112-521: In Media Honours and Achievements Controversies The Warne–Muralidaran Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Australia – Sri Lanka Test cricket series from 2007 to 2008 season onwards. The trophy is named after the two leading wicket takers in Test cricket, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (who prefers to romanise his name as "Muralidaran") and Australia's Shane Warne . The trophy celebrates
224-657: A no-result . As of May 2022 , Australia is ranked fifth in the ICC T20I Championship on 251 rating points. Australia have won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup once, defeating New Zealand in the 2021 Final . On 12 January 2019, Australia won an ODI against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground by 34 runs, to record their 1,000th win in international cricket. Australia are the reigning World Test Champions and World Cup Champions , winning both titles in 2023,
336-559: A no-result . As of May 2022 , Australia is ranked third in the ICC ODI Championship on 107 rating points, though have been ranked first for 141 of 185 months since its introduction in 2002. Australia is one of the most successful teams in ODI cricket history, winning more than 60 per cent of their matches, with a record eight World Cup final appearances ( 1975 , 1987 , 1996 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 , 2015 , and 2023 ) and have won
448-453: A six to tie off the last ball. The aftermath of the incident soured political relations between Australia and New Zealand, with several leading political and cricketing figures calling it "unsportsmanlike" and " not in the spirit of cricket ". Australia continued its success up until the early 1980s, built around the Chappell brothers, Dennis Lillee , Jeff Thomson and Rod Marsh . The 1980s
560-531: A 1–0 loss to Pakistan in a two match Test series against Pakistan in the UAE and a 2–1 defeat against India in a four match Test series , they found success against Sri Lanka, winning the two Test match series 2–0. In 2019, Australia played in the Cricket World Cup , where they finished second in the group stage before being knocked out by England at Edgbaston in the semi-final. Australia later went on to retain
672-431: A 281-run partnership for the second wicket with Dimuth Karunaratne . Finally, Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 280 runs. During the second test match against Ireland, Mendis scored his maiden test double-century. He scored 245 runs from 291 deliveries hitting 18 boundaries and 11 sixes. He also put a 268-run partnership with Nishan Madushka . Finally, Sri Lanka won the match and the series, and Mendis won Player of
784-520: A captain of the Sri Lanka, as they lost to Australia by 5 wickets. In the next game against Netherlands, he led his team to a comfortable win. He also led Sri Lanka to a famous win against England which they won by 8 wickets, although he scored only 11 runs. In the next game against Afghanistan , Sri Lanka faltered big time, as their opponents eased past them with 7 wickets in hand. During T20I series against Bangladesh , he became highest run scorer in
896-513: A clean sweep of the series, winning 2–0. Australia national cricket team Test kit ODI kit T20I kit The Australia national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket . Along with England , it is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877; the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both
1008-414: A draw. The partnership of 246, was also Sri Lanka's highest for any wicket against New Zealand and also Sri Lanka's highest in the second innings of a Test. It was the first time a Sri Lankan pair had added 200-plus runs in the second innings of a Test outside Asia. In the second Test, Mendis reached 1,000 Test runs in the calendar year 2018. He became only the second player after Virat Kohli to achieve
1120-458: A half-century and no other batsman scored more than 30. Herath took 13 wickets in the match and Sri Lanka managed to win by 163 runs, whitewashing Australia for the first time in their history. Herath won both Man of the match award and Player of the Series awards. With this win, Sri Lanka moved above South Africa in the Test rankings, and Australia lost the top spot in the rankings. Australia completed
1232-405: A match-winning knock of 53 from 27 balls. Bangladesh scored 193 in their 20 overs, which was then their highest T20I total. Mendis opened the innings with Danushka Gunathilaka and they added 53 for the first wicket in just 4.5 overs. Then Mendis scored his first T20I fifty and Sri Lanka won the match by 6 wickets. The chase of 193 is recorded as the highest T20I chase by Sri Lanka as well and Mendis
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#17328950452781344-464: A quad strain in the second ODI. In his comeback match, he was again dismissed for naught. In the fourth ODI, he batted in the middle order and scored only 5 runs and England won the series 3–0. In the last match, Mendis batted in the number-4 position. After 24 innings without a fifty, he scored a 30-ball half-century in the match with 6 huge sixes. Sri Lanka won the match by 219 runs in the DLS method. During
1456-440: A quick 79 runs off 53 balls to set a target of 174. However, Sri Lanka lost the match. In the last over of the second T20I, he had a collision with Shehan Jayasuriya at the boundary line. Jayasuriya was running from long-on, and Mendis from midwicket, in order to intercept an aerial Mitchell Santner , he tripped up by the onrushing Mendis, and was sent crashing into the boundary. Both players picked up knee injuries and rested from
1568-507: A strong 97-run partnership with Pathum Nissanka while chasing 173 runs. Finally, Sri Lanka won the match by 6 wickets. In the first round in T20I World Cup 2022 , against Netherlands, Mendis scored the 9th T20I half-century and made 79 runs in 44 balls hitting five boundaries and five sixes. Finally, Sri Lanka won the match by 16 runs and qualified for Super 12, where Mendis won the Player of
1680-539: A world record 364 for England, and with Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceding 298 runs in England's world record total of 7/903. Ross Gregory , a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war. The team continued its success after the end of the Second World War with the first Test (also Australia's first against New Zealand) being played in the 1945–46 season against New Zealand. Australia
