Ponting overtakes Ganguly in number of sixes record record

Basseterre, St Kitts, Mar 15 (UNI) Australia captain Ricky Ponting 91-ball 113 against Scotland saw him break one record, equal three milestones and catapult him as the second most prolific run-getter in World Cup history.

Ponting has now totalled 1111 runs from 29 matches to race past four legends -- Mark Waugh (1004), Viv Richards (1013), Aravinda de Silva (1064) and Javed Miandad (1083) -- in the number or runs scored in the quadrennial extravaganza.

He is still far behind Tendulkar's 1732 from 33 matches in the most run chart.

Ponting's five sixes in the record-equalling fourth hundred took him to 24 sixes overall at the World Cup, one ahead of Sourav Ganguly's 23, while his third hundred as captain drew him level with the former Indian skipper.

Mark waugh, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly also have four centuries each in their names.

The Aussie pocket dynamo also became the fourth player in World Cup history to score centuries in consecutive innings. Rahul Dravid (104 v Kenya; 145 v Sri Lanka in 1999), Saeed Anwar (103 v Zimbabwe; 113 v New Zealand in 1999) and Mark (130 v Kenya; 126 v India in 1996) have achieved the feat earlier.

Ponting hit an extraordinary unbeaten 140, studded with eight sixes, in 2003 final against India in South Africa before yesterday's 113.

Ponting's milestones: 1. 24 sixes to Sourav Ganguly's 23 2. 1111 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar's 1732 3. Four centuries equalling Mark Waugh, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar 4. Three centuries as captain equalling Sourav Ganguly 5. Two successive centuries joining Mark Waugh, Saeed Anwar and Rahul Dravid UNI XC PDS YA DB1821