The 2005 Ashes: Ricky Ponting's Game-Saving 156 at Old Trafford

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A classic captain's knock. With backs against the wall, Ponting stood tall and carried his side, if not over the line, very close to it. Accompanied by last minute heroics from Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath, Australia drew the match and kept the topsy-turvy series at 1-1 with two matches left.
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[@raghavsinghal6228]

"Australia are 135 for 3. Ricky Ponting's unbeaten on 48 and he is the key to the whole thing. England are of course desperate for wickets as they are pushing for victory. There's a still 288 runs difference between the sides, but it is the resolve of the Australian Captain that could decide the whole afternoon". Those EA 7 scenarios were lit.

[@muhammadumer7833]

Beautiful memories ❤️

[@sujaysannyamath655]

How much I used hate him. He was so obnoxiously good both as a batsman and captain. Destroyed India in 2003 WC final, beat us to a pulp what seemed like everytime. Arrogant to a fault and defended his players to the last, no matter if they were right or wrong. Strutting down the pitch like he owned the place......and had the talent to back it all up. A true legend of the game.

[@stevecohen3813]

Very well said my friend……

[@bibek6713]

Couldn't have said better myself Just one of those guys you loved to hate But after all these years i just admire him and find his old batting clips to relive those moments again Looking back for me he is the greatest ever Batting, fielding and captaincy Excelled at everything

[@drasticbuzzguy1887]

@@bibek6713 Characters like Ponting make the game special.A true legend indeed!

[@ryanmitchell9190]

Its your inabilities that make you hate people. The only person you have to be better than is you- yesterday.

[@namitkumar4754]

but our bowlers cant be the parameter to judge, he played great innings vs top notch attacks as well struggled in Subcontinent though

[@chriswilliamson7694]

Ponting was an absolute phenomenon between 2002 and 2007. Still a damn fine player for two or three years either side of that period, but this was primetime Punter here.

[@barnziee7319]

Chris Williamson the Boxing Day specialist!!! Every time for about 6 years. As a Kiwi I only hope Kane Williamson can get somewhere near his records.

[@user-jh6rx1rb1u]

Williamson is shit. There is only one king. Virat Kohli.

[@mastertemple8369]

@@user-jh6rx1rb1u Williamson will be better than Kohli for a number of reasons, he is a grown up and is a nice person not like Kohli the egotist wanker...That's from an Australian.

[@rp1443]

Master Temple And thats the irony!! An Australian calling any other player an egotist..... look at your own players even when they were not performing at anywhere closeto peak... all were d****heads as people!

[@azakive]

@@rp1443 so it's ok for kohli to be a dickhead since he is performing close to peak? (btw who uses asterisks to hide letters when they are typing?!)

[@k.g7900]

Test match highlights tell you only a quarter of the story. The toughed phases are the play and misses which never gets shown. Incredibly inspiring knock this from Punter

[@ritikjalgaonkar4125]

So true.....

[@Bernie8330]

Yes you are right. This clip looks like they are chasing the victory target, but in fact off those last 12 and a half overs when David Lloyd mentions 89 to get, they only made another 37, losing two wickets, and between Warne's dismissal, and Pontings, they only scored 20 off 8 and a half overs. It seems like they may have been half chasing it up until Michael Clarke's dismissal, at which point they needed 160 off 32.4 overs at 4.9 per over. The run rate to that point was 3.5, while the run rate after Clarke's dismissal was only 3.3. With Ponting's own score about 110 or 115 when Clarke got out, that gives zero numerical meaning to his last 40-45 runs, while the 172 potential wicket taking deliveries that Ponting, Warne and Lee burnt up between Clarke being 7th out and Ponting 9th were absolutely priceless.

[@Rpunter]

Player of the decade (2000-2010) Living Legend ❤️🙏

[@mechanicaldesignengineerin2265]

Ponting and his pull shots 😘😘😘😍

[@ManojSharma-cx7gp]

👍👍👍

[@chiragpatel1097]

Agree. Its like Kohli and his cover drives and Tendulkar and his straight drives.

