Vinay Kumar celebrates taking the wicket of Australia's Ricky Ponting in Adelaide, on Sunday. (Reuters)
* Born: Dec 19, 1974 at Launceton, Tasmania
* Matches: 375 (winning 165 of 230 as captain)
* Debut: Against
South Africa at Wellington on Feb. 15, 1995
* Total runs in ODIs: 13,704
* Second highest scorer behind India's Sachin Tendulkar
* Centuries: 30
* Second highest number of centuries behind Tendulkar
* Batting average: 42.03
* Highest score: 164
* Wickets: 3
* Won three 50-over World Cups as a player: 1999, 2003, 2007
* Led Australia in the last two World Cup victories.