Top 5 Players with most centuries in cricket

Ponting has the second highest number of centuries in world cricket.

#3 Ricky Ponting (71 centuries) (Australia)

Ricky Ponting is one of the most dangerous batsmen to have played the game. The world cup winning captain is also as per statistics the best captain in cricket till date. Ponting was the captain of a very strong Australian side that went on to dominate cricket for quite some time. It remains one of the strongest and feared teams in cricketing history.

Ponting who was born in 1974 started his career with Australia in 1995 (the same time as Kallis did with South Africa). He retired in 2012 having played for 17 years.

Stats: Ponting has scored 71 international centuries in 560 matches and 668 innings. He has also scored 146 half centuries with a career-best score of 257.