Top 10 fifty scorers of Australia in Test

Australia is one of the best cricket team in the world with too many great players having too many fifties on Test cricket. Today, R.T. Ponting has the highest number of centuries scored in his cricket career (about 39, October 2010); therefore he has become one of the legends of Australian cricket. Prior to that, D.G. Bradman was at the top of the top. However, Wagh and Hayden have also crossed the border of Bradman, and some fifties are just looking to touch it now (A.R. Border was at the top of them at one point). Therefore, finding the top ten fifties by Australian players in test is quite easy task:

• R.T. Ponting
• S.R. Waugh
• M.L. Hayden
• D.G. Bradman
• A.R. Border
• G.S. Chappell
• J.L. Langer
• D.C. Boon
• R.N. Harvey
• M.E. Waugh

The Australian Cricket Team

Soaring success of Aussie cricket game

Australia has had a very colorful history in the world of cricket as it is the oldest team to have played a test match. It is known that Australia played its first cricket match against England in 1877 and they emerged victorious by 45 runs. When the most recent reports came in February 2009, Australia has played a total of 704 test matches out of which it had a win percentage of 46.66% and a loss percentage of 27.09. It has been a continuous winner for the last 8 years at a row.

The ICC rankings devised in 2001 saw Australia as the leader for a period until now. South Africa managed to dislodge Australia for a brief interval of 5 months in the summer of 2003 but Australia regained its position. Even in the ODI format, Australia has managed to reign owing to its stupendous performance against all teams. They have won the last three cricket World Cups which gives a glimpse of their talent and the determination with which they play their game. On the day when the last World Cup match was played , April 28th, 2007, Australia managed to go without a loss for a continuous spree of 29 matches.