One Day International (ODI) cricket is one of three forms of cricket played at international level. Unlike Test cricket, ODIs consist of one innings per team and is played over the course of single day. Each innings is limited to a maximum of 50 overs, although previously this has been 55 or 60 overs. Matches are played by the twelve teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC), each of which have permanent ODI status, as well as the eight Associate members of the ICC that currently have temporary ODI status. Australia played in the inaugural ODI match against England on 5 January 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. They have played a total of 975 matches, second only to India who have played 1,020. , Australia is the most third-most successful team in ODI cricket with an overall winning percentage of 63.39, behind the ACC Asia XI on 66.66 percent and South Africa on 63.41.

Top order batsman and former captain Ricky Ponting holds several Australian ODI cricket records. Playing between 1995 and 2012, he scored 13,589 runs, making him the only Australian player to score 10,000 ODI runs. He has scored a record 82 half-centuries and 29 centuries. As a slip fielder, Ponting has also taken the most catches for Australia with 159. Captaining his side from 2002 until his retirement in 2012, Ponting holds the ODI record for the most matches played as captain with 230 and the record for the most matches played for Australia with 374.

Fast bowlers Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee share the record for the most ODI wickets taken for Australia with 380. McGrath also holds the record for the best figures taken by an Australian in an ODI match with 7/15 while Lee holds the Australian ODI record for the most five-wicket hauls with nine. Adam Gilchrist is Australia's most successful wicket-keeper having taken 470 dismissals and holds the ODI record for the most catches taken as a wicket-keeper with 417. Gilchrist also holds the Australian record for playing 97 consecutive ODI matches between 1997 and 2001.

Key The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, ties and no results and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Australia only, and are correct . + Key Symbol Meaning Player or umpire is currently active in ODI cricket * Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken ♠ One Day International cricket record Date Date of the ODI match Innings Number of innings played Matches Number of matches played Opposition The team Australia was playing against Period The time period when the player was active in ODI cricket Player The player involved in the record Venue One Day International cricket ground where the match was played

Team records

Overall record MatchesWonLostTiedNRW/L ratioWin % 1,000 609 348 9 34 1.750 63.5 Last Updated: 7 February 2024 Note: Tied matches considered as half win.

W/L ratio and win % excluded the matches which ended in No result.

Team wins, losses, ties and no results , Australia has played 1,017 ODI matches resulting in 615 victories, 357 defeats, 9 ties and 36 no results for an overall winning percentage of 60.47, the third highest winning percentage of ODI playing teams. Australia has played the second-highest number of ODI matches, behind India who have competed in 1,020. Australia has played matches against 18 of the 27 other ODI teams. They have yet to play against the Africa XI, the ACC Asia XI, Bermuda, East Africa, Hong Kong, Nepal, Oman, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates. Australia has never lost a match against Afghanistan, Ireland or any of the ICC Associate Members that they have played.

Opposition First ODI Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Won 5 4 0 0 1 80.00 23 20 2 0 1 86.96 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 162 92 65 2 3 56.79 ICC World XI 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 154 86 58 0 10 55.84 5 4 0 0 1 100.00 5 5 0 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 142 96 39 0 7 67.60 111 71 36 1 3 63.96 5 5 0 0 0 100.00 114 51 57 3 2 44.74 105 64 37 0 4 60.95 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 146 79 61 3 3 56.29 33 29 3 0 1 90.62 Total 1,019 617 357 9 36 60.55 Last updated:24 August 2025

First bilateral ODI series wins OpponentYear of first Home winYear of first Away win200320061979198120161984200719742010199820141997 -20042010199120221999Last updated: 13 May 2023

First ODI match wins OpponentHomeAway / NeutralVenueYearVenueYearPerth2015Sharjah2012Cairns2003Chittagong2006YTPYTPBirmingham1979Melbourne1971London1972Sydney1980New Delhi1984YTPYTPDublin2010YTPYTPNairobi2002 YTPYTPPotchefstroom2003 YTPYTPPotchefstroom2003Sydney1980Dunedin1974Adelaide1981Lahore1987Sydney1993 Port Elizabeth1994Sydney1985Colombo1992Hobart2015Edinburgh2009Adelaide1975Port of Spain1984Hobart1992 Bulawayo1999Last updated: 13 May 2023

