This document discusses leadership roles in cricket teams and focuses on Ricky Ponting's leadership as captain of the Australian cricket team. It outlines that there are informal and formal leadership roles in cricket teams, with informal roles emerging from player interactions and formal roles like coaches and captains being assigned. It then profiles Ricky Ponting's career as Australian captain from 2002-2011, during which he led the team to consecutive World Cup victories in 2003 and 2007. Ponting was a driven leader who led by example and motivated his team to success, though he was sometimes criticized for a lack of imagination in his captaincy style.