Here is a look at Ricky Ponting's life and career after he conceded one-day international cricket career was all but over.

1974: Born December 19 in Launceston, Tasmania.

1986: At the age of 12 he signs a bat contract with Kookaburra.

1992: Scores 56 against South Australia in his first-class debut for Tasmania, aged 17.

1995: February - Makes one-day international debut for Australia against South Africa aged 20, but is bowled by Eric Simons for one.

December - Makes Test debut against Sri Lanka, scoring 96.

1996: January - Makes his first ODI century with 123 against Sri Lanka.

March - At 21, becomes youngest batsman to score a World Cup century with 102 against the West Indies.

1997: Records his first Test century with 127 against England at Headingley in his first Ashes innings. However, he was in and out of the Test team for the next two years.

1999: A fight outside a pub in Kings Cross, New South Wales earns him a suspension, but later in the year a century against the West Indies sees him cement his place.

2002: When Steve Waugh is dropped, Ponting vaults over vice-captain Adam Gilchrist to become Australia's ODI captain. He leads the side to victory in his first match in charge against South Africa in Johannesburg.

2003: Leads the team undefeated through the 2003 World Cup for their third title, and makes an unbeaten 140 in the final.

In Test action, he scores back-to-back double centuries against India (242 at Adelaide, 257 at Melbourne) which, added to a 206 at Port of Spain against the West Indies earlier in year, make him only second man to have three in one calendar year.

2004: Steve Waugh's retirement opens the door for Ponting to assume the Test captaincy, and he wins his debut match against Sri Lanka in Galle in March.

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2005: September - Becomes first Australia captain since Allan Border to experience Ashes defeat as England win a thrilling series 2-1.

Ponting scores 1,544 runs in the calendar year, an Australian record.

2006: January - Becomes the only player to mark his 100th Test with a century in each innings, scoring 120 and 143no against South Africa in Sydney.

March - Scores 164 from only 105 balls in the fifth ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg, but sees the Proteas make 438 for nine in reply to Australia's 434 for four.

November - Sets tone for the 2006-07 Ashes series with an innings of 196 at Brisbane.

England make 551 for six in the second Test but Ponting leads the reply with a 142 and Australia go on to win the match - on their way to a 5-0 series whitewash. The two centuries see Ponting pass Waugh's record of 32 Test tons for Australia.

2007: April - In a World Cup match against South Africa in St Kitts, Ponting passes the 10,000-run mark in ODIs, the first Australian to reach the mark and seventh man in the world. Australia win the World Cup undefeated.

2008: January - Victory in the second Test against India makes it 16 in a row for Ponting's Australia, tying a record. India win the next Test in Perth to end the run.

May - Scores his 10,000th Test run against the West Indies in Antigua. Border and Steve Waugh are the only other Australians to reach the mark.

2009: August - Having scored 150 in the first Test in Cardiff, Ponting's team lose another Ashes series in England as a win at The Oval gives the home side a 2-1 win. During the series he becomes the fourth man to pass 11,000 Test runs.

September - Retires from Twenty20 internationals.

October - Australia win the ICC Champions Trophy with Ponting the tournament's leading run-scorer. He becomes the third man to pass 12,000 ODI runs.

2010: January - Named by an elite panel as the world player of the decade.

July - Becomes the second man to pass 12,000 Test runs.

December - Ashes series sees Ponting lose the urn to England for a third time, this time in front of Australian crowds. He struggles for runs as England win the series 3-1.

2011: February/March - After missing a 6-1 one-day series win over England through injury, Ponting returns to lead Australia in the World Cup but his century is not enough to stop them losing to India in the quarter-finals.

March 29 - Resigns as captain of Australia but says he wants to play on for the team.

2012: January - Scores 134 and 221 against India in a return to form, passing 13,000 Test runs in the process.

February 17 - Captains the one-day side against Sri Lanka in the absence of Michael Clarke.

February 20 - Dropped from the one-day side for the matches against Sri Lanka and India.

February 21 - Announces his retirement from one-day internationals, but vows to play on in Test cricket.

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