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The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the equal oldest
team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in
1877 (defeating England by 45 runs). The current Australian cricket team is
widely regarded as the strongest cricket team in the world.
As of March 2007 the Australian team has won 320 of its 687 Test matches and has led
the ICC Test
Championship table for the majority of the time since the creation of the
ICC Test table system in January 2001. The South African Cricket Team did lead
this table for a brief period (January to May) in 2003, before Australia resumed
the first position on the table.
They are also the first-ranked international one-day cricket team and winners of the last
three Cricket World Cups. Australia won the Cricket World Cup 4 times in total;
1987, 1999, 2003 & 2007. As of 28
April 2007 they are undefeated in 29
consecutive World Cup matches. They have led the ICC One-Day International Championship
table from its inception through to February 18, 2007, and then again from April 7, 2007. In
2002, they were named World Team of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards in
recognition of their world record sequence of test match victories.
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