Top 10 Players of Australia Cricket Team: Cricket is one of the most popular and worldwide sports. It is loved by all over the world. There are so many great cricketers in Australian team, which makes it challenging to choose the best 10 Australia cricket team players. However, we have chosen the top 10 most successful Australian cricketers of all time in history who always carried the top position in ICC ranking till they played. Australia Cricket Team is one of the most successful team in the World Cup with 5 trophies, and the defending T20 World Cup winners.
Top 10 Players of Australia Cricket Team
Here is the list of top 10 Australia cricket team players –
1. Donald Bradman
Sir Donald Bradman is one of the best cricketers in Australian Cricket Team. He was born on 27th August 1908 in New South Wales, Australia. He is considered the greatest batsman of all time. He has a record of an unbeatable average of 99.94 in test matches. Sir Donald Bradman was a man who scored at a rate of 100 runs in every innings and he scored 6,996 runs in 52 test matches a record that stood for many years. Apart from this his image has also appeared on the postage stamps and coins. This famous Australian cricketer was died in 2001.
2. Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is one of the best players of Australia Cricket Team, was born o 19th December 1974 in Tasmania, Australia. He is well known for his famous hook shot. He is considered among one of those batsmen who scored the highest centuries in ODI matches. He led Australia to win a consecutive two time World Cup in 2003 & 2007. As a captain from 2004-2010, he wins 48 tests out of 77. He is considered one of the best captain in cricket history. Ricky Ponting also has 71 centuries to his name which is second most in cricket.
3. Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist is a former Australian cricketer, was born on 4th November 1971 in New South Wales, Australia. He is one of the best batsman & wicket-keeper in the cricket history. He mad his debut in Australian cricket in January, 1993. Gilchrist is one of the successful cricket player who score a hundred in a World Cup knock-out match. Apart from these, he is the first ever player who hit 100 sixes in test matches. He scored over 15,000 runs for Australia.
4. Shane Warne
Shane Warne, one of the former players of Australia Cricket Team, was born on 13th September 1969 in Victoria, Australia. He is popularly known for turning the ball at a surprising degree on Australian pitches and considered one of the most successful cricketer of all time. Shane Warne is also a philanthropist and under the Shane Warne Foundation, he has been working for seriously ill and underprivileged children. He has 1000+ wickets to his name, and is the 2nd highest wicket taker in the world. He is the only player who score more than 3000 runs in test matches without scoring any century.
5. Matthew Hayden
Matthew Hayden is another best players of Australia Cricket Team,was born on 29th October 1971 in Queensland, Australia. This Australian left handed batsman has the record for highest scoring of 380 runs in Tests. In the year of 2012, he announced his retirement from all formats of International cricket matches. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2017.
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6. Brett Lee
Brett Lee, a former Australian cricketer, was born on 8th November 1976 in New South Wales, Australia. He is considered one of the best players of Australia Cricket Team and a popular cricketers. He is one of the fastest bowlers who has taken 718 wickets in his entire cricket career. Brett Lee was the first player who took a hat-trick in T20 cricket against Bangladesh. He was one of the fastest Australian cricketers to take 100 wickets until Starc broke his record.
7. Steve Waugh
Steve Waugh is another best players of Australia Cricket Team who was born on 2nd June 1965 in New South Wales, Australia. He was an all-rounder right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler as well. He has scored more than 10000 runs in test matches. He is a philanthropist and was introduced to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in January 2010.
8. Glenn McGrath
Glenn McGrath, a former Australian cricketer, was born on 9 February 1970 in New South Wales, Australia. He is considered one of the most successful players of Australia Cricket Team, who hold numerous cricket records. He is also considered one of the best Australian bowlers in cricket history. He has the records for taking the most wickets in the Cricket World Cup. He holds the world record for the highest number of test wickets as a fast bowler. In the year of 2013, Glenn McGrath was inducted into the ICC Hall of fame.
9. David Warner
David Warner is another best players of Australia Cricket Team, was born on 27th October 1986 in New South Wales, Australia. He is an aggressive left-hand opener and present vice-captain of the Australian national team. Warner is the first Australian cricketer who score a century in his 100th one-day international match and also the first one to 1,500 T20 international runs.
10. Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke, a former Australian cricketer who was born on 2nd April 1981 in New South Wales, Australia. He is considered one of the best players of Australia Cricket Team who score a century on both home & away matches on against New Zealand with a score of 141 and the other against India with a score of 151, respectively. As a captain, he led the Australia Cricket Team to win the world cup in the year 2015.
