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 1876

.[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 winning rate of 47.39%. As of 11 July 2022, Australia have played 844 Test matches; winning 400, lost 227, 215 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 22 November 2022, Australia have played 975 ODI matches, winning 592 matches and losing 340; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 34 had no result.[6] 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. As of 4 November 2022, 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.[7] 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.

As of July 2022, 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.[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 57.61 in 154 matches.[9] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]
W/L Ratio Ratio of matches won to matches lost[11]
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

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Team Opponent 1st Test Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won
  Australia   England 15 March 1877 361 152 112 97 0 42.10
  South Africa 11 October 1902 101 54 26 21 0 53.46
  West Indies 12 December 1930 120 61 33 25 1 50.83
  New Zealand 29 March 1946 62 36 8 18 0 58.06
  India 28 November 1947 107 45 32 29 1 42.05
  Pakistan 11 October 1956 72 37 15 20 0 51.38
  Sri Lanka 22 April 1983 33 20 5 8 0 60.60
  Zimbabwe 14 October 1999 3 3 0 0 0 100
  Bangladesh 18 July 2003 6 5 1 0 0 83.33
ICC World XI 14 October 2005 1 1 0 0 0 100
Total 866 414 232 218 2 47.80
Source: ESPNCricinfo. Last updated: April 2024

One Day International

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Matches played (by country)

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Team Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied NR % Won
  Australia   England 155 87 63 2 3 57.89
  New Zealand 141 95 39 0 7 70.89
  Pakistan 107 69 34 1 3 66.82
  Sri Lanka 102 63 35 0 4 64.28
  West Indies 143 76 61 3 3 55.35
  Canada 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
  India 143 80 53 0 10 60.15
  Zimbabwe 33 29 3 0 1 90.62
  Bangladesh 21 19 1 0 1 95.00
  South Africa 103 48 51 3 1 48.52
  Kenya 5 5 0 0 0 100.00
  Scotland 5 5 0 0 0 100.00
  Netherlands 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
  Namibia 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  United States 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
ICC World XI 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
  Ireland 5 4 0 0 1 100.00
  Afghanistan 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 November 2022.

Twenty20 International

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Matches played (by country)

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Team Opponent 1st T20I Last T20I Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Won
  Australia
  New Zealand 17 February 2005 22 October 2022 16 10 5 1 0 65.62
  England 13 June 2005 28 October 2022 23 10 11 0 2 47.61
  South Africa 9 January 2006 23 October 2021 22 14 8 0 0 63.63
  Zimbabwe 12 September 2007 6 July 2018 3 2 1 0 0 66.66
  Bangladesh 16 September 2007 4 November 2021 10 6 4 0 0 60.00
  Pakistan 18 September 2007 5 April 2022 25 11 12 1 1 47.91
  Sri Lanka 20 September 2007 25 October 2022 26 15 10 1 0 59.61
  India 22 September 2007 25 September 2022 26 10 15 0 1 40.00
  West Indies 20 June 2008 7 October 2022 19 9 10 0 0 47.36
  Ireland 19 September 2012 31 October 2022 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
  United Arab Emirates 22 October 2018 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  Afghanistan 4 November 2022 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Last updated: 4 November 2022.[12]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC ve.org/web/20130116023632/http://www.icc-cricket.com/the-icc/icc_members/overview.php". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  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 19 October 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. ^ a b "Records / Australia / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  12. ^ "Records / Australia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.