The Australia national cricket team represents Australia in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.[1] Australia is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1876

.[2] The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season[3] and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,[4] winning both games.

Australia is the most successful Test team in cricketing history with an overall winning rate of 47.39%. As of 11 July 2022, Australia have played 844 Test matches; winning 400, lost 227, 215 were drawn and 2 matches were tied.[5]

Australia is also the most successful ODI team in the history as well, where they have achieved an unbreakable record in ODI history. As of 22 November 2022, Australia have played 975 ODI matches, winning 592 matches and losing 340; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 34 had no result.[6] They have won the Cricket World Cup a record 5 times, more than any other nation, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015, and were also runners-up in 1975 and 1996.

Though Australia is brilliant in Test and ODI arena, they have performed more indifferently in Twenty20 Internationals. As of 4 November 2022, Australia have played 174 T20I matches and won 91 of them. 76 were lost, 3 tied and 4 had no result. The winning percentage is only 54.41.[7] During 8 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, Australia's best performance came during 2021, where they beat New Zealand to lift their first T20I World Cup.

As of July 2022, Australia have faced nine of the eleven other teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being The Ashes rivals, England; playing 356 matches against them.[8] Due to more matches against England, they have registered more wins against England, but the best winning percentage of 100 against Zimbabwe, having won all three Tests.[8] In ODI matches, Australia have played against 18 teams; they have played against England most frequently, with a winning percentage of 57.61 in 154 matches.[9] Against the other nations with Test status, Australia has the best record against Ireland and Afghanistan having never lost in an ODI match against them. They have also never lost an ODI match against a non-Test playing nation.[9] The team have competed against 12 countries in T20Is, and have played 22 matches against South Africa. Out of that, Australia have defeated South Africa on 14 occasions.[10]

Key

Key for the tables
Symbol Meaning
Matches Number of matches played
Won Number of matches won
Lost Number of matches lost
Tied Number of matches tied
Draw Number of matches ended in a draw
No Result Number of matches ended with no result
Tie+Win Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
Tie+Loss Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
%Won Percentage of games won to those played.[11]
W/L Ratio Ratio of matches won to matches lost[11]
First Year of the first match played by Australia against the country
Last Year of the last match played by Australia against the country

Test cricket

TeamOpponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied % Won
 Australia England15 March 187716 January 202235615011096042.13
 South Africa11 October 19024 January 2023101542621053.46
 West Indies12 December 193012 December 2022116583225150.00
 New Zealand29 March 19463 January 20206034818056.66
 India28 November 194719 January 2021103433128141.74
 Pakistan11 October 195625 March 202269341520049.27
 Sri Lanka22 April 198311 July 2022332058060.60
 Zimbabwe14 October 199917 October 200333000100
 Bangladesh18 July 20034 September 20176510083.33
ICC World XI14 October 200517 October 200511000100
Source: ESPNCricinfo. Last updated: 8 January 2023

One Day International

Matches played (by country)

TeamOpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNR % Won
 Australia England15587632357.89
 New Zealand14195390770.89
 Pakistan10769341366.82
 Sri Lanka10263350464.28
 West Indies14376613355.35
 Canada22000100.00
 India143805301060.15
 Zimbabwe332930190.62
 Bangladesh211910195.00
 South Africa10348513148.52
 Kenya55000100.00
 Scotland55000100.00
 Netherlands22000100.00
 Namibia11000100.00
 United States11000100.00
ICC World XI33000100.00
 Ireland54001100.00
 Afghanistan33000100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 November 2022.

Twenty20 International

Matches played (by country)

TeamOpponent1st T20ILast T20IMatchesWonLostTiedNo result % Won
 Australia
 New Zealand17 February 200522 October 2022161051065.62
 England13 June 200528 October 20222310110247.61
 South Africa9 January 200623 October 2021221480063.63
 Zimbabwe12 September 20076 July 20183210066.66
 Bangladesh16 September 20074 November 202110640060.00
 Pakistan18 September 20075 April 20222511121147.91
 Sri Lanka20 September 200725 October 20222615101059.61
 India22 September 200725 September 20222610150140.00
 West Indies20 June 20087 October 2022199100047.36
 Ireland19 September 201231 October 202222000100.00
 United Arab Emirates22 October 201811000100.00
 Afghanistan4 November 202211000100.00
Last updated: 4 November 2022.[12]

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "ICC ve.org/web/20130116023632/http://www.icc-cricket.com/the-icc/icc_members/overview.php". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
    2. ↑ "1st Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 15–19, 1877 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
    3. ↑ "Only ODI: Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
    4. ↑ "Only T20I: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
    5. ↑ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
    6. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
    7. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
    8. 1 2 "Records / Australia / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
    9. 1 2 "Records / Australia / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
    10. ↑ "Records / Australia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
    11. 1 2 Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
    12. ↑ "Records / Australia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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