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The Australian Cricket Team is the joint oldest team in Test Cricket. Australia has first played Test cricket in 1877. It first played a One-day International match against England in the 1970-71 season and entered Twenty20 International cricket against New Zealand in 2004-05 season. The domestic cricket competitions are very popular in Australia – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian Domestic One-Day Series and the Big Bash League.

Australia has won the World Cup in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007. They won the Champions Trophy in 2006 and 2009.

Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia, also called CA, is the governing body of the sport of Cricket in Australia. It is formerly called Australian Cricket Board. It has its head office at Jolimont in Melbourne and the Centre of Excellence (COE) is located at Brisbane. Formed in 1905, Cricket Australia now has 150 employees.

Cricket Australia has six member associations:

• Cricket New South Wales
• Queensland Cricket
• South Australian Cricket Association
• Tasmanian Cricket Association
• Cricket Victoria
• Western Australian Cricket Association

Current ODI Squad

The following players are selected to play in the Commonwealth Bank Series against India and Sri Lanka.

• Michael Clarke (captain)
• David Warner
• Ricky Ponting
• Peter Forrest
• Daniel Christian
• David Hussey
• Michael Hussey
• Matthew Wade
• Brett Lee
• Ryan Harris
• Mitchell Starc
• Xavier Doherty
• Clint McKay
• Mitchell Marsh

Recent Matches India tour of Australia 2011-12 Date vs Result Player of the Match February 3, 2012 India Lost by 8 wickets Ravindra Jadeja February 1, 2012 India Won by 31 runs Matthew Wade January 24, 2012 India Won by 298 runs Peter Siddle January 13, 2012 India Won by an innings and 37 runs David Warner January 3, 2012 India Won by an innings and 68 runs Michael Clarke December 26, 2011 India Won by 122 wickets James Pattinson Australia tour of South Africa 2011-12 Date vs Result Player of the Match November 17, 2011 South Africa Won by 2 wickets Pat Cummins November 9, 2011 South Africa Lost by 8 wickets Vernon Philander October 28, 2011 South Africa Won by 3 wickets Shane Watson October 23, 2011 South Africa Lost by 80 runs Morne Morkel October 19, 2011 South Africa Won by 93 runs Ricky Ponting October 16, 2011 South Africa Lost by 3 wickets Juan Theron October 13, 2011 South Africa Won by 5 wickets Shane Watson Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2011 Date vs Result Player of the Match September 16, 2011 Sri Lanka Match Drawn Michael Hussey September 8, 2011 Sri Lanka Match Drawn Michael Hussey August 31, 2011 Sri Lanka Won by 125 runs Michael Hussey August 22, 2011 Sri Lanka Lost by 4 wickets Lasith Malinga August 20, 2011 Sri Lanka Won by 5 wickets Xavier Doherty August 16, 2011 Sri Lanka Lost by 78 runs Upul Tharanga August 14, 2011 Sri Lanka Won by 8 wickets Ricky Ponting ICC World Cup 2011 Date vs Result Player of the Match March 24, 2011 India Lost by 5 wickets Yuvraj Singh March 19, 2011 Pakistan Lost by 4 wickets Umar Akmal March 16, 2011 Canada Won by 7 wickets Shane Watson March 13, 2011 Kenya Won by 60 runs Collins Obuya March 5, 2011 Sri Lanka No Result February 25, 2011 New Zealand Won by 7 wickets Mitchell Johnson February 21, 2011 Zimbabwe Won by 91 runs Shane Watson Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2010/11 Date vs Result Player of the Match November 7, 2010 Sri Lanka Won by 8 wickets Clint McKay November 5, 2010 Sri Lanka Lost by 29 runs Upul Tharanga November 3, 2010 Sri Lanka Lost by 1 wickets Angelo Mathews October 31, 2010 Sri Lanka Lost by 7 wickets Suraj Randiv ICC World Twenty20 2010 Date vs Result Player of the Match May 16, 2010 England Lost by 7 wickets Craig Kieswetter May 14, 2010 Pakistan Won by 3 wickets Michael Hussey May 11, 2010 West Indies Won by 6 wickets Steven Smith May 9, 2010 Sri Lanka Won by 81 runs Cameron White May 7, 2010 India Won by 49 runs David Warner May 5, 2010 Bangladesh Won by 27 runs Michael Hussey May 2, 2010 Pakistan Won by 34 runs Shane Watson Australia tour of New Zealand 2010 Date vs Result Player of the Match March 27, 2010 New Zealand Won by 176 runs Mitchell Johnson March 19, 2010 New Zealand Won by 10 wickets Michael Clarke March 13, 2010 New Zealand Lost by 51 runs Tim Southee March 11, 2010 New Zealand Won by 6 wickets Cameron White March 9, 2010 New Zealand Won by 6 wickets Brad Haddin March 6, 2010 New Zealand Won by 12 runs Daniel Vettori March 3, 2010 New Zealand Lost by 2 wickets Ross Taylor February 28, 2010 New Zealand Lost in the superover eliminator Brendon McCullum February 26, 2010 New Zealand Won by 6 wickets Mitchell Johnson West Indies tour of Australia 2010 Date vs Result Player of the Match February 23, 2010 West Indies Won by 8 wickets David Warner February 21, 2010 West Indies Won by 38 runs Shaun Tait February 19, 2010 West Indies Lost by 7 wickets Eoin Morgan February 14, 2010 West Indies Won by 50 runs Ricky Ponting

