Top 5 Australian batsmen with the most ODI runs vs England

1. Ricky Ponting

Without doubt, Ricky Ponting will go down as the greatest willow wielder for Australia in the ODI format of the game. In a career that spanned 17 years, the batting maestro scored 13,704 runs, including 30 centuries and 82 half centuries. In fact, Ponting is the only Australian batsman to have crossed the 10,000-run-mark in ODI cricket.

Against England, Ponting featured in 38 innings and scored 1,598 runs at an average of 48.42. The batting icon also scored 5 hundreds and 8 fifties against the England bowling attack. Ponting’s best performance against England came in the year 2009 at Trent Bridge. With Australia chasing a target of 300 for victory, Ponting scored a belligerent 126, and acted as the fulcrum of the Aussie batting lineup. His stunning knock enabled Australia to beat England by 4 wickets.

Ponting walked away from ODI cricket in the year 2012. Even though he was not at his best in the last stages of his career, Ponting will always be remembered for the grace and panache with which he played the game.

Note: All stats have been taken from Howstat cricket and Cricinfo and have been updated as on 3rd September 2020