| International Debut | | Test | 26 December 1999 vs India at Melbourne |
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| ODI | 9 January 2000 vs Pakistan at Brisbane |
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| T20 | 17 February 2005 vs New Zealand at Auckland |
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| International Retirement | 12 July 2012 |
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| Last Match | | Test | 26 December 2008 vs South Africa at Melbourne |
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| ODI | 7 July 2012 vs England at Chester-le-Street |
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| T20 | 30 March 2012 vs West Indies at Bridgetown |
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| Jersey Number | - #58 (Australia)
- #58 (IPL, County Cricket)
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| Domestic/State Team | - Australia Champions
- Manipal Tigers
- World Giants
- Australia Legends
- Ponting XI
- Virgo Super Kings
- Sydney Thunder
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Sydney Sixers
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- New South Wales
- Punjab Kings
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| Coach/Mentor | - Rod Marsh
- Dennis Lillee
- Graham Creighton
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| Batting Style | Right Handed Bat |
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| Bowling Style | Right-arm fast |
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| Favourite Ball | In-swing yorker and slow-bouncer |
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| Records (main ones) | - First player in Twenty20 International cricket to take a hat-trick
- Second fastest Australian ODI player to take 100 wickets (after Mitchell Starc)
- First bowler ever to take more than one 5-wicket haul at Lord’s
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| Awards | - 2009 - Champions League Twenty20 Player of the Series
- 2008 - Allan Border Medal, Australian Test Player of the Year, McGilvray Medal
- 2007-08 - Border-Gavaskar Trophy Player of the Series
- 2007 - Warne-Muralitharan Trophy Player of the Series
- 2006-07 - DLF Cup Player of the Tournament
- 2006 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year
- 2004-05 - VB Series Player of the Series
- 2002-03 - VB Series Player of the Series
- 1999-2000 - Wisden Young Cricketer of the Year
- 2000 - Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year
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