1792-588: Is displayed under the V-neck and the sponsor's logo is again displayed on the right side of the chest. The baggy green , the Australian Test cricket cap, is considered an essential part of the cricketing uniform and as a symbol of the national team, with new players being presented with one upon their selection in the team. The cap and the helmet both prominently display the Australian cricketing coat-of-arms instead of
1904-549: The 1912 Triangular Tournament in England, with Australia fielding what was generally considered a second-rate side. This was the last series before the war, and no more cricket was played by Australia for eight years; Tibby Cotter was killed in Palestine during the war. Test cricket resumed in the 1920/21 season in Australia with a touring English team captained by Johnny Douglas losing all five Tests to Australia, captained by
2016-473: The 1921 tour of England , winning three out of the five Tests in Warwick Armstrong 's last series. The side was, on the whole, inconsistent in the latter half of the 1920s, losing its first home Ashes series since the 1911–12 season in 1928–29. The 1930 tour of England heralded a new age of success for the Australian team. The team, led by Bill Woodfull – the "Great Un-bowlable" – featured legends of
2128-745: The 1978–79 Ashes series 5–1, the team's worst Ashes result in Australia. Graham Yallop was named as captain for the Ashes, with Kim Hughes taking over for the 1979–80 tour of India . Rodney Hogg took 41 wickets in his debut series, an Australian record. WSC players returned to the team for the 1979–80 season after a settlement between the ACB and Kerry Packer. Greg Chappell was reinstated as captain. The underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when, in an ODI against New Zealand, Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl an underarm delivery to New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie with New Zealand needing
2240-496: The 2006–07 Ashes series which Australia won 5 nil, Australia slipped in the rankings after the retirements of key players. In the 2013/14 Ashes series, Australia again defeated England 5 nil and climbed back to third in the ICC International Test rankings. In February/March 2014, Australia beat South Africa , the number one team in the world, 2–1 and overtook them to return to the top of the rankings. In 2015, Australia won
2352-507: The 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament . In August 2018, Mendis was named to Galle's squad for the 2018 SLC T20 League . He was the leading run-scorer for Galle in the tournament, where he scored 182 runs in six matches. In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament . During the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament , Mendis scored 139 against Ragama Cricket Club , where Colombo Cricket Club won
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#17328950452782464-640: The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy which is contested between Australia and New Zealand in ODI format. Before the Warne–Muralidaran Trophy, (1983–2004), Australia and Sri Lanka had played each other 18 times in the 21-year period, there had been four tours each in each country. Out of the 18 tests, Australia had won 11 times while Sri Lanka had won only once, in 1999, and 6 Tests had been drawn. The following were all regular, not Warne-Muralidaran Tests between
2576-452: The Cricket World Cup , losing just one game for the tournament. On 25 March 2018, during the third Test match against hosts South Africa ; players Cameron Bancroft , Steve Smith , David Warner and the leadership group of the team were implicated in a ball tampering scandal. Smith and Bancroft admitted to conspiring to alter the condition of the ball by rubbing it with a piece of adhesive tape containing abrasive granules picked up from
2688-714: The ICC World Test Championship once, defeating India in 2023 . Test rivalries centre on The Ashes (with England ), the Border–Gavaskar Trophy (with India ), the Frank Worrell Trophy (with the West Indies ), the Trans-Tasman Trophy (with New Zealand ), and matches against South Africa . The team has played 1,008 ODI matches, winning 613, losing 352, tying 9 and with 34 ending in
2800-406: The fourth Test of the series, in which Australia won by seven wickets chasing a target of 404, setting a new record for the highest run chase in Test cricket, with Arthur Morris and Bradman both scoring centuries, as well as for the final Test in the series, Bradman's last, where he finished with a duck in his last innings after needing only four runs to secure a career average of 100. Australia
2912-409: The national colours of Australia . There has been a variety of different styles and layouts used in both forms of the limited-overs game, with coloured clothing (sometimes known as "pyjamas") being introduced for World Series Cricket in the late 1970s. The Toyota or Qantas logo is prominently displayed on the shirts and other gears. The current T20I kit consists of green as the primary colour and gold as
3024-442: The "Big Ship" Warwick Armstrong. Several players from before the war, including Warwick Armstrong, Charlie Macartney , Charles Kelleway , Warren Bardsley and the wicket-keeper Sammy Carter , were instrumental in the team's success, as well as new players Herbie Collins , Jack Ryder , Bert Oldfield , the spinner Arthur Mailey and the so-called "twin destroyers" Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald . The team continued its success on
3136-500: The 131st player to take five wickets on debut in a Test match. Also, Trent Copeland took his first wicket in tests with his second ball; his victim was Tillakaratne Dilshan . Also in the first test, the ICC admitted that the hawk-eye or eagle-eye made an error. On the first day of the third Test Shaminda Eranga got his first wicket in Tests with his first ball (repeating Nathan Lyon 's feat in
