australia cricket
australia cricket
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Team Overview
- **Governing Body:** Cricket Australia
- **Founded:** 1877; played its first Test match against England in Melbourne
- **Team Nickname:** Baggy Greens-after their iconic green cap
- **Colors:** Yellow and green
- **Home Grounds:** Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), and others.
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### **Formats and Captains**
- **Test Team**
- **Captain:** Pat Cummins (as of 2025)
- Known for dominance in Test cricket, with the most Ashes series wins.
- **One-Day International (ODI)**
- **Captain:** Pat Cummins
- Five-time ICC Cricket World Cup champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015).
- **T20 International (T20I)
- **Captain:** TBA/rotation depending on series *very* subject to change.
- ICC T20 World Cup winners 2021.
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### **Honors**
- **ICC Cricket World Cup:** 5 titles-most by any team.
- **ICC Champions Trophy:** 2 titles-2006, 2009.
- **ICC T20 World Cup:** 1 title-2021.
- **The Ashes:** Many series wins against England.
Test Rankings: Often hold the No. 1 ranking in the ICC Test rankings.
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Notable Players: Past and Present
Legends:
- Sir Donald Bradman, still widely regarded as the best cricketer there has ever been.
- Shane Warne, possibly the finest leg-spinners ever produced by any cricket team.
- Ricky Ponting, one of Australia's most successful captains and their best ever top-order run getter.
- Glenn McGrath, record holder fast bowler.
- Adam Gilchrist (changed the face of wicketkeeping and batting).
Current Stars (2025):
- Pat Cummins (express fast bowler and skipper).
- Steve Smith (a batting genius).
- Marnus Labuschagne (top-order batsman).
- Mitchell Starc (deadly left-arm pacer).
- David Warner (aggressive opener).
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### **Rivalries**
- **The Ashes:** A heated rivalry with England, dating back to 1882.
- **India:** Fierce competition, especially in recent Test series or Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
- **New Zealand:** Referred to as the **Trans-Tasman rivalry**.
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