Australia Team

The Australian Cricket Team is the Champion of One Day Cricket. Currently Australian Cricket Team plays some of the outstanding players the game of cricket ever produced, including Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson,Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee. 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,Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and many more. 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. 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 , 2003 and 2007. It holds a tournament record 29 consecutive World Cup matches without a loss, a streak dating back to 23 May 1999, where it lost to Pakistan during the group stage of the event. Australia will be hoping to better its own achievement by winning the 2011 trophy Australia is placed in Group A of the ICC World Cup 2011, along with Pakistan ,New Zealand ,Sri Lanka ,Zimbabwe,Kenya , and Canada . Australia begins its campaign against Zimbabwe at Ahmadabad and the team will rely on the successful captaincy of Ricky Ponting for a fifth title. Ponting's return was tempered, however, by news on the eve of Australia's departure for India that both Mike Hussey and Nathan Hauritz had been ruled out with injuries. Veteran middle-order batsman Hussey and first-choice spinner Hauritz failed to overcome hamstring and shoulder injuries, leaving Australian selectors with no choice but to make replacements. The loss of 35-year-old Hussey is a big blow, considering he was one of only two batsmen in form during the Ashes series loss to England and averages almost 52 in 151 ODIs, regularly forced into the role of salvaging an innings. Callum Ferguson and spin bowler Jason Krejza were drafted into the 15-man squad as replacements. Ferguson, 26, averages 44 in his 28 ODIs, while right-arm spinner Krejza took 12 wickets on his test debut in India in 2008 but only played one more test and only made his ODI debut for Australia last Sunday, taking 2-53 in Australia's win over England at Perth. "Callum has an excellent record in one-day international cricket and played well in the limited-overs match against England in Sydney recently. We think he'll play well in subcontinental conditions," Hilditch said. "Jason toured India with the Australian test team in 2008 and understands those conditions. We're certain he'll be a key member of our squad."