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. In Test matches, Ponting has scored hundreds against all Test playing countries. He is the joint third (41) with Joe Root in the list of Test century-makers, behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) & Jacques Kallis (45). 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. 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. In 2006, Ponting scored seven centuries, the most by an Australian in a year.

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 (54*), Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Rohit Sharma (33*). 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. 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. He has scored five World Cup centuries, along with Kumar Sangakkara, both are behind Tendulkar with six. His 145 against Zimbabwe in 1998 equalled Dean Jones' Australian record score, but this was surpassed in early-1999 by Adam Gilchrist's 154.

In September 2009, Ponting retired from Twenty20 international (T20I) cricket, 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.

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.

Key * Remained not out Man of the match Captain of Australia in that match (D/L) The result of the match was based upon the Duckworth–Lewis method

Test cricket centuries +Test centuries scored by PontingScoreAgainstVenue 1 127 6 2 4/6 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 2 105 6 1 1/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Drawn 3 104 6 1 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Lost 4 105* 6 1 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Drawn 5 197 6 2 3/3 WACA, Perth Home Won 6 125 6 1 1/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 7 141* 6 2 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 8 144 3 1 4/5 Headingley, Leeds Away Lost 9 157* 3 1 2/3 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home Drawn 10 100* 3 4 2/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away Won 11 141 3 1 1/3 Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Neutral Won 12 150 3 1 3/3 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 13 123 3 1 1/5 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 14 154 3 2 2/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 15 117 3 2 1/4 Bourda, Georgetown Away Won 16 206 3 1 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away Won 17 113 3 1 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Won 18 169 3 2 2/2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 19 242 3 1 2/4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Lost 20 257 3 2 3/4 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 21 207 3 2 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 22 105 3 2 3/3 Eden Park, Auckland Away Won 23 156 3 4 3/5 Old Trafford, Manchester Away Drawn 24 149 3 1 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 25 104* 3 3 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 26 117 3 1 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 27 120 3 2 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 28 143* 3 4 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 29 103 3 1 2/3 Kingsmead, Durban Away Won 30 116 3 3 2/3 Kingsmead, Durban Away Won 31 118* 3 4 1/2 Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Away Won 32 196 3 1 1/5 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 33 142 3 2 2/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 34 140 3 2 4/4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Drawn 35 158 3 1 1/3 Sabina Park, Kingston Away Won 36 123 3 1 1/4 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away Drawn 37 101 3 1 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Lost 38 150 3 2 1/5 Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Away Drawn 39 209 3 1 3/3 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home Won 40 134 4 2 2/4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 41 221 4 1 4/4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won

One Day International centuries

+ODI centuries scored by PontingScoreAgainstVenue 1 123 4 1 89.13 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Lost 2 102 3 1 91.07 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Neutral Lost 3 100 3 1 87.71 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Lost 4 145 3 1 91.77 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Neutral Won 5 124* 3 2 96.12 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away Won 6 115 3 1 95.04 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 7 101 3 1 92.66 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Away Won 8 102 3 2 87.93 County Ground, Bristol Away Won 9 129 3 1 102.38 Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Away Won 10 119 3 1 96.74 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 11 106* 3 2 109.27 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 12 114 3 1 104.58 SuperSport Park, Centurion Neutral Won 13 140* 3 1 115.70 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Neutral Won 14 101 3 1 85.59 Marrara Oval, Darwin Home Won 15 108* 3 1 104.85 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away Won 16 115 3 1 112.74 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Neutral Won 17 141* 3 1 111.02 McLean Park, Napier Away Won 18 111 3 2 96.52 Lord's, London Away Won 19 124 3 1 97.63 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 20 164 3 1 156.19 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Lost 21 111 3 1 90.98 WACA, Perth Home Won 22 104 3 2 92.03 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 23 113 3 1 121.50 Warner Park, Basseterre Neutral Won 24 107* 3 2 99.07 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 25 134* 3 1 100.75 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home Won 26 124 3 1 93.23 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 27 126 3 2 115.59 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away Won 28 111* 3 2 96.52 SuperSport Park, Centurion Neutral Won 29 106* 3 1 94.64 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 30 104 3 1 88.13 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Away Lost

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