3248-401: The 2015 World Cup as well. On 30 June 2017, against Zimbabwe , Mendis passed 1,000 ODI runs, becoming the joint second-fastest with Upul Tharanga for Sri Lanka to achieve this. During the first Test against Bangladesh in 2018 , Mendis scored his fourth Test hundred on his 23rd birthday. Mendis along with Dhananjaya de Silva scored a 308-run partnership to the second wicket until De Silva
3360-491: The 2018–19 season. Mendis was totally out of form during the 2018 Asia Cup , where he was dismissed for naught in both games against Bangladesh and Afghanistan. His place in the team was in doubt with poor performances, and he was omitted from the England tour in Sri Lanka . But during the ODI series, Mendis was called into the squad for the remainder of the series against England, as a replacement for Kusal Perera , who suffered
3472-449: The 25th anniversary of Australia–Sri Lanka Test cricket. The trophy features casts of the two bowlers ' right hands and match-used cricket balls bowled by them during their careers. Sri Lanka Cricket , the governing body of cricket in Sri Lanka had written to its Australian counterpart, Cricket Australia , that the winner of the series should be awarded a trophy named after the two bowlers. Cricket Australia had responded positively to
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3584-524: The Ashes during the 2019 Ashes series , the first time on English soil since 2001 , by winning the fourth Test at Old Trafford . In 2020–21, Australia hosted India for 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is, and 4 Tests. They won the ODI series 2–1, but lost the T20I series 2–1. Then, the two teams competed for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which saw one of the greatest overseas Test triumphs by India in the 4th Test to win
3696-595: The Ashes in 1989 , the Australians got a roll on beating Pakistan , Sri Lanka and then followed it up with another Ashes win on home soil in 1991 . The Australians went on to the West Indies and had their chances but ended up losing the series. However, they bounced back and beat the Indians in their next Test series; with the retirement of the champion but defensive Allan Border, a new era of attacking cricket had begun under
3808-507: The Australian Cricket Board which greatly weakened the player pool for the national sides, as most were either current representative players or on the verge of gaining honours. The so-called 'Golden Era' of Australian cricket occurred around the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. This was a period in which Australian cricket recovered from the disruption caused by World Series Cricket to create arguably
3920-460: The Australian Test team at the time were signed to WSC – notable exceptions including Gary Cosier , Geoff Dymock , Kim Hughes and Craig Serjeant – and the Australian selectors were forced to pick what was generally considered a third-rate team from players in the Sheffield Shield . Former player Bob Simpson, who had retired 10 years previously after a conflict with the board, was recalled at
4032-534: The Cricket Australia emblem. At the end of 2011, ASICS was named the manufacturer of the whites and limited over uniforms from Adidas, with the ASICS logo being displayed on the shirt and pants. Players may choose any manufacturer for their other gear ( bat , pads , shoes, gloves, etc.). In One Day International (ODI) cricket and Twenty20 International cricket, the team wears uniforms usually coloured green and gold,
4144-797: The Series award for his performance. Mendis was appointed vice-captain in April 2021 against Bangladesh ODI series. He was also appointed Vice-captain for the T20 series against England. However, he was dropped from the vice-captain position against India home series in September 2021. In December 2022, he was recalled as a Sri Lanka ODI Vice-captain for the India tour 2023. During the first World Cup match against South Africa, Mendis scored his 26th ODI half-century. He scored 76 runs from 42 balls which included four boundaries and eight sixes. His knock went in vain as Sri Lanka lost
4256-514: The Sri Lankans' proposal. In unveiling the trophy, Cricket Australia said in a statement, ...The two greatest bowlers in world cricket history have lent their names to a perpetual prize that will be played for in the Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka. The Warne–Muralidaran trophy became the latest addition to the series of trophies named after former players such as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy , for Test series between Australia and India and
4368-403: The West Indies, Mendis scored match-winning 94 runs and made 94-run partnership with Niroshan Dickwella . Sri Lanka later posted 330 runs off 50 overs, which was recorded as the highest total by Sri Lanka against the West Indies. Sri Lanka won the match by one run and reached the final, where Mendis won the man of the match award. In the final against Zimbabwe, Mendis scored another fifty, guiding
4480-451: The World Cup a record six times: 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023. Australia is the first (and only) team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007), surpassing the old record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by the West Indies (1975, 1979 , and 1983 ) and the first and only team to win 3 consecutive World Cups (1999, 2003, and 2007). The team
4592-424: The age of 41 to captain Australia against India . Jeff Thomson was named deputy in a team that included seven debutants. Australia managed to win the series 3–2, mainly thanks to the batting of Simpson, who scored 539 runs, including two centuries; and the bowling of Wayne Clark , who took 28 wickets. Australia lost the next series 3–1 against the West Indies, which was fielding a full strength team; and also lost
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4704-521: The ban early, rescinding the punishment in January 2022. On 20 February 2022, Mendis scored a match-winning sixth T20I half-century against Australia . His unbeaten 69 runs helped Sri Lanka to win the match by five wickets, with him being named the player of the match. On 23 May 2022, he was hospitalized after leaving the field holding his chest minutes before lunch on the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh . The doctors "suspect muscle spasms" as