Upcoming Matches Commonwealth Bank Series 2011-12 Date Match February 5, 2012 1st ODI - Australia vs India February 10, 2012 3rd ODI - Australia vs Sri Lanka February 12, 2012 4th ODI - Australia vs India February 17, 2012 6th ODI - Australia vs Sri Lanka February 19, 2012 7th ODI - Australia vs India February 24, 2012 9th ODI - Australia vs Sri Lanka February 26, 2012 10th ODI - Australia vs India March 2, 2012 12th ODI - Australia vs Sri Lanka

Australia News

New Zealand wins the fifth ODI by 51 runs - March 13, 2010
Australia wins the fourth ODI by 6 wickets - March 11, 2010
Australia won the third ODI by 6 wickets against New Zealand - March 09, 2010
New Zealand wins the first ODI by 2 wickets - March 03, 2010
New Zealand beat Australia in the superover eliminator in the second Twenty20 - February 28, 2010
Australia wins first Twenty20 against New Zealand by six wickets - February 26, 2010
Australia vs West Indies - Fifth ODI - February 19, 2010
Australia vs West Indies - Fourth ODI - February 14, 2010
India beats Australia by 99 runs in the second ODI - October 28, 2009
Australia beat India by 4 runs in the first ODI - October 25, 2009
Australia wins ICC Champions Trophy 2009 - October 05, 2009
Australia defeats England - 2009 ICC Champions Trophy - First Semi Final - October 02, 2009
Australia defeats Pakistan, qualifies to the Semis - 2009 ICC Champions Trophy - September 30, 2009
Australia vs India - Match Washed out - 2009 ICC Champions Trophy - September 28, 2009
Australia defeats West Indies by 50 runs - 2009 ICC Champions Trophy - September 26, 2009
England vs Australia - Sixth One Day International at Trentbridge - September 17, 2009
England vs Australia - First One Day International at The Oval - September 04, 2009
England vs Australia - First Twenty20 International - August 30, 2009
Australia vs Scotland - Australia beat Scotland by 189 runs - August 28, 2009
England vs Australia Fifth test match - Ashes 2009 - August 20, 2009
Australia wins the fourth test match of Ashes 2009 - August 07, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 - Third Test Match ends in a draw - July 30, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 - Second Test Updates - July 17, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 Second Test - Day 1 - July 16, 2009
England holds on for a draw in the Ashes 2009 First Test Match - July 12, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 First Test - Day 4 - July 11, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 First Test - Day 3 - July 10, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 First Test - Day 2 - July 09, 2009
England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 First Test - Day 1 - July 08, 2009
West Indies defeat Australia in their opener - June 06, 2009