Australia national cricket team

The Australia men's national cricket team represents <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a> in <a href="/facts/International_cricket/IavvkTba">international cricket</a>. Along with <a href="/facts/England_cricket_team/NaPsyaFD">England</a>, it is the joint oldest team in <a href="/facts/Test_cricket/m6LrScYJ">Test cricket</a> history, playing and winning the <a href="/facts/History_of_Test_cricket_from_1877_to_1883/CbsMMdLu">first ever Test match</a> in 1877; the team also plays <a href="/facts/One-Day_International/EBq50MAd">One-Day International</a> and <a href="/facts/Twenty20_International/5aBmUSsU">Twenty20 International</a> cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against <a href="/facts/England_cricket_team/NaPsyaFD">England</a> in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against <a href="/facts/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team/tTvc2N2k">New Zealand</a> in the 2004–05 season, winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the <a href="/facts/Sheffield_Shield/X1op6oW4">Sheffield Shield</a>, the <a href="/facts/Australian_domestic_limited-overs_cricket_tournament/amzsX53u">Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament</a> and the <a href="/facts/Big_Bash_League/QUqDvFr7">Big Bash League</a>. Australia are the current <a href="/facts/ICC_World_Test_Championship/gDtT0cFI">ICC World Test Championship</a> and <a href="/facts/Cricket_World_Cup/jxtMEtoQ">ICC Cricket World Cup</a> champions. They are regarded as the most successful national team in the history of cricket.
The national team has played 873 Test matches, winning 419, losing 233, 219 drawn and with 2 tied As of January 2025, Australia is first in the <a href="/facts/ICC_Men%2527s_Test_Team_Rankings/hnB7X6w3">ICC Test Rankings</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/ICC_World_Test_Championship/gDtT0cFI">ICC World Test Championship</a> once, defeating <a href="/facts/India_national_cricket_team/m3wL0Y1x">India</a> in the final of the <a href="/facts/2021%25E2%2580%25932023_ICC_World_Test_Championship/2dfas3Lp">2021–2023 World Test Championship</a>.
Test rivalries centre on <a href="/facts/The_Ashes/CXKMlP4J">The Ashes</a> (with <a href="/facts/England_cricket_team/NaPsyaFD">England</a>), the <a href="/facts/Border%25E2%2580%2593Gavaskar_Trophy/pTFJBSkg">Border–Gavaskar Trophy</a> (with <a href="/facts/India_national_cricket_team/m3wL0Y1x">India</a>), the <a href="/facts/Frank_Worrell_Trophy/9XfpjuG8">Frank Worrell Trophy</a> (with the <a href="/facts/West_Indies_cricket_team/cAg3txg4">West Indies</a>), the <a href="/facts/Trans-Tasman_Trophy/j7nIEz9C">Trans-Tasman Trophy</a> (with <a href="/facts/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team/tTvc2N2k">New Zealand</a>), and matches against <a href="/facts/South_African_cricket_team/V0M79Mrp">South Africa</a>.
The team has played 1,013 ODI matches, winning 614, losing 355, <a href="/facts/List_of_tied_One_Day_Internationals/mQrrUfRb">tying</a> 9 and with 35 ending in a <a href="/facts/No-result/RVq5zqw5">no-result</a>. As of January 2025, Australia is ranked second in the <a href="/facts/ICC_Men%2527s_ODI_Team_Rankings/a246fWtP">ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings</a>. Australia is one of the most successful teams in ODI cricket history, winning more than 60 per cent of their matches, with a record eight <a href="/facts/Cricket_World_Cup/jxtMEtoQ">World Cup</a> final appearances (<a href="/facts/1975_Cricket_World_Cup/NMBkPBMA">1975</a>, <a href="/facts/1987_Cricket_World_Cup/w9fMLE95">1987</a>, <a href="/facts/1996_Cricket_World_Cup/3mvLMQLB">1996</a>, <a href="/facts/1999_Cricket_World_Cup/AqLIEbqe">1999</a>, <a href="/facts/2003_Cricket_World_Cup/h7gJJyRb">2003</a>, <a href="/facts/2007_Cricket_World_Cup/bay410e3">2007</a>, <a href="/facts/2015_Cricket_World_Cup/uCA2FIRv">2015</a>, and <a href="/facts/2023_Cricket_World_Cup/HFf7MUfp">2023</a>) 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 <a href="/facts/West_Indies_cricket_team/cAg3txg4">West Indies</a> (1975, <a href="/facts/1979_Cricket_World_Cup/UVlG3mpb">1979</a>, and <a href="/facts/1983_Cricket_World_Cup/TwC1xbnW">1983</a>) 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 <a href="/facts/Pakistan_national_cricket_team/SPXcV53c">Pakistan</a> beat them by 4 wickets in the Group stage. Australia is also the second team to win a World Cup (2015) on home soil, after <a href="/facts/India_national_cricket_team/m3wL0Y1x">India</a> (<a href="/facts/2011_Cricket_World_Cup/jsDP7lNd">2011</a>). Australia have also won the <a href="/facts/ICC_Champions_Trophy/ToVY8njH">ICC Champions Trophy</a> twice (<a href="/facts/2006_ICC_Champions_Trophy/Mmctfkgk">2006</a> and <a href="/facts/2009_ICC_Champions_Trophy/tTCgRFVJ">2009</a>) making them the first and the only team to be back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments.
Australia has played 203 Twenty20 International matches, winning 112, losing 84, <a href="/facts/List_of_tied_Twenty20_Internationals/IzfLwpLy">tying</a> 3, and with 4 ending in a <a href="/facts/No-result/RVq5zqw5">no-result</a>. As of January 2025, Australia is ranked second in the <a href="/facts/ICC_Men%2527s_T20I_Team_Rankings/rgAtfUcF">ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings</a>. Australia have won the <a href="/facts/ICC_Men%2527s_T20_World_Cup/I5J2Q7j2">ICC Men's T20 World Cup</a> once, defeating <a href="/facts/New_Zealand_cricket_team/tTvc2N2k">New Zealand</a> in the <a href="/facts/2021_ICC_Men%2527s_T20_World_Cup_final/afvd5yBK">2021 Final</a>.
On 12 January 2019, Australia won an ODI <a href="/facts/Indian_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2018%25E2%2580%259319/ljJhvF4f">against India</a> at the <a href="/facts/Sydney_Cricket_Ground/FS23Am75">Sydney Cricket Ground</a> by 34 runs, to record their 1,000th win in international cricket.
Australia are the reigning <a href="/facts/ICC_World_Test_Championship/gDtT0cFI">World Test Champions</a> and <a href="/facts/Cricket_World_Cup/jxtMEtoQ">World Cup Champions</a>, winning both titles in 2023 against India, the former <a href="/facts/2023_ICC_World_Test_Championship_final/B6l9Pz1I">at The Oval in London</a> and the latter <a href="/facts/2023_Cricket_World_Cup_final/neQYw7qU">at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad</a>.

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