4816-420: The batsmen Border, David Boon , Dean Jones , the young Steve Waugh and the bowling feats of Alderman, Bruce Reid , Craig McDermott , Merv Hughes and to a lesser extent, Geoff Lawson who kept the Australian side afloat. With the emergence of players such as Ian Healy , Mark Taylor , Geoff Marsh , Mark Waugh , and Greg Matthews in the late 1980s, Australia was on the way back from the doldrums. Winning
4928-553: The dominant cricketing nation for most of this period. Victor Trumper became one of Australia's first sporting heroes, who was widely considered Australia's greatest batsman before Bradman became one of the most popular players. He played a record (at the time) of a number of Tests at 49, and scored 3163 runs at a high for the time average of 39.04. He died in 1915 at the age of 37 from kidney disease, causing national mourning. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , in its obituary for him, called him Australia's greatest batsman: " Of all
5040-498: The early 2000s and briefly in early 2020, in ODIs, Australia wore yellow helmets, before using green helmets as in test matches. Former suppliers were Asics (1999), ISC (2000–2001), Fila (2002–2003) and Adidas (2004–2010) among others. Before Travelex (and 3 in test matches), some of the former sponsors were XXXX (1990–1992), Coca-Cola (1993–1998), Fly Emirates (1999) and Carlton & United Breweries (2000–2001). Cricket Australia released
5152-489: The early part of the 1960s were Richie Benaud, who took a then-record number of wickets as a leg-spinner and who also captained Australia in 28 Tests, including 24 without defeat; Alan Davidson , who was a notable fast-bowler and also became the first player to take 10 wickets and make 100 runs in the same game in the first Test; Bob Simpson , who also later captained Australia for two different periods of time; Colin McDonald ,
5264-423: The end of the 19th century, concluding at the beginning of the 20th century, with the team under the captaincy of Joe Darling , Monty Noble and Clem Hill , winning eight of ten tours. It is considered to have lasted from the 1897–98 English tour of Australia and the 1910–11 South African tour of Australia. Outstanding batsmen such as Joe Darling , Clem Hill , and Reggie Duff , all helped Australia to become
5376-424: The end of the series Muralitharan had bagged only four wickets. Australia won the test series and the trophy 2–0. In the second Test, Kumar Sangakkara was given out when the ball actually hit his shoulder on 192 by umpire Rudi Koertzen . After the match Koertzen apologised to Sangakkara. During the series Marvan Atapattu , former Sri Lankan cricket captain criticised the selecting board of Sri Lanka Cricket saying
5488-575: The end of the series, with Justin Langer replacing him. On 8 May 2018, Tim Paine was also named as the ODI captain while Aaron Finch was reinstated as T20I captain hours later, although Finch replaced Paine as the ODI captain after the 5–0 ODI series whitewash in England in June 2018. On 7 October 2018, Australia played their first Test match under new coach Justin Langer and a new leadership group, which included Tim Paine as Australia's 46th Test captain. After
5600-546: The feat. He finished 2018 as the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket, with 1,023 runs at an average of 46.50, including three centuries and four fifties. During the two-match Test series against South Africa , Mendis continued his poor form with the bat with scores 0, 12 and 16. However, his fielding efforts at slip improved in each innings. In the second innings of the second test at Port Elizabeth, Mendis scored his 9th test fifty and put on an unbeaten partnership of 163 runs off 213 balls with newcomer Oshada Fernando to win
5712-564: The first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield , the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League . Australia are the current ICC World Test Championship and ICC Cricket World Cup champions. They are regarded as
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#17328950452785824-679: The first Test against Australia at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium . He became the youngest Sri Lankan to score a century against Australia and also the highest score against Australia on home soil. Sri Lanka won the match by 106 runs, which was only their second Test win against Australia. Mendis won the Man of the Match award for his performance. In the fifth match of the Tri-series in Zimbabwe against
5936-467: The first Test against New Zealand in late 2018, Mendis scored his sixth Test century. Mendis along with Angelo Mathews batted all over the fourth day, which was the fifth time that the Sri Lankan pair had done that in Test history. On the fifth day, they put on an unbeaten double-century partnership which overall lasted for 115 wicketless overs for New Zealanders. With rain interruption, the match ended in
6048-476: The first Test match. In May 1977, Kerry Packer announced he was organising a breakaway competition – World Series Cricket (WSC) – after the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) refused to accept Channel Nine 's bid to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches in 1976. Packer secretly signed leading international cricketers to his competition, including 28 Australians. Almost all of
6160-443: The first Test); his victim was Shane Watson . Also on the first day Shaun Marsh achieved an average of 209, the highest ever by an Australian. Michael Hussey was Man of the Match for all three test matches and was also awarded Man of the Series. Australia completed a clean sweep of the series, winning 3–0. Sri Lanka had a poor run leading up to this series, where they lost across all forms in England. The first match at Pallekele
6272-464: The first innings. Eventually Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 154 runs and sealed the series 2–0. On 17 October 2024 against West Indies in the third T20I, Mendis made a match winning knock of an unbeaten 68 runs: his fifteenth fifty in T20Is, where he guided Sri Lanka to the victory and clinched the series 2–1. This is the first bilateral T20I series win over West Indies as well. Later, Mendis won
