Australia national cricket team

For the women's team, see Australia women's national cricket team.

Australia
Australian cricket coat of arms
Nickname(s)Baggy Greens, Aussies (Unofficial)
AssociationCricket Australia
Personnel
CaptainPat Cummins (Test & ODI)
Mitch Marsh (T20I)
CoachAndrew McDonald
History
Test status acquired1877
Hong Kong Sixes wins1
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull Member (1909)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
Test 1st 1st (1 January 1952)
ODI 2nd 1st (1 January 1990)
T20I 2nd 1st (1 May 2020)[1]
Tests
First Testv.  England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877
Last Testv.  New Zealand at Hagley Oval, Christchurch; 8–11 March 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 866 414/232
(218 draws, 2 ties)
This year[4] 5 4/1
(0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best result Champions (2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv.  England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 5 January 1971
Last ODIv.  Pakistan at Perth Stadium, Perth; 10 November 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 1,008 613/352
(9 ties, 34 no results)
This year[6] 11 7/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances13 (first in 1975)
Best result Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2023)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005
Last T20Iv.  Pakistan at Bellerive Oval, Hobart; 18 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[7] 203 112/84
(3 ties, 4 no results)
This year[8] 21 17/4
(0 tie, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances8 (first in 2007)
Best result Champions (2021)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 18 November 2024

The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. Along with England, it is joint the oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877;[9] the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season[10] and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,[11] winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League. Australia are the current ICC World Test Championship and ICC Cricket World Cup champions. They are regarded as the most successful cricket team in the history of cricket.

The national team has played 866 Test matches, winning 414, losing 232, 218 drawn and with 2 tied.[12] As of May 2022, Australia is ranked first in the ICC Test Championship on 128 rating points.[13] Australia is the most successful team in Test cricket history, in terms of overall wins, win–loss ratio, and wins percentage. Australia have won the ICC World Test Championship once, defeating India in 2023.

Test rivalries centre on The Ashes (with England), the Border–Gavaskar Trophy (with India), the Frank Worrell Trophy (with the West Indies), the Trans-Tasman Trophy (with New Zealand), and matches against South Africa.

The team has played 1,008 ODI matches, winning 613, losing 352, tying 9 and with 34 ending in a no-result.[14] As of May 2022, Australia is ranked third in the ICC ODI Championship on 107 rating points,[15] though have been ranked first for 141 of 185 months since its introduction in 2002. Australia is one of the most successful teams in ODI cricket history, winning more than 60 per cent of their matches,[14] with a record eight World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023) and have won the World Cup a record six times: 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023. Australia is the first (and only) team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007), surpassing the old record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by the West Indies (1975, 1979, and 1983) and the first and only team to win 3 consecutive World Cups (1999, 2003, and 2007). The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets in the Group stage.[16] Australia is also the second team to win a World Cup (2015) on home soil, after India (2011). Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice (2006 and 2009) making them the first and the only team to be back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments.

The national team has played 203 Twenty20 International matches, winning 112, losing 84, tying 3, and with 4 ending in a no-result.[17] As of May 2022, Australia is ranked fifth in the ICC T20I Championship on 251 rating points.[18] Australia have won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup once, defeating New Zealand in the 2021 Final.

On 12 January 2019, Australia won an ODI against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground by 34 runs, to record their 1,000th win in international cricket.[19]

Australia are the reigning World Test Champions and World Cup Champions, winning both titles in 2023, the former against India at The Oval in London and the latter at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, also against India.

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