He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early-2004. Heart-stopping moment 70mph train misses careless pedestrian by just INCHES as he strolls across tracks RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: As Florida governor and Donald Trump rival Ron DeSantis steps up his bid to win the Now California reparations panel RAISES amount it wants to give 1.8m black people from $220,000 to $360,000 https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/ricky-ponting-opens-up-on-the-harrowing-moment-he-thought-hed-lost-his-son-fletcher/news-story/f85fabb4e60cbd419856c555a692e1b5, Episode 20: Ricky Ponting - The Howie Games - Omny.fm, Do not sell or share my personal information. The century was his fifth successive against Western Australia; Sir Donald Bradman is the only other batsman to score five consecutive centuries against another state in Shield history. Ponting holds the record of being the only cricketer in the history of Test cricket to be a part of 100 Test match wins. Though Pontings appearances for Tasmania continued to be limited, he was still able to top the 1995-96 season averages with 59.50. Alanna Fletcher - Psychology Today Ponting continued in the role for the series against the West Indies in 199697 in Australia. When he was just eight months old Fletcher (pictured centre) caught a hospital borne MRSA infection which was about to start eating the flesh from his stomach, Ponting (pictured with his family) described standing by his son's hospital bed helplessly as doctors and nurses rushed to save his life. Mohit Malhotra Age, Family, Girlfriend, Biography & More, Sarah Sjstrm Height, Weight, Age, Biography & More, Sameera Reddy Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Husband, Biography & More, Bear Grylls Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More, Kalanithi Maran (Sun Group) Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More, Gaelyn Mendonca Height, Weight, Age, Affairs & More, Shaina NC Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More, Palak Aujla Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Somerset, Surrey, Tasmania. However, all this did not stop him from remaining Australias most successful captain ever. Some call him the Tiger Woods of cricket. Clive Ponting obituary | Civil service | The Guardian Graeme was a good club cricketer and played Australian rules football, while Lorraine was a state vigoro champion.