[@harish7548]

@@White742 these fools will start argument like kohli has more AVG more strike rate but these moron's will never know that pitches are so hard to play on and now those are batsman's bitches ...and how about cricket Fielding rules??kohli doesn't cross 35 AVG if play cricket in that era

[@revathiregulavalasa9752]

@@harish7548 you never know ur intension may be correct but don't drag kohli into this

[@harish7548]

@@revathiregulavalasa9752 see who drag kohli into this. .i hope your eyes perfectly fine to see what happened

[@silentpresident]

Yeah i have seen Sachin Sangakara Dravid Virat all playing but Ricky will be my all time favourite. He is something else. His shorts style body language brilliant captaincy makes him a something absolutely amayyyyyzinnng.

[@ShubhamSingh-bn3vx]

Lara, sachin, ponting.. Three gem of my generation

[@stevesalkas533]

Steve waugh in my side ging to war

[@ibnehussainbhalwana9739]

Dravid yousuf inzi ??

[@muttleycrew]

@@ibnehussainbhalwana9739 no

[@Srinivas_Lakshman]

Sangakkara, Kallis....

[@nafilshaeed496]

Lara,sachin, Dravid,Ponting are gem batsmen of test cricket in this Era.♥️♥️

[@DavidEsotica]

Top marks for ECB for honouring an opponent's efforts and not just their own.

[@nayeem9236]

Just like cricket.com.au

[@nishagovil9207]

The worth of this innings is more than a triple hundred because it's a 156 on day 5 pitch in England with clouds all around. You can't trust the bounce of pitch, you can't trust the swing but yet Ricky managed to pull out a stunner

[@Saurabhrkohardy]

The first 5 seconds of ths videos are straight out of EA Cricket 07 Ashes Scenario 😁❤❤❤

[@nameless-g6t]

brings back memories from childhood. how old are you ?

[@rajeevbuliwal3259]

I used to play that game 😀😀 and I am 16 now 😀

[@swagatadas4596]

Best game bruh

[@tanaychithore5422]

Glad someone mentioned it

[@stylishmonk5470]

One of the best knocks of the decade.

[@Sbock86]

@@daredevils5742 it's all about context. And stakes. The fact he saved the game by batting all day while the ball was flying everywhere....I think makes it one of the best I've seen

[@NaveenKumar-ee3kf]

@@daredevils5742 oh shut up you salty Indian.

[@bus5683]

Biswajit Swain your an absolute fuckwit you clearly have no idea about cricket because your so biased towards your own team pull your head out of your ass

[@Palf3993]

*of all time I’d argue.

[@TheWorldoverheaven-dn8lu]

Not all time tho, there are top 10 all time innings but def in the15 though

[@neonargon8048]

the best cricketer ever . does batting , captaincy and fielding like a gem

[@kushanchoudhury1942]

When it comes to pressure situation, I felt ponting was better than Sachin looking at d extra burden of captaincy he carried..!!

[@yamunaroyalmysuru804]

Pointing is better than Sachin

[@vedsahasrabhojanee97]

Possibly, but Sachin had the pressure of a billion people, and also captaincy on some occasions

[@aviralsrivastava6959]

@@vedsahasrabhojanee97 not pointing fault

[@vedsahasrabhojanee97]

@@aviralsrivastava6959 no I'm just saying, since pressure is being discussed Sachin always had more pressure on him and still got more runs than anyone else

[@mohammadallabaksha362]

Ponting is a drinker but not sachin

[@johnbest4513]

Cricket never got better than this.

[@arthurnouveau573]

I think this was his finest innings. Batted for a long time against an excellent attack with the ball reverse-swinging on a wearing pitch. The highlights won't show you all the yorkers he dug out.

[@melanpercil4145]

Yes I believe this was his greatest innings. The bowling was quality in a high pressure situation.

[@kushalthapa2865]

Against INDIA 2003 world cup final

[@kunalrathod2262]

Ultimate player and ultimate test series it was.

