponting heads to the crease

At first slip, Ponting is caught by Jacques Kallis

Ricky Ponting acknowledges the crowd after he was dismissed for eight runs on day four of the third cricket test match against South Africa in Perth, Australia, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Ricky Ponting waves to fans as he walks off the pitch for the last time after his wicket fell for 8 runs on day four of the third cricket test match against South Africa in Perth, Australia, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Ricky Ponting is carried off the WACA in Perth by team mates David Warner (L) and captain Michael Clarke after the third test cricket match

Australia were all-out for 322 in 82.5 Overs in the 2nd innings
Ed Cowan                     53
Michael Clarke              44
Mitchell Stark                68 Not Out
Wicket Takers(South Africa)
Dale Steyn                  3-72(22.5 Overs)
Vernon Philander        2-41(21 Overs)
Morne Morkel           2-57(16 Overs)
Robin Peterson           3-127(20 Overs)

South Africa 225 & 569

Australia 163 & 322 (82.5 overs)

South Africa won the 3rd Test by 309 runs and won the 3 Match Series 1-0

Player of the Match - Hashim Amla
Player of the Series - Michael Clarke

Ricky Ponting's Cricket Career
Ricky Ponting has represented Australia in 167 Tests and 375 ODIs.He will equal Steve Waugh's record of 168 Test appearances for Australia in the Perth match.

Ricky Ponting has scored 13,336 Test runs from 158 matches at an average of 52.21, second only to India's Sachin Tendulkar (15562 from 192 matches),scoring 41 Tons - third in the all-time list behind India's Sachin Tendulkar (51) and South African Jacques Kallis (44) and the higherst score being 257

Tests Innings    Runs       Highest Score     Average 100's 50's
167 285        13366             257                52.21         41           62
+1                            12