1996 World Cup
Ricky Ponting made his debut on the larger cricketing stage at the 1996 World Cup in Sri Lanka where he batted at first drop in a rare showing of faith for a player so young.
He scored six in Australia’s opening match victory over Kenya before continuing to be inconsistent with scores of 12 and 33 against India and Zimbabwe, before becoming the youngest batsman to score a World Cup century, when he scored 102 runs from 112 balls against the West Indies.
Australia scraped through to the final where they played the host side, with Ponting making 45 as he finished the tournament with 229 runs at 32.71.
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