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 from other major players in The Game today including senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who Placed sixth in the list.
Sitting on the top of Australia to search for more than 60 points, 23 more than the Protea second place all-rounder Jacques Kallis (37), which was followed by Ponting `s compatriot Adam Gilchrist (29).
During the last decade, Ponting scored more runs and centuries in both forms of game than any other hitter and is the only player to go beyond the 9000-mark in both.
The 35-year-old right handed batsman scored 55 centuries in international cricket during the period of 13 clear of Tendulkar, and was one of only three batters in an average of over 58 in tests, a press release said.
Kallis and South Africa `s` s Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan are the other two.
The leading cricket website `s jury that selected Ponting asked to choose their top three cricketers of the 2000s.
Each issue, to vote for all three points, to number two votes, two points and a three-vote one and Ponting scored 60 points, ahead of Kallis who finished second with 37 points, the statement said.
Happy to win the prize, three-time world champion batsman said he was proud that his career was more about his longevity.
Ponting beat back the challenge from other major players in The Game today including senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who Placed sixth in the list.
Sitting on the top of Australia to search for more than 60 points, 23 more than the Protea second place all-rounder Jacques Kallis (37), which was followed by Ponting `s compatriot Adam Gilchrist (29).
During the last decade, Ponting scored more runs and centuries in both forms of game than any other hitter and is the only player to go beyond the 9000-mark in both.
The 35-year-old right handed batsman scored 55 centuries in international cricket during the period of 13 clear of Tendulkar, and was one of only three batters in an average of over 58 in tests, a press release said.
Kallis and South Africa `s` s Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan are the other two.
The leading cricket website `s jury that selected Ponting asked to choose their top three cricketers of the 2000s.
Each issue, to vote for all three points, to number two votes, two points and a three-vote one and Ponting scored 60 points, ahead of Kallis who finished second with 37 points, the statement said.
Happy to win the prize, three-time world champion batsman said he was proud that his career was more about his longevity.
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