Australia Cricket Team Profile

It is the joint oldest team in Check cricket, having played in the first test match in 1877.The team also plays Day International cricket & Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970-71 season & the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004-05 season, winning both games. The team chiefly draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions  the Sheffield Shield, the Australian Domestic One-Day Series & the Giant Bash League.
The Australian team has played 730 Test matches, winning 341, losing 192, drawing 195 & tying. Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio & wins percentage. Australia is currently ranked fifth in the ICC test Championship behind India, South Africa, England & Sri Lanka, & led the test rankings for a record time of 74 months from 2003 to 2009.
Australia has played 752 ODI matches, winning 464, losing 256, tying eight and with 24 ending in no-result . They have led the ICC ODI Championship since its beginning for all but a period of 48 days in 2007. Australia have made record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 & 2007) and have won the World Cup a record times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup & 2007 Cricket World Cup. Australia is the first team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007), surpassing the elderly record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983).
The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until 19 March at the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by four wickets. Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy two times  in 2006 & in 2009  making them the first & the only team to become back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments. The team has also played 39 Twenty20 Internationals, making the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010 before losing it to England.