[@piratezulzi9019]

It was truly one of the best series in the history of cricket

[@sourabhdebnath685]

Kunal Rathod ghanta ultimate player had not made a test 100 in india

[@IMMI378]

sourabh debnath He has scored a century in India mate. 123 at Bangalore in 2008. If you don’t have any information then don’t act like a fool.

[@sourabhdebnath685]

@@IMMI378 only 1 but sachin has made 6 test centuries in Australia

[@IMMI378]

sourabh debnath how many centuries Sachin has in NZ??

[@arjunar5032]

There was a time when Australia topped both the team rankings and Ponting no.1 in both formats.Is there anything more dominating than that ?!

[@kingnarendarmodi300]

Current indian team and virat

[@viveklagwankar7999]

@@kingnarendarmodi300 jeez who doesn't even have a ICC trophy under his belt...

[@rupeem7733]

@@kingnarendarmodi300 still kid infront of ricky ponting

[@Bernie8330]

@@viveklagwankar7999 yes he (Kohli does) ... wasn't he in the 2011 world cup winning team?

[@zuubruins382]

Bernie8330 he wasn’t captaining the side though

[@billakoushik4018]

Ricky's cricket gear still looks brand new , attractive ,stylish and best cricket gear of all time. This kit suits Ricky more than any other player . How many of you agree to this?

[@gimmigota1]

Ponting's best 100 of his illustrious career.

[@Andrew-wv6fy]

Still remember being up in the early hours watching this. I was in awe.

[@SwarnenduSarkar-p3r]

Flawless innings

[@SwarnenduSarkar-p3r]

Stubborn innings!!

[@nakulghate9448]

8:57 I started watching cricket with that series. I saw that match, Harmison and others literally had thrown everything to get Ricky out and finally he was rewarded. Ton of emotions and what a wonderful knock.

[@JS-tk2co]

This was easily the greatest test series ever played

[@miltonmathew6169]

after Kolkata test 2001 india vs aus

[@BeingCyborg]

@@miltonmathew6169 no 2005 ashes is best

[@jerinmathew1547]

@@miltonmathew6169 that may be a gr8 test match but ashes 2005 was lit 🔥

[@sayandutta2035]

@@miltonmathew6169 this was the best

[@debjitsen8418]

@@jerinmathew1547 how about 20-21 border gavaskar trophy?

[@Yogendra-hr6if]

ponting is best captain and player. no one can match him.

[@sandipgamer4071]

Agr team aisa mila to har koi Accha Captain ho sakta hai

[@bus5683]

He’s amazing batting he’s skill as a captain and him being the best fielder the game has makes for the ultimate player

[@SantoshKumar-ws2qz]

I agree with everything you said except him being the best fielder in the history of the game. That's too much. I would say Ravindra Jadeja and Jhonty Rhodes are better than him.

[@bus5683]

@@SantoshKumar-ws2qz you are taking the piss😂 Ponting could field in every position slips short leg gully point cover on the fence. He has the most run outs in history. Please he is easily the best fielder.

[@sanjeevkoirala5114]

@@SantoshKumar-ws2qz I dare you watch cricket beside India matches, in terms of overall fielding record ponting is better than Jonty Rhodes. Jonty was the best ground fieldsman at a time where ground fielding wasn’t that good. But ponting was an overall fielder. Started from point and than slip and short mid on mid off he was the best interms of direct hit and also exceptionally good in taking sharp catches in slip and point region

[@prateekshyapanda8435]

Ricky was a great captain with sharp cricketing acumen. It was never easy to lead a team full of match winners where competition where competition was so huge

[@superboss5858]

Greatest captain and batsmen of All times Ricky Thomas Ponting 😎🔥

[@thatsbollox]

The first two shots are simply stunning to watch. The pull shot at 44secs is what you would show any teenager to teach. The slow motion replay of it is beautiful.

[@vaibhavshukla94]

Ricky Ponting.. Best Captain leading from the front, Great Batting Inspiration, Best Pull Shots are of him.

