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Team Information
| Founded | 1905 |
| Ground | Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust, Melbourne Cricket Ground, The Gabba, Adelaide Oval |
| Owner(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Nickname | Aussies, Men in Yellow |
Fixtures & Results
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Squad
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About Australia Cricket
Captain - Aaron Finch (ODIs and T20Is), Tim Paine (Tests)
Head coach - Justin Langer
Representing - Australia
Team colour - Yellow (ODIs), Green, Yellow and Black (T20Is)
Sponsorships - Alinta (Home), Qantas (Away), ASICS
- History
- ICC Cricket World Cup
- ICC T20 World Cup
- ICC Champions Trophy
- Governing Body
- Support Staff
- Jerseys
- Records
- Trophies and Awards
- Fan Following
The Australian cricket team represents the country of Australia in international fixtures including bilateral series against other nations or any of the global events organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) like the ICC ODI World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, ICC T20 World Cup and the ICC World Test Championship.
History
The Australian Cricket Team is one of the oldest national teams in cricketing history. They were involved in the first-ever Test match in 1877, first-ever ODI in 1971, first-ever T20I in 2005 and the first-ever Day/Night Test in 2015. They have been participating in all the multi-nation tournament organized by the ICC over the years.
ICC Cricket World Cup
Australian cricket team has participated in every edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup since 1975. They have won the title most number of times, which is 5 including a hat trick of titles from 1999 to 2007. The two other victories were in 1987 and 2015. They were Runners Up in the inaugural edition in 1975 and 1996. They have co-hosted a World Cup tournament with New Zealand in 1992 and 2015.
Australia’s performance in ICC Cricket World Cup:
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
| 94 | 69 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
*Last updated in Sept 2019
ICC T20 World Cup
The ICC T20 World Cup (earlier known as World T20) is the only ICC multi-nation completed event that has not been won by the Australian Cricket team. They came close to the title in 2010 when they lost the Finals to England cricket team in 2010 in the Caribbean islands. They could never make it to the Finals again. Australia will be hosting the 2020 edition of the T20 World Cup.
Australia’s performance in ICC T20 World Cup:
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
| 29 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
*Last updated in Sept 2019
ICC Champions Trophy
The Men in Yellow have won the Championship twice, in consecutive tournaments, in 2006 and 2009. They have not played any other Finals. The ICC Champions Trophy (earlier known as ICC Knockout Trophy) has never been conducted in the Australian continent.
Australia’s performance in ICC Champions Trophy:
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
| 24 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
*Last updated in Sept 2019
Governing Body
Cricket Australia (earlier known as Australian Cricket Board) is the governing body of the Australian cricket team and the domestic cricket in the country. It came into existence in 1905 as the ‘Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It has its headquarters in Melbourne. Cricket Australia has an operating income close to $100 million.
Also see - India National Cricket Team
Support Staff
| High performance manager | Belinda Clark |
| Batting coach | Graeme Hick |
| Bowling coach | Adam Griffith (ODIs), Troy Cooley (Tests) |
| Fielding coach | Brad Haddin |
| Spin bowling consultant | Sridharan Sriram |
| Mentor | Steve Waugh |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Aaron Kellett |
| Physio | David Beakley, Richard Saw |
*Last updated in Sept 2019
Jerseys
The Australian limited-overs jerseys have always been primarily yellow with shades of green on it for various designs. The T20I jersey was designed in primarily dark green containing yellow for the pattern and the trousers were black in colour. There has not been any more differences in jerseys with yellow being their most desired colour.
Records
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw | n | T | ied | No Result | HS | LS |
| Test (1877-2019) | 825 | 388 | 224 | 211 | 2 | - | 758 | 36 | ||
| ODI (1971-2019) | 942 | 573 | 326 | - | 9 | 34 | 434 | 70 | ||
| T20I (2005-2019) | 116 | 60 | 52 | - | 2 | 2 | 263 | 79 |
*Last Updated after IND v AUS T20I, 27 Feb 2019
*HS - Highest score in an innings
*LS - Lowest score in an innings
Trophies and Awards
| Year | Trophy/Award |
| 1987 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| 1999 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| 2002 | Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year |
| 2003 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| 2006 | ICC Champions Trophy |
| 2007 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| 2009 | ICC Champions Trophy |
| 2015 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
*Last updated in Sept 2019
Fan Following
The Australian fan following can be credited to their incredible performance in World Cups and complete dominance over world cricket around the change of the century. They have regained their fan base with the advent of the Big Bash League, which is a global T20 tournament conducted in the Australian nation with teams involving the cities with the country.
Cricket Australia has a wide fan base on social media. They have over 1 million Twitter followers, just under 1 million Instagram followers and close to 7 million followers on Facebook.
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