Australia&#39;s Ponting Relieved Not to Face New Zealand Nemesis
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Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting expressed relief he won&#39;t be facing New Zealand bowler Shane Bond, who has dismissed him six times, in tomorrow&#39;s match to decide one of the Champions Trophy&#39;s semifinal berths.
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Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is delighted with his side's start to the Ashes after smashing his 32nd Test century at Brisbane.
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AUSTRALIAN captain Ricky Ponting has put aside traditional rivalries and said he hoped England won the Champions Trophy after the World Cup holders lost to their oldest foes by six wickets inthe semi-final.
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Australia yesterday became the first nation to record 300 Test victories when Ricky Ponting&#39;s all-conquering side took an unassailable 2-0 series lead against Pakistan with a nine-wicket triumph in the second Test in Melbourne.
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Ricky Ponting is refusing to look beyond this week&#39;s crunch match against New Zealand to the possibility of an ICC Champions Trophy semi-final for Australia against hosts England.
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Ricky Ponting hailed two outstanding days of pressure cricket for delivering one of Australia&#39;s biggest Test victories over New Zealand, inside four days at the Gabba in Brisbane.
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AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting says the form of Michael Kasprowicz has left the world champions with a problem to solve ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which gets underway in England this week.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting says tonight&#39;s Champions Trophy semi-final against England is just another game, despite home hopes that Michael Vaughan&#39;s men can end their 14-match limited overs losing streak against the world champions.
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LONDON : Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Andrew Symonds is turning into the complete one-day cricketer after the Queenslander blasted 71 not out against New Zealand here at The Oval on Thursday to secure his side&#39;s place in the semi-final of the
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RICKY PONTING believes the game&#39;s watchers have fallen for the &quot;myth&quot; that New Zealand know how to rattle Australia.
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Skipper Ricky Ponting welcomed an early victory as Australia went through the motions of another 4-day Test win to clinch their three-match series against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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It used only to be Australians who suffered from dead-rubber syndrome  that most infuriating of conditions whereby a dominant side could write off a failure to complete a clean-sweep by claiming that the match never mattered anyway. Now, however, it is ...
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New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening test against Australia at the Gabba on Thursday. Australia - Ricky Ponting (captain), Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden
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Hot favourites Australia have no intention of underestimating New Zealand tomorrow in what should be the most competitive ICC Champions Trophy clash so far.
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Captain Ricky Ponting says Australia, already in white-hot form, are brimming with enthusiasm for the upcoming tests against Pakistan in Australia&#39;s two major cities, Melbourne and Sydney.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting apologises after being fined for dissent.
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New Zealand partially resurrected their stricken tour of Australia last night when they won the first of their three-match one-day series with a hair-raising two balls to spare.