Ponting named best batsman of the decade

Mumbai, Jan 14 (PTI) Australia captain Ricky Ponting has
been chosen as the "ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for
the 2000s" by a 38-strong panel of experts, including current
and former players.

Ponting beat back the challenge of other current greats
of the game including senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar,
who is placed sixth in the list.
Sitting at the top, the Australian fetched highest 60
points, 23 more than the second placed Protea all-rounder
Jacques Kallis (37) who was followed by Ponting's compatriot
Adam Gilchrist (29).
Over the past decade, Ponting has scored more runs and
centuries in both forms of the game than any other batsman and
is the only player to go past the 9000-mark in both forms.
The 35-year-old right-handed batsman scored 55 centuries
in international cricket during the period, 13 clear of
Tendulkar, and was one of only three batsmen to average more
than 58 in Tests, a media release said.
South Africa's Kallis and Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf are
the two others.
The leading cricket website's jury that selected Ponting
was asked to pick their top three cricketers of the 2000s.
Each number one vote fetched three points; a number
two vote, two points, and a number three vote one point and
Ponting earned 60 points, beating out Kallis who finished
second with 37 points, the release said.
Happy at winning the award, the three-time World Cup
winning batsman said what made him proud the most about his
career was its longevity. MORE PTI SSR
RBT


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