Team scoring records Most runs in an innings The highest innings total scored in ODI cricket came in the series between England and the Netherlands in June 2022. Playing in the first ODI at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen the tourists posted a total of 4/498. This broke the record of 6/481 also set by England at Trent Bridge against Australia three years prior. The fifth ODI of the 2005–06 series against South Africa saw Australia set their highest innings total of 4/434, the eighth-highest score in ODI cricket. Rank Score Overs Opposition Venue Date 1 50 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, Australia 3 WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 4 Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India 5 Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa Last updated: 25 October 2022

Highest successful run chases South Africa claims the highest successful run chase in ODI cricket when they scored 9/438 chasing a target of 435 runs. This came during the final ODI match of Australia's tour of South Africa in 2005–06 at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The fourth ODI of the 2018–19 series against India saw Australia achieve their highest successful run chase in the format. Set 359 for victory at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra in Mohali, Australia reached the target with 13 balls to spare.

Rank Score Target Overs Opposition Venue Date 1 359 47.5 Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra, Mohali, India 2 352 47.3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 3 334 49.2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 4 327 49.1 St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 5 316 48.5 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Last updated: 31 December 2022

Fewest runs in an innings The lowest innings total scored in ODI cricket came in the third ODI of Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004. Zimbabwe in the first innings was bowled all out for 35 runs. This record was equalled in February 2020 in the final match of the Nepal Tri-Nation Series where the hosts bowled out the United States. Australia's lowest total of 70 has been set twice. The first came during the second ODI against England in 1977 and again eight years later during the 1985–86 Australian Tri-Series against New Zealand.

Rank Score Overs Opposition Venue Date 1 70 26.3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 2 25.2 Edgbaston, Birmingham, England 3 74 26.4 The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia 4 91 35.4 WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 5 93 34.3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa Last updated: 31 December 2022

Most runs conceded in an innings Australia conceded the highest total of 481 against England in 2018. At that time, It was highest One Day International score for any team later it was broken by England once again by scoring 498 against Netherlands in 2022.

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date 1 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 2 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa 4 Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India 5 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India Last updated: 15 September 2023

Result records A ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher number of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.

Greatest win margins (by runs)

The greatest winning margin by runs in ODIs was England's victory over South Africa by 342 runs in the third and final ODI of South Africa's 2025 tour of England. Australia's largest victory was over the Netherlands during the 2023 World Cup by 309 runs. Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 309 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi, India 2 276 runs Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, Australia 3 275 runs WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 4 256 runs Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa 5 232 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Last updated: 25 October 2023

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets) Australia have won an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on 5 occasions, the most recent being against India in January 2020.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 10 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India Last updated: 19 March 2023

Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)

The group stage of the 1979 World Cup saw England run down the target of 46 runs to defeat Canada by a margin of 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 60-over innings, the largest victory by balls remaining in ODI cricket history. The next largest victory was Sri Lanka's win against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo, where the hosts reached the target of 39 runs with 274 balls to spare. Australia's only ODI match to date against the United States, , at the 2004 Champions Trophy, saw the 66-run target achieved by Australia with 253 balls remaining in their innings – the sixth highest overall.

Rank Balls remaining Margin Target Opposition Venue Date 1 259 8 wickets 87 Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia 2 253 9 wickets 66 Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 3 244 71 WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 4 234 10 wickets 118 Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India 5 226 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 9 wickets 92 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Last updated: 6 February 2024

Narrowest win margins (by 1 run) Thirty-three ODI matches have been won by a margin of one run with Australia having won six of them, the most recent being third ODI against Pakistan at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi in October 2014. Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 1 run M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa WACA Ground, Perth, Australia Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Last updated: 31 December 2022

Narrowest win margins (by 1 wicket) Australia has won six games by a margin of one wicket. Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 1 wicket Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Harare Sports Club Ground, Harare, Zimbabwe Last updated: 20 September 2026

Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)