List of Australia One Day International cricket records

[6] As of December 2022[update], Australia is the most third-most successful team in ODI cricket with an overall winning percentage of 63.39, behind the ACC Asia XI on 66.66 percent and South Africa on 63.41.

[6] Top order batsman and former captain Ricky Ponting holds several Australian ODI cricket records.

Set 359 for victory at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra in Mohali, Australia reached the target with 13 balls to spare.

[47] This record was equalled in February 2020 in the final match of the Nepal Tri-Nation Series where the hosts bowled out the United States.

[61] The next largest victory was Sri Lanka's win against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo, where the hosts reached the target of 39 runs with 274 balls to spare.

[64] The Gabba played host to Australia's worst defeat in January 2013 when Sri Lanka scored the 75 runs required for victory with 180 balls remaining.

[79] A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.

[53] As of December 2022[update], there have made 42 matches have ended in a tie in ODI cricket history, with nine involving Australia.

Four months later during the quarter-finals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, New Zealand's Martin Guptill posted the second highest individual ODI innings score of 237 not out against the West Indies at Wellington Regional Stadium.

[116] Glenn Maxwell holds the Australian record with his score of 201 not out coming against Afghanistan during the 2023 World Cup, surpassing Shane Watson's 185 not out against Bangladesh in 2011.

He is followed by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara on 93, South Africa's Jacques Kallis on 86, India's Rahul Dravid and Inzamam-ul-Haq of Pakistan 83 and in sixth with 82 fifties to his name, Australia's Ricky Ponting.

[137] On 15 November 2023, Virat Kohli became the first player to score 50 ODI centuries, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's long-held record of 49.

Tendulkar and fellow Indian Rohit Sharma have scored the second and third most centuries, with 49 and 31 respectively, whilst Australia's Ricky Ponting is fourth with 30.

[146] Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has scored the most number of ducks in ODI cricket with 34 ahead of Pakistan's Shahid Afridi with 30.

Glenn McGrath of Australia is seventh on the list with 381 ODI wickets[i] one ahead of his compatriot Brett Lee who finished his career with 380.

In the opening match of the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo, Vaas took 8/19.

Pakistani Shahid Afridi, who returned figured of 7/12 against the West Indies at Providence Stadium in Guyana in July 2013, sits behind Vaas.

Australia's undefeated run during the 2003 Cricket World Cup saw Glenn McGrath take 7/15 against in Namibia and Andy Bichel 7/20 against England for the third and fifth best in ODI history.

These performances broke the long-standing Australian record of Gary Gilmour's 6/14 set during the semi-final of 1975 Cricket World Cup against England.

Nepalese leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane holds the record for the best career average in ODI cricket with 18.06, as of November 2023[update].

[177] Pakistani Waqar Younis has taken the most five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket with 13 ahead of Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan with 10.

Australians Brett Lee and Mitchell Starc, who took 9 five-wicket hauls throughout their career, are equal third with Shahid Afridi of Pakistan.

[185] The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.

[k][194] Adam Gilchrist became the first wicket-keeper to take six dismissals in an ODI innings, setting this record against South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground in April 2000.

Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed was the most recent wicket-keeper to achieve the milestone, taking six dismissals against South Africa during 2015 World Cup.

[204] India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most ODI matches played with 463, followed by the Sri Lankan pair of Mahela Jayawardene with 448 and Sanath Jayasuriya with 445.

[11] The youngest player to play in an ODI match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 233 days.

[217][218] World Series Cricket resulted in Bob Simpson coming out of retirement to lead Australia on a tour of the West Indies in 1978.

The first ODI match was played prior to the Test series where he made his debut in the format aged 42 years and 19 days, the oldest Australian to do so.

India's Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the third-highest ODI partnership with 331 made in 1999 against New Zealand.

Ponting in January 2015
Former captain Ricky Ponting holds several Australian ODI cricket records.
Michael Clarke in January 2009
Michael Clarke led Australia to victory over Afghanistan during the 2015 Cricket World Cup by 275 runs. [ 54 ] [ 55 ]
Steve Waugh in January 2002
Steve Waugh led Australia to its first ODI victory by a margin of ten wickets, defeating the West Indies in the pool rounds of the 2000–01 Australia Tri-Nation Series . [ 54 ] [ 60 ]
Kim Hughes in April 2009
The first tied ODI match was played between Australia and the West Indies during the second final of the 1983–84 Australian Tri-Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosts were captained by Kim Hughes (pictured). [ 77 ] [ 80 ]
Glenn Maxwell in 2018
Glenn Maxwell has scored the highest individual ODI score (201 not out) for Australia. [ 115 ]
Glenn Maxwell playing for Lancashire in 2019
Glenn Maxwell , as of December 2022 , has the highest ODI career strike rate for Australia with 126.91. [ 130 ]
George Bailey in January 2014
George Bailey scored 478 runs in the ODI tour India in 2013 , the most runs scored by an Australian in an ODI bilateral series. [ 139 ]
Glenn McGrath in January 2006
Glenn McGrath has taken the equal most ODI wickets (380) and return the best ODI bowling figures (7/15) for Australia. [ 13 ] [ 14 ]
Ryan Harris in 2014
Ryan Harris holds the Australian record for the best ODI career bowling average and strike rate, with figures of 18.90 and 23.4, respectively. [ 171 ] [ 172 ]
Brett Lee in 2003
Brett Lee has taken the equal most ODI five-wicket hauls for Australia with nine. [ 15 ]
Clint McKay in 2011
Clint McKay took 14 wickets in the 2009–10 series against Pakistan , the equal-most by any Australian cricketer in an ODI bilateral series. [ 184 ]
Adam Gilchrist in June 2010
Adam Gilchrist holds the Australian record for the most wicket-keeping ODI dismissals (470), the Australian record for the most ODI stumpings (54) and the ODI record for the most catches as a wicket-keeper (416). [ 16 ] [ 192 ] [ 17 ]
Brad Haddin in January 2017
Brad Haddin has taken the most dismissals as an Australian wicket-keeper in an ODI bilateral series, securing 17 during Pakistan's tour of Australia in 2009–10 . [ 197 ]
Pat Cummins in March 2018
Pat Cummins , pictured aged 24, is the youngest cricketer to play in an ODI match for Australia at the age of 18. [ 213 ]
Bob Simpson in 1957
Bob Simpson , pictured aged 21, is both the oldest Australian cricketer to play in an ODI match and the oldest to make his debut for Australia at the age of 42. [ 216 ]
David Warner in 2014
David Warner (pictured) and Travis Head set the highest Australian ODI partnership by runs for any wicket against Pakistan in 2017. Warner also set the next three highest partnership scores alongside Head, Steve Smith and Aaron Finch respectively. [ 222 ]
Daryl Harper in 2019
Daryl Harper (pictured) holds the Australian record, alongside Simon Taufel , for the most number of ODI matches umpired with 174. [ 228 ]