CRICKET

                           AUSTRALIAN CRICKET



               The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint

 oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877.



                                             FOUNDED: 1877

                                             COACH: Mickey Arthur

                                             FIGHT SONG: Under the Southern Cross I Stand

                                             LOCATION: Australia

                                             CAPTAINS: George Bailey , Micheal Clarke

                                             NICKNAMES: Baggy Greens, Aussies, The Kangaroos, The Invincibles.

           

•                             Australia has played 797 ODI matches, winning 490, losing 272, tying nine and with 26 ending in no-result.

•                            They have led the ICC ODI Championship since its inception for all but a period of 48 days in 2007.

•                             Australia have made record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and have won the World Cup a record four times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2007 Cricket World Cup. 

•                             Australia is the first team to appear in 4 consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007), surpassing the old record of 3 consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983).