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Australia national cricket team
England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877England at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; 4–8 January 2026England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 5 January 1971
Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka; 14 June 2026
New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005Bangladesh at BSFLMR Cricket Stadium, Chattogram; 21 June 2026The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in 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; the team also plays One-Day International and Twenty20 International cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, 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 Cricket World Cup champions. They are generally regarded as the most successful national team in the history of cricket.
The national team has played 882 Test matches, winning 426, losing 235, 219 drawn and with 2 tied. As of October 2025, Australia is first in the ICC Test Rankings. 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 1,025 ODI matches, winning 619, losing 362, tying 9 and with 35 ending in a no-result. As of February 2026, Australia is ranked third in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings. 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 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 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 only team to win three 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 four wickets in the Group stage. 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 only team to be back-to-back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments.
Australia has played 229 Twenty20 International matches, winning 127, losing 92, tying 3, and with 7 ending in a no-result. As of November 2025, Australia is ranked second in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings. 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.