6384-451: The first test against New Zealand , Mendis scored the fastest half-century and scored 87 of 83 balls. However, in the second test, he was dismissed for duck in the first innings and scored a half-century in the second innings. On 8 April 2023, in the third T20I match against New Zealand, Mendis scored his 12th T20I fifty in a losing cause. On 16 April 2023, in the first test match against Ireland , Mendis scored his 8th test century and put
6496-563: The first-choice opening batsman for most of the 1950s and early '60s; Norm O'Neill , who made 181 in the Tied Test; Neil Harvey , towards the end of his long career; and Wally Grout , an excellent wicket-keeper who died at the age of 41. The Centenary Test was played in March 1977 at the MCG to celebrate 100 years since the first Test was played. Australia won the match by 45 runs, an identical result to
6608-426: The following grounds: For Test matches, the team wears cricket whites , with an optional sweater or sweater-vest , with a green and gold V-neck for use in cold weather. The sponsor's (currently Toyota for home matches and Qantas for away matches) logo is displayed on the right side of the chest while the Cricket Australia emblem is displayed on the left. If the sweater is being worn the Cricket Australia emblem
6720-617: The former against India at The Oval in London and the latter at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, also against India . The Australian cricket team participated in the first Test match at the MCG in 1877. They defeated England by 45 runs, with Charles Bannerman making the first Test century with a score of 165. Test cricket, which only occurred between Australia and England at the time,
6832-449: The game including Bill Ponsford , Stan McCabe , Clarrie Grimmett and the young pair of Archie Jackson and Don Bradman . Bradman was the outstanding batsman of the series, scoring a record 974 runs, including one century, two double centuries and one triple century , a massive score of 334 at Leeds which including 309 runs in a day. Jackson died of tuberculosis at the age of 23 three years later, after playing eight Tests. The team
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#17328950452786944-537: The great Australian batsmen Victor Trumper was by general consent the best and most brilliant. " The years leading up to the start of World War were marred by conflict between the players, led by Clem Hill, Victor Trumper and Frank Laver , and the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket , led by Peter McAlister , who was attempting to gain more control of tours from the players. This led to six leading players (the so-called "Big Six") walking out on
7056-489: The ground (it was later revealed that sandpaper was used). Smith stated that the purpose was to gain an advantage by unlawfully changing the ball's surface in order to generate reverse swing . Bancroft had been filmed tampering with the ball and, after being informed he had been caught, he was seen to transfer a yellow object from a pocket to the inside front of his trousers to hide the evidence. Steve Smith and David Warner were stood down as captain and vice-captain during
7168-426: The latter half of the 1940s, and were to form the basis of the team for a good part of the next decade. The team that Don Bradman led to England in 1948 gained the moniker The Invincibles , after going through the tour without losing a single game. Of 31 first-class games played during the tour, they won 23 and drew 8, including winning the five-match Test series 4–0 with one draw. The tour was particularly notable for
7280-561: The latter half of the 1950s, first under the leadership of Ian Johnson, then Ian Craig and Richie Benaud . The series against the West Indies in the 1960–61 season was notable for the Tied Test in the first game at the Gabba , which was the first in Test cricket. Australia ended up winning the series 2–1 after a hard-fought series that was praised for its excellent standards and sense of fair play. Stand-out players in that series as well as through
7392-585: The leadership of firstly Mark Taylor and then Steve Waugh . The 1990s and early 21st century were arguably Australia's most successful periods, unbeaten in all Ashes series played bar the famous 2005 series and achieving a hat-trick of World Cups . This success has been attributed to the restructuring of the team and system by Border, successive aggressive captains, and the effectiveness of several key players, most notably Glenn McGrath , Shane Warne , Justin Langer , Matthew Hayden , Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist , Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting . Following
7504-526: The list of their 2024–2025 national contracts on 28 March 2024. Players can still be upgraded to national contracts throughout the year by receiving 12 upgrade points. A Test is worth five points, while each ODI and T20 international is worth two. This is a list of every active player who is contracted to Cricket Australia, has played for Australia since November 2023 or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics . Last updated: 30th November 2024 A red box around
7616-685: The man of the match award for his batting performance. Kusal Mendis has made 14 international centuries - 10 in Test cricket , and 4 in One Day International (ODI) format. In July 2020, Mendis was arrested after being involved in a fatal road accident in Panadura . Mendis was driving a vehicle that hit an elderly cyclist, who later died in hospital. A day after the incident, Mendis was released on bail . On 12 February 2021, Mendis married his wife in Colombo. In June 2022, Mendis' wife gave birth to
7728-558: The match and Kusal Mendis won the player of the match award for his performance. During the 2022 Asia Cup , Mendis played as the opener with Pathum Nissanka and they made match-winning partnerships in the games against Bangladesh, Afghanistan and India. Against Bangladesh, Mendis made a match-winning knock of 60 runs and Sri Lanka finally chased the target of 183 runs with one wicket. However, Mendis had four clear chances and won by luck. On 6 September 2022 against India, Mendis scored his 8th T20I half-century. He scored 57 runs and put up
