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Encyclopedia > Australia cricket team
Australia
Baggy green cap
Year test status granted 1877
First test match v England at Melbourne, March 1877
Current captain Ricky Ponting
Current coach John Buchanan
Current official ranking 1st [1] (http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/test/)
Number of test matches played so far 665
Most recent test match v New Zealand at Auckland, Trans-Tasman Trophy 3rd Test, 2004/05
Win/loss record 303/176
Number of test matches played this year 4
Win/loss record this year 3/0

The Australian cricket team is today regarded as the dominant team in world cricket. They have an outstanding recent Test record and in the one day form of the game were World Champions in 1987, 1999 and 2003. They are also the current ICC Test Champions and are regarded by players, coaches and commentators as being almost unbeatable. from http://www. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team representing England and Wales. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]) and 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... Ricky Thomas Ponting --- also known as punter or just simply punt --- (Born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket Portal. ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... A night match at Old Trafford One-day cricket is a version of the sport of cricket that is completed in one day, as distinct from Test cricket and first-class cricket which can take up to five days to complete. ... The Cricket World Cup is the world championship of one-day cricket, a tournament held quadrenially between all Test cricket playing nations, as well as several representatives from other cricket-playing nations who qualify through a series of qualifying matches. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents

History

Important dates in history of Australian cricket

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The 1860s

In 1865 a match was arranged between a team of Aboriginal cricketers and European settlers from various pastoral stations, the indigenous team won. The playing of cricket by indigenous people of the Western District reflected their changing circumstances. At this time there were no formal associations.


The European population gave Aborginal players nicknames; for example, Johnny Mullagh worked at the Mullagh station. Others were referred to by names like Bullocky, Sundown, Dick-a-Dick, and Red Cap. These trivial names demonstrate the poor attitude of the settlers towards the Aboriginal station workers and cricketers. Unaarrimin or Johhny Mullagh (Born 13 August 1841 died 14 August 1891), was part of the famous Aboriginal australian_cricket_team|Australian cricket team]] that toured England in 1868. ...


Thomas Wentworth Wills was a key figure in the development of colonial cricket and Australian Rules Football. In November 1866, Wills became the Captain and Coach of the indigenous cricket team. The very first Australian cricket team that played overseas was the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. Thomas Wentworth Wills was an Australian sportsman who is credited along with Henry Harrison as one of the inventors of Australian rules football. ... Australian Rules redirects here. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England was a cricket tour by a team of Australian Aborigines who toured England between May and October that year, becoming the first Australian cricket team to do so. ...


The 1880s

See also: History of Test cricket (to 1883), History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889) The legendary WG Grace, who played Test cricket until he was aged 50. ... The History of Test cricket in the period from 1884 to 1889 was one of English dominance over the Australians. ...


Test tours

Australia toured England 5 times during the 1880s and played 27 Test matches against them losing 15 of them. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...


Note: Balls per over: 4. 16 of them were timeless matches while 11 were 3 day Test matches.

1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

List of Australian Test captains in the 1880s

  1. Murdoch
  2. Horan
  3. Massie
  4. Blackham
  5. Scott
  6. McDonnell

List of top Australian Test run scorers in the 1880s

  1. McDonnell 950
  2. Murdoch 860
  3. Bannerman 745

List of top Australian Test wicket takers in the 1880s

  1. Spofforth 94 wickets at an average of 18.41 runs per over
  2. Palmer 78 wickets at an average of 21.51 runs per over

The 1890s

Main article: History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900) Test matches in the 19th century were somewhat different affairs than what they are today. ...


Test tours

Australia toured England 4 times during the 1890s and played 26 Test matches against them. (won 10, lost 10) Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...


Note: Half the Tests had 5 balls per over and half had 6 balls per over. Half of them were 3 day Test matches and half were timeless Test matches.

