Top 5 ODI batsmen with most runs in winning causes

#2 Ricky Ponting - 10726 runs

Punter has more ODI runs in a winning cause than any Australian batsman

One of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game, Ricky Ponting scored 13704 runs throughout his ODI career. Out of those, Punter scored 10726 (78.27%) from 254 innings in a winning cause, averaging 49.20.

The greatest skipper of all-time holds the record for the most number of runs scored by an ODI batsman in any position in a winning cause, having scored 10051 runs at No.3.

Ponting was the nucleus of Australian batting throughout most of his career and many of his finest ODI knocks resulted in an Aussie win. 25 out of Punter’s 30 ODI hundreds came in a winning cause. Unfortunately, Ponting’s highest ODI score isn’t one of them.

The Aussie’s highest score in a winning cause is 145 against Zimbabwe at Delhi in 1998. In ICC ODI tournaments, 4 of Ponting’s 6 centuries came in a winning cause. This included his massive 140 against India in the 2003 World Cup final at Johannesburg.