Australia national cricket team record by opponent

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 1876

. 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 with an overall winning rate of 47.39%. As of 11 July 2022, Australia have played 844 Test matches; winning 400, lost 227, 215 were drawn and 2 matches were tied.

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 22 November 2022, Australia have played 975 ODI matches, winning 592 matches and losing 340; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 34 had no result. They have won the Cricket World Cup a record 6 times, more than any other nation, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023 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 4 November 2022, Australia have played 174 T20I matches and won 91 of them. 76 were lost, 3 tied and 4 had no result. The winning percentage is only 54.41. During 8 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, Australia's best performance came during 2021, where they beat New Zealand to lift their first T20I World Cup.

As of July 2022, Australia have faced nine of the eleven other teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being The Ashes rivals, England; playing 356 matches against them. Due to more matches against England, they have registered more wins against England, but the best winning percentage of 100 against Zimbabwe, having won all three Tests. In ODI matches, Australia have played against 18 teams; they have played against England most frequently, with a winning percentage of 57.61 in 154 matches. Against the other nations with Test status, Australia has the best record against Ireland and Afghanistan having never lost in an ODI match against them. They have also never lost an ODI match against a non-Test playing nation. The team have competed against 12 countries in T20Is, and have played 22 matches against South Africa. Out of that, Australia have defeated South Africa on 14 occasions.

Key

Key for the tables

Symbol	Meaning
Matches	Number of matches played
Won	Number of matches won
Lost	Number of matches lost
Tied	Number of matches tied
Draw	Number of matches ended in a draw
No Result	Number of matches ended with no result
Tie+Win	Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
Tie+Loss	Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
%Won	Percentage of games won to those played.
W/L Ratio	Ratio of matches won to matches lost
First	Year of the first match played by Australia against the country
Last	Year of the last match played by Australia against the country

Test cricket

Team	Opponent	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
Australia	England	15 March 1877	361	152	112	97	0	42.10
	South Africa	11 October 1902	101	54	26	21	0	53.46
	West Indies	12 December 1930	120	61	33	25	1	50.83
	New Zealand	29 March 1946	62	36	8	18	0	58.06
	India	28 November 1947	107	45	32	29	1	42.05
	Pakistan	11 October 1956	72	37	15	20	0	51.38
	Sri Lanka	22 April 1983	33	20	5	8	0	60.60
	Zimbabwe	14 October 1999	3	3	0	0	0	100
	Bangladesh	18 July 2003	6	5	1	0	0	83.33
	ICC World XI	14 October 2005	1	1	0	0	0	100
		Total	866	414	232	218	2	47.80
	Source: ESPNCricinfo. Last updated: April 2024

One Day International

Matches played (by country)

Team	Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	% Won
Australia	England	155	87	63	2	3	57.89
	New Zealand	141	95	39	0	7	70.89
	Pakistan	107	69	34	1	3	66.82
	Sri Lanka	102	63	35	0	4	64.28
	West Indies	143	76	61	3	3	55.35
	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	100.00
	India	143	80	53	0	10	60.15
	Zimbabwe	33	29	3	0	1	90.62
	Bangladesh	21	19	1	0	1	95.00
	South Africa	103	48	51	3	1	48.52
	Kenya	5	5	0	0	0	100.00
	Scotland	5	5	0	0	0	100.00
	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	0	100.00
	Namibia	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	United States	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	ICC World XI	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
	Ireland	5	4	0	0	1	100.00
	Afghanistan	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 November 2022.

Twenty20 International

Matches played (by country)

Team	Opponent	1st T20I	Last T20I	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	% Won
Australia
	New Zealand	17 February 2005	22 October 2022	16	10	5	1	0	65.62
	England	13 June 2005	28 October 2022	23	10	11	0	2	47.61
	South Africa	9 January 2006	23 October 2021	22	14	8	0	0	63.63
	Zimbabwe	12 September 2007	6 July 2018	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
	Bangladesh	16 September 2007	4 November 2021	10	6	4	0	0	60.00
	Pakistan	18 September 2007	5 April 2022	25	11	12	1	1	47.91
	Sri Lanka	20 September 2007	25 October 2022	26	15	10	1	0	59.61
	India	22 September 2007	25 September 2022	26	10	15	0	1	40.00
	West Indies	20 June 2008	7 October 2022	19	9	10	0	0	47.36
	Ireland	19 September 2012	31 October 2022	2	2	0	0	0	100.00
	United Arab Emirates	22 October 2018		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	Afghanistan	4 November 2022		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
Last updated: 4 November 2022.