1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

List of Australian Test captains in the 1890s

  1. Murdoch
  2. Blackham
  3. Giffen
  4. Trott
  5. Darling

List of top Australian Test run scorers in the 1890s

  1. Darling 1139

List of top Australian Test wicket takers in the 1890s

  1. Giffen 74
  2. Trumble 63
  3. Jones 56
  4. Turner 51

1900-1909

Australian team started touring other countries such as South Africa which had Test status (first tour in 1903) and New Zealand for the first time in 1905. 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


Test tours

Australia toured England 3 times between 1900-1909 and toured South Africa for the first time in 1903. Australia played 33 Test matches in this decade winning 16 of them and losing 9. Most of them were against England and only 3 of them were against South Africa. Test cricket had for the first time gone to Africa. All the Test matches had 6 balls per over. Most of them were 3 day Test matches while 15 of them were timeless Test matches.

  • 1902: 5 Tests in England
  • 1903: First tour of South Africa, 3 Tests
  • 1905: 5 Tests in England
  • 1909: 5 Tests in England

1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Australian Test captains

The two main Australian Test team captains during this period were Darling and Noble. Both of them had a good captaincy record.


List of top Australian Test run scorers of the period

  1. Victor Trumper 1953
  2. Hill 1930

Victor Thomas Trumper (born November 2, 1877 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, died June 28, 1915, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales) was a famous Australian batsman in the sport of cricket. ...

List of top Australian wicket takers of the period

  1. Noble 89
  2. Saunders 79
  3. Trumble 78

1910-1919

Australia had an interesting tour of England in 1912 in which there were no Test matches but Australia played perhaps all of the county sides. Australia also toured USA in 1913 (again no officially recognised international matches). Needless to say, this was the decade of World War I. Australia did not play a single Test match during this period. 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...


The 1920s

Test tours

Australia toured England twice and South Africa once during this decade. Australia played 28 Test matches during this decade, winning 14 and losing 6. Most of them were against England and only 3 against South Africa. 5 of the Test matches had 8 ball overs. Most of the Test matches were timeless whereas there were 9 three day Test matches and 3 four day Test matches.

  • 1921: 5 Tests in England, 3 tests in South Africa in November
  • 1926: 5 Tests in England

1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Australian Test captains

The two main Australian Test captains during this decade were Armstrong and Collins. Both of them had a good record.


List of top Australian Test run scorers of the 1920s

  1. Ryder 1394
  2. Collins 1352
  3. Macartney 1252
  4. Gregory 1146

List of top Australian wicket takers of the 1920s

  1. Mailey 99
  2. Gregory 85

The 1930s

Australia toured England thrice and had the first 5 Test tour of South Africa. Australia played 39 Tests in this decade winning 22 and losing 10. Australia also toured India and Ceylon in 1935 but no official international match was played although India got Test status in 1932. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...


Test tours

  • 1930: 5 Tests in England
  • 1934: 5 Tests in England
  • 1935-1936: First 5 Test tour of South Africa
  • 1938: 4 Tests in England

1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Australian Test captains

The leading Australian Test captain in this decade was Woodfull. Don Bradman led the Australian team in 9 test matches in this decade. Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ...


Australian test batsmen

Don Bradman, regarded by most followers of the game as the greatest batsman to have played the game scored 4625 Test runs in this decade at an average of 102.77 runs per innings with 19 centuries. Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ...


Sir Don eclipsed other performances which would have otherwise had been noticed such as McCabe 2748 runs at an average of 48.2 runs per innings.


List of top Australian wickettakers in the 1930s

  • Grimmett 169 wickets at an average of 21.95 runs per innings
  • O'Reilly 136 wickets at an average of 23.68 runs per innings

The 1940s

Test tours

This decade was affected by World War II. Due to this Australia played only 17 Test matches. Their performance was impressive perhaps due to the Don Bradman factor as they won 13 of them and did not lose a single Test match. Most of the victories were against England. Australia were led by Sir Donald Bradman during this period. He scored 1903 runs at an average of 105.72 runs per innings. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

  • 1946 Australia's first Test tour of New Zealand (1 test)
  • 1948 5 Test tour of England
  • 1949 - 1950 5 Test tour of South Africa

1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Australian Test bowlers

  • Ray Lindwall 70 wickets at an average of 19.17 runs per wicket.
  • Johnston 54 wickets at an average of 18.51 runs per over.

