| Coach: |
Tim Nielsen |
| Captain:
|
Ricky Ponting |
| Best
in World Cups: |
2007: Winner
2003: Winner
1999: Winner
1996: Final
1987: Winner |
|
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Australian cricket team is the national cricket
team of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the oldest team in Test
cricket. It played the first test match in 1877 against England, winning
by 45 runs. Ricky Ponting headed the Australian cricket team in ICC World Cup
2007 in the Caribbeans.
Australia has played 58 ICC Cricket World Cups matches and has won 40
of it. It has lost 17 matches and 1 was tied. According to LG ICC ODI
ranking, Australia ranks Ist with 4240 points. It has been rated 128.
The 15 players of Australia are as cited below:
| Name |
Age |
Tests |
ODIs |
| Ricky Ponting (Cap) |
33 |
119 |
298 |
| Brett Lee |
31 |
68 |
168 |
| Phil Jaques |
29 |
11 |
6 |
| Andrew Symonds |
31 |
13 |
161 |
| Matthew Hayden |
36 |
94 |
161 |
| Michael Clarke (Vice-Captain) |
27 |
35 |
137 |
| Shaun Marsh |
25 |
- |
5 |
| Michael Hussey |
33 |
25 |
90 |
| Nathan Bracken |
30 |
5 |
59 |
| Shane Watson |
27 |
3 |
65 |
| Stuart Clark |
32 |
18 |
33 |
| Brad Haddin |
30 |
3 |
29 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
26 |
9 |
34 |
| Brad Hodge |
33 |
6 |
25 |
| Shaun Tait |
25 |
3 |
18 |
(* Last Updated On August 30, 2008.)
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Australia
Cricket Team
