The Australian cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history and has a tremendous record in one-dayers, having won more than 60% of the matches they have played. They have won the ODI World Cup five times and the T20 World Cup once. The Australian team is part of several major rivalries in cricket, the biggest of them being The Ashes with England.
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM
| FULL NAME | Australian National Cricket Team |
| NICKNAME | The Baggy Greens, Kangaroos |
| FOUNDED | 1877 |
| TEAM OWNED BY | Cricket Australia (CA) |
| MAIN PLAYERS | Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head |
| Australia Cricket Team Facebook | @AustralianCricketTeam |
| Australia Cricket Team Twitter | @cricketaus |
| Australia Cricket Team Instagram | @cricketaustralia |
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AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ODI SQUAD
| PLAYER NAME | ROLE | STYLE | JERSEY NUMBER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Cummins (Captain) | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand Bowling: Right-arm Fast | 30 |
| Alex Carey | Batter | Batting: Left-hand Bat | 4 |
| Travis Head | Wicketkeeper | Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Offbreak | 62 |
| Cameron Green | Allrounder | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Right-arm Fast medium | 42 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | Allrounder | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Legbreak | 33 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Allrounder | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Medium | 8 |
| Steven Smith | Batter | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Legbreak Googly | 49 |
| Mitchell Starc | Bowler | Batting: Left-hand Bat Bowling: Left arm Fast | 56 |
| Marcus Stoinis | Allrounder | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Medium | 17 |
| Adam Zampa | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Legbreak Googly | 88 |
| Sean Abbott | Batter | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm Fast medium | 77 |
| Josh Inglis | Batter | Batting: Right hand Bat | 95 |
| Matthew Short | Batter | Batting: Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Offbreak | 5 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Allrounder | Batting: Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Offbreak | 32 |
| Nathan Ellis | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm Fast medium | 12 |
| Josh Hazlewood | Bowler | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Fast medium | 38 |
| Tanveer Sangha | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Legbreak Googly | 26 |
| Spencer Johnson | Bowler | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Left arm Fast medium | 45 |
| Lance Morris | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm Fast | 28 |
| Aaron Hardie | Allrounder | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm Fast medium | 20 |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Batter | Batting: Right-hand Bat Bowling: Legbreak Googly | 23 |
| Cooper Connolly | Batting Allrounder | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox | 9 |
| Ben Dwarshuis | Bowler | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Left arm Fast medium | 82 |
| Mitchell Owen | Batter | Batting: Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Medium | 16 |
ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM
Test & ODI Captain – Pat Cummins
T20I Captain – Mitchell Marsh
Head Coach – Andrew McDonald
Batting Coach – Michael Di Venuto
Assistant Coaches – Andre Borovec, Daniel Vettori
Physiotherapist – Nick Jones
Psychologist – Mary Spillane
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Along with the England cricket team, the Australian team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history. It featured in the first-ever Test match in 1877. The Aussies also have the distinction of participating in the first-ever one-day international (ODI) against England in 1970/71 and the inaugural T20I against New Zealand in 2004/05.
The Australian team is part of several major rivalries in cricket, the biggest of them, of course, being The Ashes with England. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy rivalry with India has grown in stature over the years. Australia also take on New Zealand in the Trans-Tasman Trophy and West Indies in the Frank Worrell Trophy.
Sir Don Bradman, Richie Benaud, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Brett Lee, Denis Lillee, Mitchell Johnson and Michael Clarke, David Warner, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins among others, are some of the greatest cricketers to have represented Australia. They dominated world cricket in the 2000s and continue to remain a strong force in international cricket even now.
The Kangaroos have a tremendous record in one-dayers, having won more than 60 percent of the matches they have played. Incredibly, Australia were undefeated in 34 consecutive ODI World Cup matches, a streak that began during the 1999 World Cup and ended when Pakistan defeated them in a 2011 World Cup group stage game by four wickets.
Only the second team to win an ODI World Cup at home after India, they also won the Champions Trophy in consecutive tournaments – 2006 and 2009; the only team to do so. They captured their maiden T20 World Cup title in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2021.They won the ODI World Cup in 2023.
RECORDS BY TEAM
- Most ODI World Cup wins (6) – 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 , 2015 and 2023
- Most ODI World Cup final appearances (8) – 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 , 2015 and 2023
- Most consecutive ODI World Cup final appearances (4) – 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007
- Most consecutive ODI World Cup wins (3) – 1999, 2003 and 2007
- Most consecutive series wins in Tests (9)
- Most consecutive Test wins (16) – October 1999 to February 2001 & December 2005 to January 2008
- Most hundreds in Test innings (5) – vs West Indies, Kingston (June 1955)
- Most consecutive ODI wins (21) – January 2003 to May 2003
MAJOR STADIUMS
- Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
- Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
- Adelaide Oval
- The Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground)
- Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA, Perth)
TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Below is a list of major tournaments won by the Australian cricket team across formats:
| Year | Trophy / Award |
| 1987 | ODI World Cup |
| 1999 | ODI World Cup |
| 2003 | ODI World Cup |
| 2006 | Champions Trophy |
| 2007 | ODI World Cup |
| 2009 | Champions Trophy |
| 2015 | ODI World Cup |
| 2021 | T20 World Cup |
| 2023 | ODI World Cup |
Cricket Australia Address – 60 Jolimont Street, Jolimont VIC 3002, Australia
Contact Number – (03) 9653 9999
Email Address – public.enquiries@cricket.com.au
Cricket Australia official website – https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/
TOP CRICKET ASSOCIATIONS IN AUSTRALIA
Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA)
Address – WACA Ground, Gate 8, Cnr Hay Street and Braithwaite Street, East Perth WA 6004
Contact Number – +61 (8) 9265 7222
Email Address – reception@wacricket.com.au
Website – https://www.wacricket.com.au/
South Australia Cricket Association (SACA)
Address – PO Box 545 North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia, Adelaide Oval, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006
Contact Number – (08) 8300 3800
Email – sacareception@saca.com.au
Website – https://www.saca.com.au/
Queensland Cricket
Address – Allan Border Field, 1 Greg Chappell Street, Albion Qld Australia 4010, Po Box 575, Albion Qld Australia 4010
Contact Number – (07) 3292 3100
Email – qldc@qldcricket.com.au
Website – https://www.qldcricket.com.au/
Cricket New South Wales
Address – Cricket NSW, PO Box 268, Sydney Markets NSW 2129
Contact Number – +61 2 8302 6000
Email – info@cricketnsw.com.au
Website – https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/
Cricket Victoria
Address – CitiPower Centre – Junction Oval, Lakeside Drive, St Kilda VIC 3182
Contact Number– +61 3 9085 4000
Email – vca@cricketvictoria.com.au
Website – https://www.cricketvictoria.com.au/
Cricket Tasmania
Blundstone Arena, Bellerive Office
Address – 15 Derwent Street, Bellerive, Tasmania 7018, PO Box 495, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018
Contact Number – (03) 6282 0400
Email – info@crickettas.com.au
Website – https://www.crickettas.com.au/
GALLERY
FAQs about the Australian cricket team
Sir Donald Bradman is regarded as the greatest batter in Australian cricket history, and by many even as the greatest batter ever in the game itself. He played 52 Tests and scored 6996 runs at an average of 99.94, with 29 hundreds and 13 fifties. Had he scored four more runs, he would have ended his career with an average of 100.
Cricket is Australia’s most popular summer sport at international, domestic and local levels.
While the Australian team has no official team nickname, they are often referred to as the ‘Baggy Greens’ because of the kind of hats they wear. They are also called the ‘Aussies’ and Kangaroos.