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The Australian cricket team, together with the English Cricket Team , are the oldest teams in Test cricket having played its first Test Match in 1877. The team has won 312 of the 679 Test matches it has played against other countries and today is regarded as the leading Test match playing nation by the International Cricket Council by heading its Test Championship Table . Australia is also a leading international One Day team having won 376 of the 617 One Day Internationals it has played against other countries. Australia won the Cricket World Cup in 1987, 1999 and 2003 and currently heads the ICC One Day International Championship Table . HISTORY Important dates in history of Australian cricket
The 1860s In 1865, a match was arranged between a team of Aboriginal cricketers and European settlers from various pastoral stations; the indigenous team won. The playing of cricket by indigenous people of the Western District reflected their changing circumstances. At this time there were no formal associations. The European population gave Aborginal players nicknames; for example, Johnny Mullagh worked at the Mullagh station. Others were referred to by names like Bullocky, Sundown, Dick-a-Dick, and Red Cap. These trivial names demonstrate the poor attitude of the settlers towards the Aboriginal station workers and cricketers. Thomas Wentworth Wills was a key figure in the development of colonial cricket and Australian Rules Football . In November 1866 , Wills became the Captain and Coach of the indigenous cricket team. The very first Australian cricket team that played overseas was the 1868 Aboriginal Cricket Tour Of England . The 1870s The 1870s saw the first official matches between English and Australian teams. Due to the amount of time that it took teams to travel from England to Australia (and vice versa), these teams were generally not a true representation of the best players for each country. At the time, there was no significance placed on these matches - statisticians later called them "test matches" between England and Australia. James Lillywhite 's English side toured Australia in between January and April, 1877 and played the first two test matches after a drawn match against a New South Wales side. ''England in Australia 1876/77. Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 4. Series result: Drawn 1-1.'' Trivia: : Charles Bannerman faced the first ball in test matches, scored the first runs in test matches and scored the first test century and half-century. :Charles Bannerman also scored 69.6% of the Australian first innings total in match 1. This record remains to this day as the highest percentage of an innings total that has been scored by a single batsman. : William Midwinter picked up the first 5 wicket haul in a test innings in match 1. : Jack Blackham performed the first stumping in test cricket in match 1. Just over a year later, an Australian side visited England and played a match against the MCC. In what turned out to be a match that was completed in one day, only 105 runs were scored with the Australian side emerging the victors by nine wickets. This match however was not granted test status. In 1879, Lord Harris led an English side down under between January and March. This tour schedule involved a single test match followed by two series of two matches against Victorian and New South Wales sides. ''England in Australia 1878/79. Match length: Timeless. Balls per over: 4. Series result: Australia, 1-0.'' Trivia: :Fred Spofforth performs test crickets first hat-trick by dismissing Vernon Royle, Francis McKinnon and Tom Emmett in successive balls. :Fred Spofforth also take the first 10-wicket match haul in test cricket. 2005-2006 NUMBERS SEE ALSO
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