Despite missing several of its leading players through injury,
Ponting says it rates as one of his side's biggest achievements.
"I put this up there with World Cup wins and Champions Trophy wins, considering the adversity we faced early in the tour," he said.
"I think even through the year we've used about 34 or 35 players in our one-day team and that's three teams as we know, so we've had a fair bit of turnaround.
"To reinforce our standing as the number one team in the world in one-day cricket is a great achievement by a relatively young bunch of players."
Ponting says his players need to recharge ahead of another busy summer.
"It's getting increasingly difficult, there's no doubt about that," he said.
"Especially when you consider some of the guys that are arriving home have been on the road for six months non-stop and played a lot of cricket.
"So it's something that we're going to have to continue to address and continue to look at."
Ponting arrived in Melbourne overnight and will today watch Tiger Woods contest day two of the Australian Masters at Huntingdale
Source:- http://www.abc.net.au.
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