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Cricket Australia (CA) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, limited by guarantee. [5]
The Sheffield Shield, the premier first-class cricket competition in Australia, was established in 1892 by the Australasian Cricket Council, the first attempt at a national cricket board. [ 3 ] The era from the mid-1890s to World War I has been described as Australian cricket's golden age .
Australia participated in the first Test match in cricket in 1877, the first One Day International in 1971 (both against England) and the first Twenty20 international in 2005 (against New Zealand). In addition to officially sanctioned international matches and tours organised by the Australian Cricket Board (now known as Cricket Australia ...
The Sheffield Shield, the premier first-class cricket competition in Australia, was established in 1892 by the Australasian Cricket Council, the first attempt at a national cricket board. [6] The Shield was purchased from funds donated by Lord Sheffield , the financier of the English tour of 1891–92.
The Australia national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket.Along with England, it is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877; [11] the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season [12] and the ...
Follow live coverage of Australia vs India from the India in Australia 2024/2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final ...
This is a list of Australia Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two- innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the Australia cricket team .
The Australian cricket selectors are a group of people appointed by Cricket Australia to be responsible for team selections for each of the Australian national sides in every form of cricket. Current members for the Australian Men's Team are (as of November 2022): George Bailey (Chairman), Andrew McDonald (also Head Coach) and Tony Dodemaide. [1]