The Australia national cricket team represents Australia in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. Australia is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1876

. The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games.

Australia is the most successful Test team in cricketing history with an overall winning rate of 47.39%. , Australia have played 844 Test matches; winning 400, lost 227, 215 were drawn and 2 matches were tied.

Australia is also the most successful ODI team in the history as well, where they have achieved an unbreakable record in ODI history. , Australia have played 975 ODI matches, winning 592 matches and losing 340; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 34 had no result. They have won the Cricket World Cup a record 6 times, more than any other nation, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023 and were also runners-up in 1975 and 1996.

Though Australia is brilliant in Test and ODI arena, they have performed more indifferently in Twenty20 Internationals. , Australia have played 174 T20I matches and won 91 of them. 76 were lost, 3 tied and 4 had no result. The winning percentage is only 54.41. During 8 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, Australia's best performance came during 2021, where they beat New Zealand to lift their first T20I World Cup.

, Australia have faced nine of the eleven other teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being The Ashes rivals, England; playing 356 matches against them. Due to more matches against England, they have registered more wins against England, but the best winning percentage of 100 against Zimbabwe, having won all three Tests. In ODI matches, Australia have played against 18 teams; they have played against England most frequently, with a winning percentage of 57.61 in 154 matches. Against the other nations with Test status, Australia has the best record against Ireland and Afghanistan having never lost in an ODI match against them. They have also never lost an ODI match against a non-Test playing nation. The team have competed against 12 countries in T20Is, and have played 22 matches against South Africa. Out of that, Australia have defeated South Africa on 14 occasions.

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+Key for the tables Symbol Meaning Matches Number of matches played Won Number of matches won Lost Number of matches lost Tied Number of matches tied Draw Number of matches ended in a draw No Result Number of matches ended with no result Tie+Win Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Tie+Loss Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over %Won Percentage of games won to those played.Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win. W/L Ratio Ratio of matches won to matches lost First Year of the first match played by Australia against the country Last Year of the last match played by Australia against the country

Test cricket Team Opponent 1st Test Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won 15 March 1877 361 152 112 97 0 42.10 11 October 1902 101 54 26 21 0 53.46 12 December 1930 120 61 33 25 1 50.83 29 March 1946 62 36 8 18 0 58.06 28 November 1947 112 48 33 30 1 42.85 11 October 1956 72 37 15 20 0 51.38 22 April 1983 35 22 5 8 0 62.85 14 October 1999 3 3 0 0 0 100 18 July 2003 6 5 1 0 0 83.33ICC World XI 14 October 2005 1 1 0 0 0 100Total866414232218247.99 Source: ESPNCricinfo. Last updated: April 2024

One Day International Matches played (by country)

Team Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied NR % Won 162 92 65 2 3 58.49 142 96 39 0 7 71.11 111 71 36 1 3 66.20 105 64 37 0 4 63.36 146 79 61 3 3 56.29 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 155 86 59 0 10 59.31 33 29 3 0 1 90.62 22 20 1 0 1 95.23 113 52 57 3 1 47.76 5 5 0 0 0 100.00 5 5 0 0 0 100.00 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00ICC World XI 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 5 4 0 0 1 100.00 5 4 0 0 1 100.00 Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 January 2026.

Twenty20 International Matches played (by country) Team Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Won 22 15 5 1 1 73.80 26 12 12 0 2 50.00 28 19 9 0 0 67.85 3 2 1 0 0 66.66 11 7 4 0 0 63.63 28 14 12 1 1 53.70 26 15 10 1 0 59.61 37 12 22 0 3 35.29 27 16 11 0 0 59.25 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2 1 1 0 0 50.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 Last updated: 2 January 2026.

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