Ricky Ponting Test record against South Africa
1997-12-26 – 2012-11-30 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 26 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 48 batting innings and 5 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 48 | 2,132 | 45 | 47.37 | 59.78 |
| Bowling | 5 | 29 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 4.83 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 36.
Batting milestones in this sample: 8 centuries and 11 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 3,566.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 1997137 runs
- 1998111 runs
- 2001101 runs
- 2002323 runs
- 2005252 runs
- 2006611 runs
- 2008232 runs
- 2009263 runs
- 201170 runs
- 201232 runs
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 6.40 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 1.50 | N/A |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 62 | 17.50 | 39.32 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.00 | N/A |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 | 263 | 83 | 32.87 | 67.09 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 392 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 | 232 | 101 | 58.00 | 66.09 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 351 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 | 611 | 143 | 87.28 | 65.48 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 933 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.50 | N/A |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 252 | 117 | 63.00 | 57.27 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 440 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 323 | 100 | 64.60 | 76.35 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 423 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 11.00 | N/A |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 101 | 54 | 33.66 | 58.04 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 111 | 62 | 37.00 | 35.69 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 311 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 105 | 68.50 | 46.91 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 292 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 15 | 27 | 1,195 | 47.80 | 58.29 | 3 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 11 | 21 | 937 | 46.85 | 61.80 | 2 | 0 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- First century in this archive · 105 runs
Test v South Africa · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 143* runs
Test v South Africa · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · WACA Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 4 | 8 | 23 | - | - |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 3 | - | - | 0 | 3 |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 2 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 3 | 16 | 34 | - | - |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| 2012-11-09 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 2011-11-17 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | 62 | 138 | - | - |
| 2011-11-17 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2011-11-17 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 2011-11-09 | Newlands | 3 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 2011-11-09 | Newlands | 1 | 8 | 25 | - | - |
| 2009-03-19 | Newlands | 3 | 12 | 24 | - | - |
| 2009-03-19 | Newlands | 1 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 2009-03-06 | Kingsmead | 3 | 81 | 106 | - | - |
| 2009-03-06 | Kingsmead | 1 | 9 | 20 | - | - |
| 2009-02-26 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 25 | 44 | - | - |
| 2009-02-26 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 83 | 134 | - | - |
| 2009-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 53 | 57 | - | - |
| 2009-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.