[@sambhavraichand2601]

Between 2002-2007 there was no better batsman than him

[@rahuljacobgeorge573]

Sachin 2002 -2003 was better ..bt 04-07 I agree ponting was ahead of Sachin and was the best batsman but Sachin was back to his old best from 07

[@JeeAspirant-d6s]

​​@@rahuljacobgeorge573he was the greatest batsman of the 2000s era Was considered as the next Bradman As he was avging around 60 But alas age caught him And his avg dropped around 52 But still his stats are really legendary by any standards Although Sachin is a better batsman than him!!

[@atikulislam6359]

A knock for the ages from a tenacious batsman. A gritty innings from ponting under tremendous pressure.

[@gauravjha6615]

Just love his backlift of the bat.

[@shashisingh1053]

What a player, what an innings, what a game.

[@mangeshinde]

one of the best knocks in test history 💚💛

[@ihsankhan-qn9hm]

Ricky Ponting the Roger Federer of cricket

[@aadithyanmanoj1036]

You know, there should be a foolishness regulator on KZbin

[@bibek6713]

@@aadithyanmanoj1036 he aint wrong

[@kushalthapa2865]

​@@aadithyanmanoj1036yea 2003 world cup final

[@r.pranavsubramaniam5582]

I will never forget this match in Ashes. I watched this match in T.V. I was just 10 years old. Ponting tried to save his team. But he was out. I am an England fan, but I like some Aussie players. Including this man. I like his pull shots and square leg shots. His pull shots were amazing.

[@valiantvimal]

Ricky Ponting is a Legend

[@manaspanda6749]

Absolutely

[@thatsbollox]

The King of Spain serving up a few pies to a legendary bat. This actually goes into the books as one of the best knocks of the 21st century. Brilliant captains innings securing a draw from a probable loss. Those first 2 shots are simply majestic. Luv the understatement from Botham for that pull shot off Flintoff "he's hit this well". Yepp.

[@kiransrihari1052]

One of the best knocks in ashes history

[@thatsbollox]

The first two shots. Gorgeous. Just put a replay of that pull shot in the textbook as a description of how to play it. Many have been brilliant at it, but i cannot recall anyone getting as close to sheer perfection of the pull shot.

[@thomaslalor6109]

2005 ashes was the greatest series I have seen

[@riddhimanmedhi99]

2005 Ashes series was the GOAT series. Just a suggestion, please include a snapshot of the match summary at the end of all videos to provide context.

[@kajalmukhopadhyay6914]

This is sublime batting, perhaps one the best innings in the history of cricket.

[@welltherocksays]

Ponting's form from 2002-2007 made sachin look like a very ordinay player.

[@introvert52]

Thats bcoz sachin was suffering from elbow injury. N greg chappel drama was going on

[@karthikbs9482]

Tbh Ponting is the real God of cricket

[@aslambhaishaikh2520]

Karthik your right bro

[@gautamravikiran5299]

@@introvert52 ponting is a very good bats no doubt ...bt yes Sachin was recovering frm tennis elbow during tht period...

[@vishalshukla7004]

@@introvert52 well it was during THIS period that he looked ordinary ... Consider Sachin's prime and Ponting's then we can talk

[@paulsoutham1719]

Legend Punter!!!

[@thatsbollox]

0:45 Look at the back foot slightly back and across. Probably the most perfect pull shot i've ever seen....and at a vital moment and a guy bowling 140kph whilst trying to save a game. Put it in the textbook. It is perfection. It was so good it deserved the 7 with the no ball. He also kept them on pace to chase down 420 for the win until very late. When 300+ it was starting to get everyone very very nervous. Sublime innings.

[@surajssubramanian7327]

A superb test match. An unbelievable test series

[@dhruvmahajan258]

One of best ashes to watch in my life 2005 is a great memory for ashes

[@shamilrasheed5071]

Best cricket series ever, they were killing each other. Flintoff bowling 150kmph bouncers to lee

[@kirankantmani1824]

england and wales cricket board uploads best cricket videos..best quality..full screen HD

[@Itteampura]

8:58 shows how much dominant ponting was 😅

[@SwarnenduSarkar-p3r]

Ricky Ponting Master Class!!!! Even in a Losing Match!!

