ICC World Cup 2023: Australia's ODI World Cup History, Previous Performances and Key Stats

ICC World Cup 2023: The Australian men's cricket team has been ever-present in the ICC ODI World Cup since it's inception in 1975, winning the coveted title a record five times so far and will be attempting to land their sixth title in the upcoming show-piece tournament.

Team Australia led by Pat Cummins will battle nine other teams, including two time champions and hosts India, defending champions England and former winners Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the upcoming edition of the 50-over World Cup.

Australia's ODI World Cup History

In the 12 editions held so far, Australia has gone all the way to lift the title in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015, while they also went close in 1975 and 1996 when they finished runners up. The Australian team has also reached the semifinal and quarterfinal stage in two other editions.

Over the 12 editions, we have seen the top performers list being dominated by the likes of Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, David Bood, Glenn McGrath and the Waugh brothers. In the most recent editions, Mitchell Starc, David Warner and Steve Smith have also contributed.

Ahead of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, here we take a look at Australia's ODI World Cup history, previous performances and the key stats from the past editions of the show-piece tournament:

Australia's Previous ODI World Cup Previous Performances and Key Stats

Edition	Year	Host Nation(s)	Captain	Finish	Most Runs	Most Wickets
1	1975	England	Ian Chappell	Runners Up	Alan Turner (201 runs)	Gary Gilmour (11 wickets)
2	1979	England	Kim Hughes	Group Stage	Andrew Hilditch (143 runs)	Alan Hurst (7 wickets)
3	1983	England & Wales	Kim Hughes	Group Stage	Graham Yallop (187 runs)	Rodney Hogg (9 wickets)
4	1987	India & Pakistan	Allan Border	Champions	David Boon (447 runs)	Craig McDermott (18 wickets)
5	1992	Australia & New Zealand	Allan Border	Group Stage	David Boon (368 runs)	Mike Whitney (9 wickets)
6	1996	India, Sri Lanka & Pakistan	Mark Taylor	Runners Up	Mark Waugh (484 runs)	Damien Fleming & Shane Warne (12 wickets)
7	1999	England & Wales	Steve Waugh	Champions	Steve Waugh (398 runs)	Shane Warne (20 wickets)
8	2003	South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya	Ricky Ponting	Champions	Ricky Ponting (415 runs)	Brett Lee (22 wickets)
9	2007	West Indies	Ricky Ponting	Champions	Matthew Hayden (659 runs)	Glenn McGrath (26 wickets)
10	2011	India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh	Ricky Ponting	Quarterfinal	Brad Haddin (332 runs)	Brett Lee (13 wickets)
11	2015	Australia & New Zealand	Michael Clarke	Champions	Steve Smith (402 runs)	Mitchell Starc (22 wickets)
12	2019	England & Wales	Aaron Finch	Semifinals	David Warner (647 runs)	Mitchell Starc (27 wickets)