Untiring, alert and swift... the International
Cricket Teams, with 11 commandoes each, keep audiences glued to their
seats worldwide. With the World Cup on its way, the teams are busy
swinging the bats high and throwing the balls right. Cited below are ICC
One Day International and Test Cricket playing teams. Click to get
details about the cricket players of the different teams.
Test Cricket Teams
Test Cricket is the highest-graded and
longest form of cricket. It is played for five days and the match for a
single day ends with the sunset. The first ever international Test match
was played between England, cricket's Mother Nation and Australia, the
now most successful cricket team, on march 15, 1877. From then onwards
eight more teams have been given the status of test-playing teams.
| S.
No. |
Team |
Played
first test in Year |
| 1 |
Australia |
1877 |
| 2 |
England |
1877 |
| 3 |
Pakistan |
1952 |
| 4 |
India |
1932 |
| 5 |
Sri Lanka |
1975 |
| 6 |
South Africa |
1889 |
| 7 |
New Zealand |
1930 |
| 8 |
West Indies |
1928 |
| 9 |
Zimbabwe |
1992 |
| 10 |
Bangladesh |
2000 |
ODI Cricket Teams
One day Internationals are a modern form of
cricket played between two international teams for 50 overs. The first
ODI was played on January 5, 1971 between Australia and England at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground. ODIs being fixed over matches are more popular
than test cricket. Cited below are the ODI playing teams.
| S.
No. |
Team |
| 1 |
Australia |
| 2 |
England |
| 3 |
Pakistan |
| 4 |
India |
| 5 |
Sri Lanka |
| 6 |
South Africa |
| 7 |
New Zealand |
| 8 |
West Indies |
| 9 |
Zimbabwe |
| 10 |
Bangladesh |
| 11 |
Kenya |
| 12 |
Bermuda |
| 13 |
Canada |
| 14 |
Ireland |
| 15 |
Netherlands |
| 16 |
Scotland |