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.
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