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. Australia is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877. The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games.
Australia is the most successful Test team in cricketing history. It has won more than 370 Test matches at a rate of just over 47%. As of 25 February 2017, Australia have played 798 Test matches; they have won 377 matches, lost 213 matches, and 206 matches were drawn and 2 ties.
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 30 January 2017, Australia have played 898 ODI matches, winning 554 matches and losing 303; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 32 had no result. 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 22 February 2017, Australia have played 93 T20I matches and won 47 of them. 43 were lost, 2 tied and 1 had no result. The winning percentage is only 52.17. 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 February 2017, Australia have faced all nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being The Ashes rivals, England; playing 341 matches against them. Due to more matches against England, they have registered more wins against England, but the best winning percentage of 100.00 against Bangladesh, where won all 4 tests. In ODI matches, Australia have played against 18 teams; they have played against the West Indies most frequently, with a winning percentage of 54.77 in 139 matches. Against the other nations with Test status, Australia has the best record against Bangladesh, winning 18 of 19 matches. They have also never lost an ODI match against a non-Test playing nation. 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.