[@zubairdar5397]

My all time favourite cricketer.... Punter.... Always delighted to watch his shots

[@RejishS]

What a fantastic player to watch... My favorite all my life... True legend u Punter 👍✌️

[@raffarmenio6933]

Warne's crucial knock for about an hour and a bit also helped by enough time and overs to save the game. Gets lost because of how great Punters knock was.

[@TashvinS]

Ricky Ponting Player of Century

[@abhijeetbhagat100]

yes !! absolutely but only for you

[@Bernie8330]

This century still has 81 years to run.

[@fairshare2099]

The great Tendulkar

[@Saurabhrkohardy]

Player of Decade from 2000 to 2010 for sure

[@vishaldora8803]

@@fairshare2099 , Tendulkar is a chutiya player who only play for his selfish records while Ponting on the other hand is a genuine match winner .

[@michaelshea5722]

One of the greatest test innings by any batter. Punter is an all-time great of the game, and one of the best to watch. Lee and McGrath did well to hold on for the draw during those last four tense overs.

[@Bald_Eagle09]

Best Captain 🧢 Best Batsman 🏏 Best fielder 🏃 Best Trophy Collector🏆 Best Game Changer🕺 Best Run Maker.🏌️ Congratulations Ricky Ponting sir for played best cricket matches and won 3 World Cup. 🎉🎉🎉

[@PhilipS5000z]

One of the most impressive parts of Ponting's game is the ability to hit a 6 with no pre-meditation of any form. It really is such a rare ability, doesn't seem to matter what point in his innings it is, if it's in a certain slot it just goes for 6 and looks like he could hit 400 of them in a row.

[@faselrafiq9806]

those pulls and straight drives wow just class

[@muhammadtalha8181]

Great captain and Great player with elegant shots, master of pull and hook shots love to see him the way he played and dominated the world of cricket with his class batting. Greatest player of the modern era a true legend the great Ricky Ponting the cricket world has ever seen.

[@thatsbollox]

He was also keeping on pace for an unlikely win chasing >400, until very late. Wonderful captains innings.

[@motivationspeechbyacharyac2243]

Best era of cricket was 2000-2010 where all legent played...

[@avijitganguly675]

Extraordinary innings.... really great

[@yogeshshah8677]

Ricky Ponting One of the greatest Batsman in history of cricket he is that top in my list of legendary cricketers

[@piyushuparate]

Boy , this batsman was a beast . He looked determined. This is what spectators miss . No modern batsman can play these kinda knocks anymore, just not motivated enough . Ofcourse, love seeing the poms miserable on the cricket field 😂. Cricket never got better than this. Test cricket always will have a special place in my soul .

[@souravverma4122]

What a player he loves dominating Indian bowlers in his career

[@akshays8781]

This innings was speechless. No words. "better than Ben stokes innings" of ashes 2019 3rd test

[@azakive]

if u don't have words, don't comment. thanks.

[@bus5683]

Pumudu Madde you’re a tosser

[@azakive]

toss my salad?

[@Ajay-bw2ym]

How you can say

[@bus5683]

AJaY SiNgH it’s hardly an offensive word so jog on

[@KarthikVijapurapu]

Ponting played this innings when their backs were against the wall. Ideal conditions for his style of play. Boy, those pull shots were guillotines falling unerringly.

[@Dyers88]

when you absolutely, positively gotta watch the greatest pull shot, accept no substitute it was amazing people even bothered bowling short to him...oh yeah, cause his drive was pretty good too...

[@prabalpandey9776]

The Best Man to hit pull shots..

[@Thacarshee]

Miss this type of cricket

[@onedirectiondirection9431]

Pointing one of the very best of any generation

[@a-vlogs7391]

Best puller in the history of the game. One of the sharpest fielder as well !!

[@surajssubramanian7327]

Ricky ponting's best innings

[@Bernie8330]

He played many great innings, but for some reason this is my favourite innings of his.

[@gonzoproductions_o0]

I love the englend cricket channel they are always non-bias

[@RakibBadhon]

Legendary batting

[@harishmani2517]

Pointing..... the legend

[@Bernie8330]

This was the equal of any back to the wall match saving ton that Allan Border ever played, and boy oh boy is that saying something.