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The 1950s

Australia played 57 Test matches, won 29 and lost 12 of them. England was no longer the prime opponent. Australia played 13 Test matches against South Africa and 10 against West Indies. Most of the Tests during this period were played with 8 ball overs and 5 day Test matches although Australia also played 22 six day Test matches. Australian Test captains were Hassett, Johnson and the popular Richie Benaud who had an exceptional record during this period. Australia's leading runscorer in this decade was Harvey with 4573 runs at an average of 50.25 runs per innings while the leading wickettaker was Richie Benaud with 165 wickets at an average of 23.95 Richard Richie Benaud (born October 6, 1930) is an Australian cricketer and latterly cricket commentator. ...


Test tours

1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The 1960s

Most of the Test matches played had 6 ball overs and were 5 day Test matches as is the standardised format today. Australia also toured Rhodesia and New Zealand in 1967 although no official international match was played. Richie Benaud captained Australia in 18 Test matches, Bob Simpson in 29 and Bill Lawry in 16. Lawry was the leading Test batsman. He scored 4717 Test runs at an average of 49.65 runs per innings while McKenzie was the leading Test wicket taker with 238 test wickets. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Richie Benaud (born October 6, 1930) is an Australian cricketer and latterly cricket commentator. ... Robert (Bob) Baddeley Simpson (born February 3, 1936 in Sydney, Australia) is a cricketer who played first-class cricket for New South Wales and Western Australia as well as Test cricket for Australia. ... Bill (William Morris) Lawry (born 11 February 1937, Melbourne) was an Australian cricketer. ...


Test tours

  • 1961 5 Tests in England
  • 1964 5 Tests in England
  • 1964 3 Tests in India
  • 1964 1 Test in Pakistan
  • 1965 5 Tests in West Indies
  • 1966-1967 5 Tests in South Africa
  • 1968 5 Tests in England
  • 1969 5 Tests in India

1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

The 1970s

The 1970s were a controversial time in Australian cricket, with many players signing with businessman Kerry Packer's rival World Series Cricket competition. The decade produced many of the stars of Australian cricket history, including wicket-keeper Rod Marsh and fast bowlers Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson. The Chappell brothers - Greg, Ian and Trevor - all represented Australia during this period as well. Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer (born 17 December 1937) is an Australian publishing, media and gaming tyrant. ... World Series Cricket (WSC) was a professional cricket competition from 1977 to 1979, set up by Kerry Packer in opposition to the official international competition. ... Rodney William Marsh (born Armadale, Perth, Australia November 4, 1947) was an Australian Wicket keeper. ... Dennis Keith Lillee (born July 18, 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... Jeffrey Robert Thomson (Thommo) (born August 16, 1950 in Greenacre Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer. ...


The 1980s

Australian cricket during the 1980s was comparatively unsuccessful, particularly following the retirement of players such as Marsh and Lillee. Queenslander Allan Border, rated as one of the finest middle-order players in history, took over as captain and attempted a re-building process. For quite some time, the common wisdom was that Australia's score in an innings would be "Border plus 100". Border achieved the feat of scoring more than 150 runs in both innings of a Test during a tour of Pakistan during this decade.
As the decade continued, a number of talented players made their debuts and established themselves in the team. Among these were fast bowlers such as Craig McDermott and Carl Rackemann, wicket keeper Ian Healy, brothers Steve and Mark Waugh and batsman Dean Jones. Cult heroes such as overweight Tasmanian batsman David Boon and Victorian bowler "Swervin'" Merv Hughes (whose pre-bowling warm up routine was copied by fans around the stadiums) also earned places in the team.
In the closing years of the 1980s, Australia won back the Ashes from England and began an era of dominance in that series which has not yet ended. In 1989, Australia and India played out only the second tie in Test history, with Jones producing a famous double-century innings in sapping heat. Allan Robert Border (born July 27, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket captain. ... Craig McDermott was an Australian cricketer. ... Ian Andrew Healy (born April 30, 1964 in Brisbane) was an Australian cricketer. ... Stephen Rodger Waugh (born June 2, 1965) was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999-Jan 2004. ... Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965) is a well-loved Australian cricketer. ... Dean Jones is the name of: Dean Jones, an Australian cricketer. ... David Boon David Clarence Boon (Born December 29, 1960, in Launceston, Tasmania) is one of Tasmanias most famous cricketers and personalities. ... Mervyn Hughes was an Australian cricketer. ...


