Personnel | |||||||||||||
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Test captain | Pat Cummins | ||||||||||||
One Day captain | Pat Cummins | ||||||||||||
T20I captain | Mitch Marsh | ||||||||||||
Coach | Andrew McDonald | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Test status acquired | 1877 | ||||||||||||
International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
ICC status | Full Member (1909) | ||||||||||||
ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | ||||||||||||
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Tests | |||||||||||||
First Test | v. England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877 | ||||||||||||
Last Test | v. India at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; 3–5 January 2025 | ||||||||||||
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World Test Championship appearances | 3 (first in 2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (2021–2023) | ||||||||||||
One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
First ODI | v. England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 5 January 1971 | ||||||||||||
Last ODI | v. Pakistan at Perth Stadium, Perth; 10 November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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World Cup appearances | 13 (first in 1975) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2023) | ||||||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
First T20I | v. New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005 | ||||||||||||
Last T20I | v. Pakistan at Bellerive Oval, Hobart; 18 November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (2021) | ||||||||||||
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As of 5 January 2025 |
The Australia national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. Along with England, it is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing and winning 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 national team in the history of cricket.[12][13]
The national team has played 871 Test matches, winning 417, losing 233, 219 drawn and with 2 tied[14] As of January 2025[update], Australia is first in the ICC Test Rankings.[15] 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 the final of the 2021–2023 World Test Championship.
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.[16] As of January 2025[update], Australia is ranked second in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings.[17] Australia is one of the most successful teams in ODI cricket history, winning more than 60 per cent of their matches,[16] 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.[18] 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.
Australia has played 203 Twenty20 International matches, winning 112, losing 84, tying 3, and with 4 ending in a no-result.[19] As of January 2025[update], Australia is ranked second in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[20] 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.[21]
Australia are the reigning World Test Champions and World Cup Champions, winning both titles in 2023 against India, the former at The Oval in London and the latter at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.