Ponting and Clarke break records.

Let's take a look at some stats and records from this massive partnership currently going between Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting.

Clarke is currently on 163* his highest test score. His previous best was 151 he scored on debut. I beleieve this is the longest a proper batsmen has taken to better their debut score.


Clarke's average is up to 50.80, the highest it has been since his 7th match.


Ponting's highest score on his home gorund.


The partnership is now the highest of all time for Australia v Pakistan

Currently 7th highest Australian partnership of all time.


Highest 4th wicket partnership for Australia in Australia.

46 runs away from Australia's highest ever 4th wicket partship which is 388 set by Ponsford and Bradman in 1934

The Partnership ended up the 6th highest Australian partnership of all time.


Ponting has scored the first ever double century at Bellrieve and now joins an exclusive club of batsmen who have scored 5 double centuries.
Stats and records will be updated throughout the partnership.

Ponting and Clarke score centuries. Strauss gone first ball against SA.

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke have both scored centuries to leave Australia in a commanding position at stumps on day 1 of the 3rd test dead rubber against Pakistan. Ponting and Clarke came together with Australian in a little bit of trouble at 3/71 before a 231 run unbeaten partnership took them to 3/302 at stumps. This partnership is the highest ever 4th wicket partnership at Bellrieve and the highest of all time for any wicket. Ponting scored his 39th test century and was 137 not out at stumps. While Clarke's unbeaten 111 has seen his career average rise above 50 again.


In the series deciding match at Johannesburg England won the toss and chose to bat but were reeling at 2/7 after just 2 overs. Strauss became the first Englishman since 1936 to be out first ball of a test match. It could have been worse for the visitors with Cook being dropped by Amla in the 5th over.

Marus North's catching stats compared to Aussie fielders.

There is a debate curently taking place on Twitter about Marus North and whether he deserves his place in the Australian side. Most people are saying he can't catch after dropping a pretty easy catch in Pakistan's first innings. I thought I would take a look at his stats compared to other players.

Player	Innings	Catches	CPI
North	22	8	0.363
M. Waugh	245	181	0.738
Warne	281	125	0.444
Ponting	275	162	0.589
Clarke	111	52	0.468

Post a comment if you would like to see any other players added to the table.

Australia fined for slow over rate

Michael Clarke may have escaped with his unbeaten captaincy record intact following Australia's last-gasp victory in the fourth ODI on Friday while he was deputising for the injured Ricky Ponting, but he couldn't avoid a fine for a slow over-rate.

He lost ten per cent of his match fee in his first ODI as captain, the third time he has skippered Australia having led them in two Twenty20s. His team-mates were each docked five per cent after Australia were ruled to be one over short of their target when time allowances were taken into consideration.

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