7840-527: The match award for his performance. In the first match in Super 12s in T20 World Cup 2022 , against Ireland, Mendis scored his 10th T20I half-century and surpassed 1000 T20I runs. Finally, Sri Lanka won the match by 9 wickets and Mendis won the Player of the Match award. On 5 January 2023, against India , Mendis scored his 11th T20I half-century and eventually Sri Lanka won the match by 16 runs. On March 2023, in
7952-446: The match by 59 runs and Mendis won the player of the match award. In 2014, Mendis was named as the captain for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup . After strong performances in U-19 career, Mendis became the 132nd Test player for Sri Lanka, after gaining his cap during the second Test of Sobers-Tissera Trophy against West Indies . He scored 13 runs in the first innings and 39 runs in
8064-522: The match by 8 wickets. Eventually, Sri Lanka won the series 2-0 and Mendis was adjudged man of the match. It was the first Test series won by Sri Lanka in South Africa and Sri Lanka became the first Asian team to win a test series in South Africa. In April 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup . On 1 September 2019, during the first T20I against New Zealand , he scored
8176-564: The match by an innings and 125 runs. In 2020, Mendis scored his maiden first-class double-century against Nondescripts Cricket Club and helped to draw the match. In the final match against Chilaw Marians Cricket Club , Mendis scored another century, with 157 runs, where the match ended in a draw. In October 2020, Mendis was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League . In November 2021, he
8288-511: The match ended with a no result, due to heavy rain. On 8 June 2017, against India in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy , Mendis scored a match-winning 89 runs and made a 159-run stand for the second wicket with Danushka Gunathilaka . In the match, Sri Lanka chased 321 runs scored by India, by recording the highest successful run chase in Champion's Trophy history. This was Sri Lanka's joint-highest chase, and their first successful 300-plus chase since
8400-460: The match in a huge margin. On 10th October 2023, against Pakistan, Mendis made his 3rd ODI century and scored 122 runs from 77 deliveries hitting 14 boundaries and 6 sixes. His efforts went in vain against Sri Lanka lost the match. He was appointed as Sri Lanka's captain after regular skipper Dasun Shanaka was ruled out of the 2023 Cricket World Cup after suffering an injury in the game against Pakistan. He scored just 9 runs in his first match as
8512-473: The most successful cricket team in the history of cricket. The national team has played 867 Test matches, winning 414, losing 233, 218 drawn and with 2 tied. As of May 2022 , Australia is ranked first in the ICC Test Championship on 128 rating points. Australia is the most successful team in Test cricket history, in terms of overall wins, win–loss ratio, and wins percentage. Australia have won
8624-427: The next highest average. He would have finished with an average of over 100 runs per innings if he had not been dismissed for a duck in his last Test. He was knighted in 1949 for services to cricket. He is generally considered one of Australia's all-time greatest sporting heroes, if not the greatest. Test cricket was again interrupted by war , with the last Test series in 1938 made notable by Len Hutton scoring
8736-428: The notable exception of George Giffen, the star South Australian all-rounder . One of the highlights of Australia's early history was the 1882 Test match against England, which took place at The Oval . In this match, Fred Spofforth took 7/44 in the game's fourth innings, saving the match by preventing England from making their 85-run target. After this match, The Sporting Times , a major newspaper in London at
8848-460: The possible 20 in the game. The third test was at SSC, Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva scored centuries in the first innings. In reply, Shaun Marsh and Steven Smith scored centuries for the visitors. In the third and crucial innings, Kaushal Silva scored a century setting a target of over 300 for the Aussies. On the final day the Australians started to crumble, only David Warner scored
8960-612: The reason for his discomfort but an ECG test has "come out clear". In the Australian Test series in July 2022, Sri Lanka suffered a huge defeat, with the match ending in three days. Mendis scored just 3 and 8 runs in the match. However, on 9 July 2022, in the second Test, Mendis scored 85 runs in a partnership of 152 with Dimuth Karunaratne . On 1 September 2022, against Bangladesh Kusal Mendis scored his 7th T20I half-century. He scored 60 runs while chasing 183 runs. Finally, Sri Lanka won
9072-540: The second innings. Then in 2016, Mendis was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of England . In the first Test, he got a duck in the first innings, but scored his maiden test half-century with 53 runs in the second innings. Mendis made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland on 16 June 2016, and scored his maiden ODI fifty. In the same tour, Mendis made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka against England on 5 July 2016. On 28 July 2016, Mendis scored his maiden Test century during
9184-411: The secondary colour. The ODI is the opposite of the T20I kit, with gold as the primary colour and green as the secondary colour. However, since Australia beat New Zealand at the MCG in the 2015 Cricket World Cup wearing the gold uniform, it has also become their primary colour, with the hats used being called 'floppy gold', formerly known as 'baggy gold', a limited-overs equivalent to a baggy green. Until
9296-420: The selectors were a group of "Muppets headed by a joker" referring to the chairman of selectors, Ashantha de Mel . Atapattu retired from cricket at the end of the series. On the second day of the first Test, Nathan Lyon took his first wicket in tests with his first ball, his victim was Kumar Sangakkara ; he is the 14th international player and 2nd Australian to do so. He finished with figures of 5/34, becoming
9408-440: The series 1–0. On 25 February 2020, against the West Indies , Mendis scored his second ODI century. Along with Avishka Fernando , they made a 239-run partnership for the third wicket, with Sri Lanka eventually making 345/8. West Indies collapsed in the chase and Sri Lanka won the match by 161 runs. This was the biggest win in terms of runs against the West Indies by Sri Lanka in ODIs, with Sri Lanka taking an unassailable lead in
