Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Ponting was captain of the Australian national team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%. He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored. He holds the record for winning most ICC tournaments as a captain in Men's Cricket. Under his Captaincy Australia won the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and 2006 and 2009 Champions Trophies. He was also a member of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

19 December 1974

Born on the same birth date (19 December 1974): Eduard Ivakdalam • Felipe López (basketball) • Jake Plummer • Joe Jurevicius

Born on the same birth day (19 December): Andrea Baldini • Eamonn Andrews • Eduard Ivakdalam • Eric Allin Cornell • Fikret Otyam • Gregory Carroll (R&B singer) • Hamza Riazuddin • Irina Voronina • John McEuen • Kevin Devine • Knut Helle • M'Baye Niang • Manuel Bretón de los Herreros • Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême • Olivier Tébily • Patrick Casey (writer) • Phil Ochs • Randall McDaniel • Ryan Babel • Sally Kipyego • Steven Isserlis • W. A. Criswell

Born in the same month (December 1974): Alex Alves (footballer, born 1974) • Aloísio (footballer, born 1974) • Eduard Ivakdalam • Jake Plummer • Jay Pandolfo • Marissa Ribisi • Meg White • Nolberto Solano • Rob Niedermayer • Ryan Seacrest • Tomáš Janků • Wendy Dillinger