Australia

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The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team that represents Australia in international cricket.The team is governed by Cricket Australia.Australia is one of the first nation to be granted test status in 1877.They played their first test match at Melbourne against England from 15 to 19 th March on 1877.They are the current number one cricket team .They have won the world cup four times (1987,1999. 2003,2007) and have remained undefeated for 29 consecutive world cup matches.Shane Warne, who was the first bowler to cross the 600 wicket mark retired from international cricket on 2006.He was considered as number one leg spinner and was among the key players of the Australian team.Mike Hussey is in 3rd position in the ICC batsman ranking for test cricket and 4th in ODI.Rickey Pointing , captain of the Australian team is in 4th position in the ICC batsman ranking for test cricket and in 3rd position in the ODI ranking.Hayden is placed in 6th position in the ICC batsman ranking for test cricket while symonds is in 9th position in the ODI rankings.S.R Clark is in 3rd position while Brett lee is in 4th position in the ICC bowlers rankings for test cricket team.N.W.Bracken is placed in 1st position while M.G.Johanson is in 7th position in the ICC bowler rankings for ODI.