List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting

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File:Ricky Ponting YM.jpg has scored 71 centuries in international cricket.|alt=A man stands in front of a brick wall; he is wearing a cap.]]

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.{{cite news| title=Ponting leads Australian fightback|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/270826.html|publisher=Cricinfo|date=3 December 2006|access-date=16 September 2009}}{{cite web| title=Records–One-Day Internationals: Most hundreds in a career| url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282935.html| publisher=Cricinfo| access-date=16 September 2009| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214154934/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282935.html| archive-date=14 February 2008| df=dmy-all}} In Test matches, Ponting has scored hundreds against all Test playing countries. He is third (41) in the list of Test century-makers, behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) & Jacques Kallis (45).{{cite web| title=Records–Test matches: Most hundreds in a career| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/227046.html| publisher=Cricinfo| access-date=17 April 2010| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215215132/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/227046.html| archive-date=15 December 2012| df=dmy-all}} 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.{{cite web|title=Ricky Ponting Test matches: Ground averages|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=ground|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718022840/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=ground|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=15 September 2009}}{{cite web| title=Ricky Ponting Test matches: Player analysis – Innings by innings list| url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=cumulative| publisher=Cricinfo| access-date=15 September 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804191644/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=1%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dcumulative| archive-date=4 August 2009| df=dmy-all}} 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.{{cite news| title=Tall scoring, and centuries without boundaries|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/asksteven/content/story/243052.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=16 September 2009}} In 2006, Ponting scored seven centuries, the most by an Australian in a year.{{cite news|title=Ponting becomes first dual medallist|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/02/06/1563602.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=16 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120101034/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/02/06/1563602.htm|archive-date=20 November 2010}}

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 (51*), Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Rohit Sharma (32*). 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.{{cite web|title=Ricky Ponting One-Day Internationals: Batting analysis|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119193454/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2013|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=7 June 2009}}{{cite web|title=Ricky Ponting One-Day Internationals: Ground averages|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting;view=ground|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120035756/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/7133.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting;view=ground|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2013|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=15 September 2009}} 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.{{cite news|title=India falls to defending champs in final|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cricket/2003/world_cup/news/2003/03/23/australia_india_ap/|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=16 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325035807/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cricket/2003/world_cup/news/2003/03/23/australia_india_ap/|archive-date=25 March 2008}}{{cite news|title=Gilchrist leads Australia to World Cup treble|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/292681.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=16 September 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615204316/http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/292681.html|archive-date=15 June 2009}} He has scored five World Cup centuries, along with Kumar Sangakkara, both are behind Tendulkar with six.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12;type=trophy |title=Records / World Cup / Most runs |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=20 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217183955/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12%3Btype%3Dtrophy |archive-date=17 December 2015 }} His 145 against Zimbabwe in 1998 equalled Dean Jones' Australian record score, but this was surpassed in early-1999 by Adam Gilchrist's 154.{{cite news|title=Cricket: Ponting prompts Australia with record|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-ponting-prompts-australia-with-record-1155957.html|work=The Independent|date=4 April 1998|access-date=16 September 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104101147/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-ponting-prompts-australia-with-record-1155957.html|archive-date=4 November 2012}}{{cite news|title=Triangular Series: Gilchrist's 154 raises the tempo|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/OD_TOURNEYS/CUODS/SCORECARDS/AUS_SL_CUODS_ODI15_07FEB1999_ET_MR.html|publisher=Cricinfo|date=8 February 1999|access-date=16 September 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814035018/http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/OD_TOURNEYS/CUODS/SCORECARDS/AUS_SL_CUODS_ODI15_07FEB1999_ET_MR.html|archive-date=14 August 2010}}

In September 2009, Ponting retired from Twenty20 international (T20I) cricket,{{cite news|title=Ponting quits Twenty20 cricket|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/07/2678891.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=9 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908021043/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/07/2678891.htm|archive-date=8 September 2009}} 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.{{cite web|title=Ricky Ponting Cricinfo Profile|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7133.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=9 February 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118100922/http://www1.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7133.html|archive-date=18 November 2008}}

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.

File:Ponting and Warne2.jpg during the 2006–07 Ashes series. The series saw Ponting score two centuries.|alt= A ground with two sportsman playing cricket, with a boundary rope in the background]]