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An Overview Of an Australian Team

Australian Cricket Team Profile

Friday, November 17, 2006

The Australian Cricket Team is the Champion of One Day Cricket as well as current ICC Test Champions. Australia has won 376 of the 671 ODI (One Day Internationals) till March12, 2006, the day when history was created in ODI version of game of cricket. In this ODI international at New Wanderer Stadium at Johannesburg, the world champions scored a record historic total of 434 runs in 50 overs only to be broken by South Africa who scored 438 runs with just a ball to spare. Today, Australia is considered the most professional and formidable cricket team in the world.
The Australian Cricket Team has produced a number of legendary cricketers including Sir Don Bradman, Dennis Lillee, Tom Moody, David Boon, Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and many more. Today, Australian Cricket Team plays some of the outstanding players the game of
cricket ever produced, including Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. The Australian Cricket Team has performed exceptionally well in most of the world cup matches and their track record is simply superb. They were runners-up in 1975 and 1996 world cups, and were winners of ICC Cricket World Cup in 1987, 1999 and 2003.
Australia’s cricket team has belief in the concept that cricket as a sport can only have appeal to fans and participants when the values of the game are firmly established at both the local and the international levels. This includes telling each player about the codes and policies that enforce these values and helping to promote the positive aspects of cricket.
History
The Australian Cricket Team, along with the English Cricket Team is the oldest Cricket Team in the world. Having played their first match in 1877, the Australian Cricket Team has so far played 682 Tests and 625 ODIs.

Performance

The Australian Cricket Team has been a formidable side from a long time. Always one of the better sides in world cricket, the Australians have performed exceptionally well over the years. The current World Champions, Australia has won the World Cup thrice and is on the verge of a hat trick, having won the championship in 1999 and 2003. They had previously won it in 1987. They are currently rated number one in all the cricket ratings in the world, official and unofficial, in both forms of the game.
Players
One of the major strengths of the Australian Cricket Team is that the players who represent the team are perhaps some of the finest in the world. With Ricky Ponting, a brilliant batsman himself, leading the side, is it of little surprise that they perform son well. Other world class batsman like Mathew Hayden, Michael Clark and Adam Gilchrist form the backbone of the team, while Brett Lee, Glen McGrath and Shane Warne demolish the opposition with their accurate bowling. In the recent years the team has done particularly well under coach John Buchanan.

Thus it can be seen that the Australian Cricket Team is a very strong side and stands a very good chance to win the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The team is known for its professionalism, dedication and a complete commitment to hard work. With all this and a pool of talented players, the team can only be expected to perform better in the years to come. Cricketscorelive.com brings to you the Australian Cricket Team Profile and other Cricket Team Profiles.

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