Top 10 cricketers and their iconic statues
Dennis Lillee, Richie Benuad, and Sir Donald Bradman are some illustrious names that are celebrated through statues.
3. Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is the most successful captain to serve Australia in the history of their ODI cricket. As a one-day captain, he led Australia in 230 matches and won 165 with an unprecedented victory percentage of 71.73. It was under his fearless captaincy that Australia won two World Cup trophies (2003 and 2007) without losing any game in both editions.
Discussing his batting numbers, the former Aussie captain is the third-most successful batter in ODIs. He appeared in 375 matches and chalked up 13704 runs with 30 centuries and 82 fifties. While in red-ball cricket, he is the second-highest run-getter with 13378 runs with 41 centuries in 168 Tests.
Ponting is undoubtedly a massive figure in Australian cricket and in December 2015, he got immortalised in the form of a statue at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. Ponting himself launched the statue ahead of the first Test between West Indies and Australia in Hobart in 2015.
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