The 1990s

Note: This page shall also refer to Australian women's national cricket team, and junior teams (representing Australia) but unless explicitly mentioned, it refers to the senior (main) national cricket team Junior is: A student in the third year and above of high school or college, see high school junior A child A low-level position The younger of two people in the same family with the exact same name (e. ...


The 1990's saw the dawn and twilight of many well-known Australian cricketers. Shane Warne became a household name during the 1993 Ashes tour, Allan Border retired after playing South Africa at Durban in 1994, Glenn McGrath became famous as a metronome (and as a rabbit) during the 1994-95 tour of the West Indies, Ricky Ponting came onto the scene with 96 against Sri Lanka during 1995-96, Craig McDermott was forced to retire during the 1996-97 season, while Brett Lee appeared at the turn of the century. Meanwhile, Australian cricket was run by three captains, Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh. Shane Keith Warne (born September 13, 1969) is an Australian cricketer, born in Victoria. ... Allan Robert Border (born July 27, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket captain. ... Glenn Donald McGrath (born 9 February 1970) is an Australian cricket player, one of the best fast bowlers in the countrys cricketing history, and a primary contributor to Australias domination of world cricket during the 1990s and into the 2000s. ... Ricky Thomas Ponting --- also known as punter or just simply punt --- (Born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. ... Craig McDermott was an Australian cricketer. ... Brett Lee (born November 8, 1976 in New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. ... Mark Anthony Tubby Taylor (born 27 October 1964 in Leeton, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border. ... Stephen Rodger Waugh (born June 2, 1965) was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999-Jan 2004. ...


Australia continued to assert their dominance over The Ashes during the 1990's, won the unofficial 'world championship' prize from West Indies during 1994-95 and began a long winning streak in 1999, both in one-day internationals and tests. The only venues where Australia struggled were India and Sri Lanka.


The 2000s

The captain is Ricky Ponting, taking over before the 2004 tour of Sri Lanka that was won 3-0. Later in the year, they won in India for the first time in 35 years, their only loss coming in a dead rubber. Ricky Thomas Ponting --- also known as punter or just simply punt --- (Born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. ...


The 2004-2005 Summer season in Australia was against the touring Pakistani cricket team. Australia won this series convincingly, several matches ending on the 4th day (of 5). The first test of 2005 ended with: AUS 568 and 1/62 v PAK 304 and 325; Ponting made 207 in the first innings, laying to rest the (media) issue of him not making a test 100 in his first season as captain. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ...


External links

  • PhotoSydney: Sport (http://photosydney.blogspot.com/2005/02/sport.html) - examines cricket's place in Australian society

See also


Test match captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian cricket team for at least one Test match. ... This is a list of cricket players sorted by name. ... Australia Bannerman, Charles Benaud, Richie (born 1930) Bevan, Michael (born 1970) Bichel, Andy Boon, David (born 1960) Border, Allan (born 1955) Bracken, Nathan Bradman, Sir Donald (1908–2001) Chappell, Greg (born 1948) Chappell, Ian (born 1943) Clarke, Michael Elliot, Matthew Gilchrist, Adam(born 1971) Gillespie, Jason (born 1975) Grimmett, Clarrie... List of Australian batsmen who have scored over 5,000 runs in Test match cricket: Based on all Test matches up to and including Test # 1723: Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, 2nd Test, 26-30 November, 2004. ...

National cricket teams

Australia | Bangladesh | Bermuda | England | Hong Kong | India | Kenya | Nepal | New Zealand | Pakistan | Scotland | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Uganda | UAE | USA | West Indies | Zimbabwe For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket Portal. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team representing England and Wales. ... The Scottish cricket team represents Scotland at cricket. ... The United Arab Emirates cricket team is a mediocre team that ocassionally play well-known opposition. ... Note: This page shall also refer to West Indian womens national cricket team, and junior teams (representing West Indies) but unless explicitly mentioned, it refers to the senior (main) cricket team West Indies cricket team shirt (ODI, 2004) The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies...


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