Ricky Ponting quit as Australia's Test and one-day captain on Tuesday, bowing to pressure after their World Cup exit, but said he hoped to extend his career as his country's most prolific batsman.

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Ricky Ponting, who quit on Tuesday as Australian captain, is the country's all-time leading Test run-getter yet his magnificent career is overshadowed by three Ashes series losses as captain.

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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Australian captain Ricky Ponting took two opposite sides as the walking debate raged in the ongoing cricket World Cup in the sub-continent.

As Hiral Patel smashed the likes of Brett Lee and Shaun Tait to all corners of the Chinnaswamy Stadium during a World Cup match here, Australian captain Ricky Ponting said the Canadian batsman reminded him of Indian swahsbuckler Virender Sehwag.

Nagpur: Australia captain Ricky Ponting said it was his box, employed to protect a batsman's most sensitive area, and not his bat, which damaged a World Cup dressing room television set.

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Mumbai: Ricky Ponting, the captain of World Cup holders Australia, is facing a charge for allegedly damaging a television set in the dressing room after he was dismissed during his side's victory over

Nagpur: Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching its Code of Conduct during the team's World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Ahmedab

Ahmedabad: A furious Ricky Ponting took out his frustration at being run out in Australia's opening World Cup match by smashing a television set with his bat in the team's dressing room.

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New Delhi: Australia captain Ricky Ponting is optimistic his batsmen will be able to solve the spin puzzle ahead of bigger matches in a quest for winning a fourth successive World Cup.

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Ahmedabad: The highly debated decision of International Cricket Council to prune down the number of World Cup participants to ten full members in 2015 on Sunday got the backing of Australian captain R