[@tahmidchowdhury]

Never see this kind of match saving innings from sachin. 2005 Ashes series was the best series I've watch till now. It had all the things with it. Thanks for uploading.

[@kunalrathod2262]

Tahmid Chowdhury lol! Seriously? Same ground, Old Trafford in 1991. He scored 119 something and saved the match for India. KZbin it. P.S. He scored at the age of 17 by the way. 😂😂😂😋. #respectsachin

[@kunalrathod2262]

And i know you will say that was a weak england attack. So, let me give another example. 111 vs South Africa in South Africa and Donald and co.

[@kunalrathod2262]

Now you will say the wickets in South Africa were flat. So, let me give another example. 116 vs Australia in Perth in 1992. The list goes on... 😎.

[@tahmidchowdhury]

Kunal Rathod hey last two centuries you mention wasnt match saving. Both were in first innings. And old trafford 1991 was the first century tendulkar have. Havent seen any of his centuries come in fourth innings in modern days and under immense pressure like ponting did in this video.

[@kunalrathod2262]

Tahmid Chowdhury What about Mohali then? Just after the mumbai attacks? Who can forget that? It was not match saving, it was match winning. 😎

[@robbo03]

Lowkey the greatest batsman of all time

[@jaymashinandamusicuttarakh5208]

Australian Legend

[@manaspanda6749]

Yes

[@saicharan3731]

The best test series of all time. Period. This ashes series would be viewed for as long as humanity survives

[@spateri728]

I miss cricket...bring it back!

[@jaymashinandamusicuttarakh5208]

Ponting is not Australian Kohli . Kohli is Indian Ponting.

[@rajendranjagadeswaran3100]

Kumud pathak 90 Kohli is more aggressive but not a cheater like ponting

[@nagendrarao7642]

good one....

[@soumyadipbiswas8218]

@@rajendranjagadeswaran3100 yeah but most of his aggression are fake show offs

[@hassankhankhan1902]

No match both are are legnds but playing hook shot is the most difficult shot in my view in cricket ponting is far better than kohli cus he plays the hook shot superbly.ponting straight drive and kohli cover drive are awosome

[@hassankhankhan1902]

Also ponting is the most successful captain alsoo

[@moharaz007]

Love u Ricky 😘♥️

[@munmunmandal625]

Ricky Ponting is a good player

[@RaffArmenio]

Warne's innings was just as crucial as it took time and overs out of the match for England to take 10 wickets. By the time he was dismissed there was less than 10 overs to go. Even when Punter got out there was 4 overs left. Brett Lee was more than good enough to deal with the majority of balls left which is what happened. Punter and Warne saved Australia here.

[@sandeepsasi7823]

one of the best ashes series ever

[@uthayamc6104]

Happy birthday punter 🔥

[@RBenjo21]

I mean, Robelinda's already uploaded this, but....

[@mikespearwood3914]

Robelinda gets in trouble for his uploads a lot apparently.

[@ketansalvi3522]

Rhys Benjamin

[@stuartcarter6001]

What hasn't Robelinda uploaded

[@pranabjanuary17]

Those were the days almost all team had star legendary players

[@Ajay-xb8ti]

Superb player

[@amrendrasingh3820]

This was the era of cricket where every cricketing nation, equally competent, locked horns and of all the bulls, the victor was truly recognised and admired of its might. Because this was an era where no team could be said vulnerable or marginalised. Be it AUS, IND, RSA, SL, PAK, etc. and even BAN.

[@biplabghosh7238]

Ponting the godfather of on side

[@jessesands4099]

Another Magnificent Test Century By Ricky Ponting A Match Saving Innings Of 156!😀👨1️⃣5️⃣6️⃣🏏🏟️🇦🇺

[@darthpunk5455]

I can't get over the English crowd applauding.

[@pravneron2175]

Legend 💛

[@tahseendar1917]

I'm addicted to his batting

[@50yearsago88]

Warne & his Batting Amazes people everytime😂👍🗡️