Australia; World Cup Team Profile
Australia is the one and only one team to clinch world cup four times in th history of Cricket. Here is the profile of the team members of Australia for the World Cup 2011
Team Australia
Australian Cricket Team is set ready for the coming ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting. The team members are Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger. As of now, they have the best players in the cricketing world. They are currently standing top on the table in the ICC ODI cricket ratings. Australia is the only team to win the World Cup four times. They also clinched the last 3 world cups in a row.
Australia in World Cup
In 1975 World Cup, Australia found the way to final, but was defeated by West Indies by 17 runs in the final. In 1979 Cricket World Cup, Australia failed to qualify to knock out round (Semi-Final). In 1983 ICC Cricket World cup, Australia again failed to qualify to knock out round. In 1987 World Cup, Australia reached finals for the second time and they clinched the world cup for the first time by beating England by 7 runs. In 1992 World Cup, Australia failed to reach the knock out round. In 1996 world cup, Australia made a comeback by reaching the finals, but failed to win the finals. They last the match to Srilanka by 7 wickets. As a reply, in 1999 Cricket World Cup they clinched the world cup for the second time by beating Pakistan by 8 wickets. Thus they leveled with West Indies for winning the World Cup twice. They continued the same performance in 2003 and 2007 World Cups. In 2003 they clinched the cup by beating India by 125 runs and by beating Srilanka by 53 runs in 2007 World Cup.
Australian Cricketing fans are expecting the same performance that the players have shown in the past 3 World Cups. Currently Australia is standing in the top position in ICC ODI ranking. They also performed very well in their last series against England and won the series 6-1.Austrakian team is well prepared for the world cup. But some of their major players failed in the fitness test due to injury. M Hussey is one among them.Australia's Matches
Team Members
Ricky Ponting (Captain)
Age: 36 years
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Michael Clarke (vice-captain) 
Age: 29 years
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Shane Watson
Age: 29 years
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Doug Bollinger
Age: 29 years
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium
Brad Haddin (wicketkeeper) 
Age: 33 years
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
David Hussey
Age: 33 years
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Jason Krejza
Age: 28 years 25 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Tim Paine (wicketkeeper) 
Age: 26 years
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Shaun Tait
Age: 27 years
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Cameron White
Age: 27 years
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly
Callum Ferguson
Age: 26 years
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
John Hastings
Age: 25 years
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Brett Lee
Age: 34 years
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Steven Smith
Age: 21 years
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googlyPlayer's Statistics
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