9520-472: The series 2–1, with the 3rd Test being drawn. In 2021, Australia named a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup with regular limited overs captain Aaron Finch leading the side. In finals , they would face their trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand and win the match to claim their maiden T20 World Cup Trophy. On 19 November 2021, Tim Paine resigned from the captaincy due to off-the-field misconduct, and
9632-463: The series scoring 181 runs in three matches with average of 60.33 including two half centuries. In May 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. In September 2024 in the second test match against New Zealand , Mendis scored his 10th century. He made an unbeaten century partnership with Kamindu Mendis , where Sri Lanka posted a mammoth total of 602 in
9744-498: The series. On 28 June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) suspended Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella after they breached the team's bio-secure bubble during Sri Lanka's tour of England . All three players were seen in the city centre of Durham , with SLC sending them all back home ahead of the ODI matches. In July 2021, following the outcome of the incident, Mendis was suspended from playing in international cricket for one year. Sri Lanka Cricket agreed to lift
9856-404: The sport from 1930 until his retirement in 1948, setting new records for the highest score in a Test innings (334 vs England at Headingley in 1930), the most runs (6996), the most centuries (29), the most double centuries and the highest Test and first-class batting averages. His record for the highest Test batting average – 99.94 – has never been beaten. It is almost 40 runs per innings above
9968-402: The strongest Test team in history. Under the captaincy of Allan Border and the new fielding standards put in place by new coach Bob Simpson, the team was restructured and gradually rebuilt their cricketing stocks. Some of the rebel players returned to the national side after serving their suspensions, including Trevor Hohns , Carl Rackemann and Terry Alderman. During these lean years, it was
10080-399: The team to win the series by 6 wickets. His all-round performances in the series gave him his first Player of the series award. On the first Test against Bangladesh at Galle in 2017, Mendis scored his second Test century, just falling short 6 runs for his double hundred. On 28 March 2017, in the second ODI against Bangladesh , Mendis scored his maiden ODI century, with 102 runs. However,
10192-412: The third T20I. During the first Test against Zimbabwe on 19 January 2020, Mendis scored his eleventh fifty. He made 80 runs off 163 deliveries in the match and had a strong partnership with eventual double-centurion Angelo Mathews . Sri Lanka went on to win the match by 10 wickets. In the second Test, Mendis scored his seventh century with an unbeaten 116 in the second innings, with Sri Lanka winning
10304-417: The third Test while head coach, Darren Lehmann was suspected to have assisted Cameron Bancroft to tamper the ball. The ICC imposed a one-match ban and 100%-match-fee fine on Smith, while Bancroft was fined 75 percent of his match fee and received 3 demerit points. Smith and Warner were both stripped of their captaincy roles by Cricket Australia and sent home from the tour (along with Bancroft). Tim Paine
10416-452: The time, printed a mock obituary in which the death of English cricket was proclaimed and the announcement made that "the body was cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.” This was the start of the famous Ashes series, in which Australia and England play a series of Test matches to decide the holder of the Ashes. To this day, the contest is one of the fiercest rivalries in sport. The 'Golden Age' of Australian Test cricket occurred around
10528-489: The two countries, as leading Australian political figures, including the Governor of South Australia , Alexander Hore-Ruthven , protested to their English counterparts. The series ended in a 4–1 win for England but the bodyline tactics used were banned the year after. The Australian team put the result of this series behind them, winning their next tour of England in 1934. The team was led by Bill Woodfull on his final tour and
10640-401: The two countries: Shane Warne retired from cricket in 2007 with 708 wickets against his name and Muttiah Muralitharan played the 2007–2008 series eight wickets short of Warne's tally at the start of the series. Ricky Ponting stated that he was determined to deny Murali from getting the nine wickets required to surpass Warne as the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket while in Australia. At
10752-531: The year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket 's annual awards. In 2013, Mendis was adjudged as the schoolboy cricketer of the year and had captained the national youth and the Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa teams in his formative years. In March 2018, Mendis was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament . In the following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for
10864-530: The year indicates tournaments played within Australia Kusal Mendis Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis , popularly known as Kusal Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays in all forms of the game and a former ODI captain of the national team. He only played sixteen first-class matches before playing for the national side. In November 2017, he was named the One Day International (ODI) batsman of
10976-412: Was a memorable one for Kusal Mendis who scored his maiden test century (176) and bowling of Rangana Herath lead Sri Lanka to a 106-run victory, their first test victory over the visitors in 17 years. The win boosted the confidence of the home team leading to the second test in Galle. Performances by Herath and Dilruwan Perera sealed the series with a 229-run victory. The spin duo took 18 wickets out of
