Top 5 players with most international runs in cricket across all formats

#3. Ricky Ponting (Australia) (27483 Runs)

Ponting is also a world cup winning captain.

Ricky Ponting is one of the most formidable 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 27483 international runs in 560 matches and 668 innings. While doing so, he has had a career average of 45.95 and strike rate of 68.48.