Australia, the World Cup's Champion of Champions

Rajneesh Gupta highlights the important numbers of the Australian team from World Cups.

Result Summary

IMAGE: The Australians celebrate with the 2015 World Cup. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Year	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Remarks
1975	5	3	2	0	0	Runner-up
1979	3	1	2	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1983	6	2	4	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1987	8	7	1	0	0	Champions
1992	8	4	4	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1996	7	5	2	0	0	Runner-up
1999	10	7	2	1	0	Champions
2003	11	11	0	0	0	Champions
2007	11	11	0	0	0	Champions
2011	7	4	2	0	1	Lost in quarter-finals
2015	8	7	1	0	0	Champions
Total	84	62	20	1	1

Playing Record against Participating Teams

Versus	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Win%
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	0	100.00
England	7	5	2	0	0	71.42
India	11	8	3	0	0	72.72
New Zealand	10	7	3	0	0	70.00
Pakistan	9	5	4	0	0	55.55
South Africa	5	3	1	1	0	60.00
Sri Lanka	9	7	1	0	1	87.50
West Indies	9	4	5	0	0	44.44

Highest Team Totals

Total	Vs	Venue	Year
417/6	Afghanistan	Perth	2015
377/6	South Africa	Basseterre	2007
376/9	Sri Lanka	Sydney	2015
359/2	India	Johannesburg	2003
358/5	Netherlands	Basseterre	2007

Lowest Team Totals

Total	Vs	Venue	Year
129	India	Chelmsford	1983
151	West Indies	Leeds	1983
151	New Zealand	Auckland	2015
159/9	England	Lord's	1979
170/9	South Africa	Sydney	1992

Highest Individual Innings

IMAGE: After a horrific year on the sidelines, David Warner will be keen to reclaim his reputation. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Runs	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
178	David Warner	Afghanistan	Perth	2015
158	Matthew Hayden	West Indies	North Sound	2007
149	Adam Gilchrist	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	2007
143*	Andrew Symonds	Pakistan	Johannesburg	2003
140*	Ricky Ponting	India	Johannesburg	2003
135	Aaron Finch	England	Melbourne	2015
130	Mark Waugh	Kenya	Visakhapatnam	1996
126*	Geoff Marsh	New Zealand	Chandigarh	1987
126	Mark Waugh	India	Mumbai	1996
123	Brad Hodge	Netherlands	Basseterre	2007
120*	Steve Waugh	South Africa	Leeds	1999
114	Ricky Ponting	Sri Lanka	Centurion	2003
113	Ricky Ponting	Scotland	Basseterre	2007
110	Geoff Marsh	India	Madras	1987
110	Mark Waugh	New Zealand	Madras	1996
110	Trevor Chappell	India	Nottingham	1983
105	Steve Smith	India	Sydney	2015
104	Ricky Ponting	India	Ahmedabad	2011
104	Mark Waugh	Zimbabwe	Lord's	1999
103	Matthew Hayden	New Zealand	St George's	2007
102	Glenn Maxwell	Sri Lanka	Sydney	2015
102	Ricky Ponting	West Indies	Jaipur	1996
101	Alan Turner	Sri Lanka	The Oval	1975
101	Matthew Hayden	South Africa	Basseterre	2007
100	David Boon	New Zealand	Auckland	1992
100	David Boon	West Indies	Melbourne	1992

Leading Run-scorers

	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100	50
Ricky Ponting	46	1,743	140*	45.86	79.84	5	6
Adam Gilchrist	31	1,085	149	36.16	98.01	1	8
Mark Waugh	22	1,004	130	52.84	83.59	4	4
Matthew Hayden	22	987	158	51.94	92.93	3	2
Steve Waugh	33	978	120*	48.90	80.49	1	6
Michael Clarke	25	888	93*	63.42	94.16	0	8
David Boon	16	815	100	54.33	72.96	2	5
Shane Watson	22	643	94	53.58	108.06	0	6
Dean Jones	16	590	90	42.14	72.57	0	5
Geoff Marsh	13	579	126*	48.25	58.60	2	2
Michael Bevan	26	537	74*	44.75	64.23	0	5
Andrew Symonds	18	515	143*	103.00	93.29	1	3

Highest Partnership for each wicket

Wicket	Runs	Players	Venue	Year
1st	183	Shane Watson and Brad Haddin	v Canada (Bengaluru)	2011
2nd	260	David Warner and Steve Smith	Afghanistan (Perth)	2015
3rd	234*	Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn	India (Johannesburg)	2003
4th	204	Michael Clarke and Brad Hodge	Netherlands (Basseterre)	2007
5th	160	Glenn Maxwell and Shane Watson	Sri Lanka (Sydney)	2015
6th	99	Ross Edwards and Rod Marsh	West Indies (The Oval)	1975
7th	70*	Darren Lehmann and Brad Hogg	v Namibia (Potchefstroom)	2003
8th	97	Michael Bevan and Andy Bichel	New Zealand (Port Elizabeth)	2003
9th	73*	Michael Bevan and Andy Bichel	England (Port Elizabeth)	2003
10th	45	Brad Haddin and Pat Cummins	New Zealand (Auckland)	2015

Best Bowling in a match

Wicket/Runs	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
7/15	Glenn McGrath	v Namibia	Potchefstroom	2003
7/20	Andy Bichel	England	Port Elizabeth	2003
6/14	Gary Gilmour	England	Leeds	1975
6/28	Mitchell Starc	New Zealand	Auckland	2015
6/39	Ken MacLeay	India	Nottingham	1983
5/14	Glenn McGrath	West Indies	Manchester	1999
5/21	Alan Hurst	v Canada	Birmingham	1979
5/33	Mitchell Marsh	England	Melbourne	2015
5/34	Dennis Lillee	Pakistan	Leeds	1975
5/36	Damien Fleming	India	Mumbai	1996
5/42	Brett Lee	New Zealand	Port Elizabeth	2003
5/44	Craig McDermott	Pakistan	Lahore	1987
5/48	Gary Gilmour	West Indies	Lord's	1975

Leading Bowlers

IMAGE: The magnificent Glenn McGrath. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

	Matches	Wickets	Average	Runs Per Over	Best	4W
Glenn McGrath	39	71	18.19	3.96	7/15	2
Brett Lee	17	35	17.97	4.57	5/42	3
Brad Hogg	21	34	19.23	4.12	4/27	2
Shaun Tait	18	34	21.50	5.35	4/39	1
Shane Warne	17	32	19.50	3.83	4/29	4
Craig McDermott	17	27	22.18	4.02	5/44	2
Steve Waugh	33	27	30.14	4.70	3/36	0
Damien Fleming	16	26	22.42	4.37	5/36	1
Mitchell Johnson	15	25	22.28	4.60	4/19	3

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