11088-862: Was a period of relative mediocrity after the turmoil caused by the Rebel Tours of South Africa and the subsequent retirement of several key players. The rebel tours were funded by the South African Cricket Board to compete against its national side, which had been banned—along with many other sports, including Olympic athletes—from competing internationally, due to the South African government's racist apartheid policies. Some of Australia's best players were poached: Graham Yallop, Carl Rackemann , Terry Alderman , Rodney Hogg, Kim Hughes, John Dyson , Greg Shipperd , Steve Rixon and Steve Smith amongst others. These players were handed three-year suspensions by
11200-438: Was adjudged man of the match. In the second T20I, Mendis scored another match-winning half-century and Sri Lanka posted 210 in their 20 overs. This is Sri Lanka's highest T20I score against Bangladesh. Finally, Sri Lanka won the match and series 2-0 and Mendis was awarded with both man of the match and player of the series. In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of
11312-422: Was appointed as captain for the fourth Test. Cricket Australia then suspended Smith and Warner from playing for 12 months and Bancroft for 9 months. Smith and Bancroft could not be considered for leadership roles for 12 months after the suspension, while Warner is banned from leadership of any Cricket Australia team for life. In the aftermath of these events, Darren Lehmann announced his resignation as head coach at
11424-471: Was by far the most successful team of the 1940s, being undefeated throughout the decade, winning two Ashes series against England and its first Test series against India . The team capitalised on its ageing stars Bradman, Sid Barnes , Bill Brown and Lindsay Hassett while new talent, including Ian Johnson , Don Tallon , Arthur Morris , Neil Harvey , Bill Johnston and the fast bowling pair of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller , who all made their debut in
11536-415: Was dismissed for 173 runs. However, Mendis was dismissed for 196 runs, four runs short of his maiden double century. His score of 196, however, made him the second Sri Lankan after Kumar Sangakkara to get out in the 190s at least twice. After good performances in Tests against Bangladesh, Mendis was named to the T20I squad for Sri Lanka by replacing injured Kusal Perera . In the first match, he scored
11648-407: Was less successful in the 1950s, losing three consecutive Ashes series to England, including a horrendous 1956 Tour of England , where the 'spin twins' Laker and Lock destroyed Australia, taking 61 wickets between them, including Laker taking 19 wickets in the game (a first-class record) at Headingley , a game dubbed Laker's Match . However, the team rebounded to win five consecutive series in
11760-443: Was limited by the long distance between the two countries, which took several months by sea. Despite Australia's much smaller population, the team was very competitive in early games, producing stars such as Jack Blackham , Billy Murdoch , Fred "The Demon" Spofforth , George Bonnor , Percy McDonnell , George Giffen , and Charles "The Terror" Turner . Most cricketers at the time were either from New South Wales or Victoria , with
11872-450: Was made ODI captain. 2023 was a memorable year for Australia where they won their maiden ICC World Test Championship title (which made them the first team in history to win all major ICC Trophies across all formats), and retained the Ashes . In November, they won the World Cup for the 6th time, defeating the host India in the final. Australia currently plays International cricket at each of
11984-412: Was notably dominated by Ponsford and Bradman, who twice put on partnerships of over 380 runs, with Bradman once again scoring a triple century at Leeds. The bowling was dominated by the spin pair of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett, who took 53 wickets between them, with O'Reilly twice taking seven-wicket hauls. Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered the greatest batsman of all time. He dominated
12096-570: Was replaced by Pat Cummins , who became Australia's 47th Test captain, with Steve Smith named as his deputy. Under Pat Cummins, Australia retained 2021-22 Ashes at home by winning the series 4-0. Australia then toured Pakistan in March 2022 for the first time since 1998 to play 3 test matches and 3 ODIs and one-off T20. Australia won all the series. Australia failed to advance to knockouts in 2022 T20 World Cup . Australia's white ball captain Finch retired from international cricket. Afterwards, Pat Cummins
12208-558: Was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League . In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League . On 7 February 2023, Mendis was signed to Pretoria Capitals in the SA20 cricket tournament in South Africa. Against Paarl Royals , he scored 80 runs from 41 deliveries hitting 8 boundaries and four sixes, where Capitals won
12320-715: Was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets in the Group stage. Australia is also the second team to win a World Cup (2015) on home soil, after India ( 2011 ). Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice ( 2006 and 2009 ) making them the first and the only team to be back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments. The national team has played 203 Twenty20 International matches, winning 112, losing 84, tying 3, and with 4 ending in
12432-461: Was widely considered by Australian crowds as vicious and unsporting. Injuries to Bill Woodfull, who was struck over the heart, and Bert Oldfield , who received a fractured skull (although from a non-bodyline ball), exacerbated the situation, almost causing a full-scale riot from the 50 000 fans at the Adelaide Oval for the third Test. The conflict almost escalated into a diplomatic incident between
12544-480: Was widely considered unstoppable, winning nine of its next ten Tests. The 1932–33 England tour of Australia is considered one of the most infamous episodes of cricket, due to the England team's use of bodyline , where captain Douglas Jardine instructed his bowlers Bill Voce and Harold Larwood to bowl fast, short-pitched deliveries aimed at the bodies of the Australian batsmen. The tactic, although effective,
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