Australia national cricket team record by opponent

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.[1] Australia is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877.[2] The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season[3] and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,[4] winning both games.

Australia is the most successful Test team in cricketing history with an overall wining rate of 47.16%. As of 3 April 2018, Australia have played 812 Test matches; winning 383, lost 219, 208 were drawn and 2 matches were tied.[5]

Australia is also the most successful ODI team in the history as well, where they have achieved an unbreakable record in ODI history. As of 24 June 2018, Australia have played 916 ODI matches, winning 556 matches and losing 317; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 34 had no result.[6] They have won the Cricket World Cup a record 5 times, more than any other nation, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015, 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. As of 8 July 2018, Australia have played 106 T20I matches and won 56 of them. 47 were lost, 2 tied and 1 had no result. The winning percentage is only 54.28.[7] During 5 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, Australia's best performance came during 2010, where they lost the final to England, became runner-up.

As of July 2018, Australia have faced nine of the eleven other teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being The Ashes rivals, England; playing 346 matches against them.[8] 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.[8] In ODI matches, Australia have played against 18 teams; they have played against England most frequently, with a winning percentage of 56.94 in 147 matches.[9] Against the other nations with Test status, Australia has the best record against Ireland and Afghanistan having never lost in a ODI match against them. They have also never lost an ODI match against a non-Test playing nation.[9] The team have competed against 10 countries in T20Is, and have played 17 matches against South Africa. Out of that, Australia have defeated South Africa on 11 occasions.[10]

Key

  • M – Number of matches played
  • W – Number of matches won
  • L – Number of matches lost
  • T – Number of matches tied
  • D – Number of matches ended in a draw
  • NR – Number of matches ended with no result
  • Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Win% – Percentage of games won to those played[n 1]
  • Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played[n 1]
  • Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played[n 1]
  • 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

Matches played (by country)

TeamOpponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied% Won
 Australia EnglandMarch 1877January 201834614410894041.61
 South AfricaOctober 1902April 201898522620053.06
 West IndiesDecember 1930January 2016116583225150.00
 New ZealandMarch 1946November 20155731818054.38
 IndiaNovember 1947March 201794412626143.61
 PakistanOctober 1956December 201662311417050.00
 Sri LankaApril 1983August 2016291748058.62
 ZimbabweOctober 1999October 200333000100.00
 BangladeshJuly 2003September 20176510083.33
ICC World XIOctober 200511000100.00
Last updated: 3 April 2018.[11]

One Day International

Matches played (by country)

TeamOpponent1st ODILast ODIMatchesWonLostTiedNo result% Won
 Australia England5 January 197124 June 201814781612356.94
 New Zealand30 March 19742 June 201713690390769.76
 Pakistan7 June 197526 January 20179862321365.78
 Sri Lanka11 June 19754 September 20169660320465.21
 West Indies14 June 197526 June 201613973603354.77
 Canada16 June 197916 March 201122000100.00
 India6 December 19801 October 2017128734501061.86
 Zimbabwe9 June 198331 August 2014302720193.10
 Bangladesh30 April 19905 June 2017201810194.73
 South Africa26 February 199212 October 20169647453051.05
 Kenya23 February 199613 March 201155000100.00
 Scotland16 May 199914 March 201555000100.00
 Netherlands20 February 200318 March 200722000100.00
 Namibia27 February 200311000100.00
 United States13 September 200411000100.00
ICC World XI5 October 20059 October 200533000100.00
 Ireland13 April 200727 September 201654001100.00
 Afghanistan25 August 20124 March 201522000100.00
Last updated: 24 June 2018.[9]

Twenty20 International

Matches played (by country)

TeamOpponent1st T20ILast T20IMatchesWonLostTiedNo result% Won
 Australia
 New Zealand17 February 200521 February 20189711083.33
 England13 June 200527 June 201816960160.00
 South Africa9 January 20069 March 2016171160064.70
 Zimbabwe12 September 20076 July 20183210066.66
 Bangladesh16 September 200721 March 201644000100.00
 Pakistan18 September 20078 July 201817791044.11
 Sri Lanka20 September 200722 February 201713580038.46
 India22 September 200710 October 2017155100033.33
 West Indies20 June 200828 March 201411560045.45
 Ireland19 September 201211000100.00
Last updated: 8 July 2018.[12]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "1st Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 15–19, 1877 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Only ODI: Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Only T20I: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Records / Australia / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "Records / Australia / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Records / Australia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Records / Australia / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Records / Australia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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