Cricket Team-Top 8 Teams and Records

Cricket is the most famous sport in the overall world. Here we see the Top 8 Cricket Team.

  1. New Zealand:                

The New Zealand Cricket Men's team represents New Zealand on an international level. New Zealand played her first-ever match against England in 1930. The nickname of this team is Black Caps. The current Caption of this team is Kane Williamson in all formats. The Coach of this team is Gary Stead. New Zealand is the full member of the ICC status. Till now in 2021, New Zealand plays approximately 1360 international matches, out of that winning 524, losing 611, 15 tying, 166 matches were draws and 44 matches ended with no result. The Team is Rank 1st in TEST, Rank 1st in ODIs, and 3rd in T20Is by ICC ranking till now.

The New Zealand team reached ODIs World Cup finals 2 times in 2015 and 2019 but unlikely they lost both of the finals. Finally, the New Zealand team win the World Test Championship held in 2019-2021 and they became a test champion.

2. England:

              

England is the Founder of the Cricket. The first match was played between England and Australia in 1877. England is the full member of the ICC body. As of now 2021, England was playing around 1036 test matches, out of which winning 377, and losing 309 with 350 were drawn. In the Test format, England plays with Australia The Ashes, one of the most famous trophies in sports, and England was won these Trophies 32 times. England has also played 760 ODIs, winning 383. They have reached ODIs World Cup finals four times, winning once in 2019. The Test Caption is Joe Root, ODIs, and T20 Caption is Eion Morgen. Chris Silverwood is the Coach till now. In the ICC ranking England was 4th in Test, 2nd in ODIs, and 1st in T20 till now.

3. India:


      
The Indian cricket team was known as Team India or Men In Blue. India is the full member of the ICC body in Test, ODIs, and T20 also. BCCI is the governing body of India. India was won the ICC World Cup Two times, first in 1983 under the Captaincy of Kapil Dev, and in 2011 under the Captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Team also won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, 2013 ICC Champions Trophy under Dhoni. The Team is also won the Asian Cup Seven times, ICC Test Championship Trophy 5 times. As of 2021, In ICC Ranking India was 2nd in Test, 4th in ODIs, and 2nd in T20. In today's Indian team Caption is Virat Kohali in all formats and the Coach is Ravi Shastri.

4. Australia:


Australia is also the oldest team playing jointly with the England team in Test cricket history, playing the first-ever Test match in 1877. Till today team plays 834 test matches, 394 winnings, 226 losings, 212 draws, and 2 tying. Team also plays 958 ODIs matches 581 winnings, 334 losing, 9 tying, and 34 ended with no result. Australia is the only team to winning the Seven  ICC ODIs World Cup(1975, 1987,) and Four of them were Consecutively in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, and last in 2015. They also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice(2006,2009). The Caption of the Test team is Tim Paine, ODIs, and T20 Caption is Aron Finch. Justin Langer is the head coach of that team. Till today in ICC Ranking Australia was 3rd in Test, 3rd in ODIs, and 5th in T20.

5. South Africa:


The team also know as Proteas. South Africa is a full member of ICC in all formats. Its nickname represents the National Flower of South Africa. This team is one of the most successful teams in ODIs cricket, winning 60 percent of total matches. South Africa won Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Games in 1998. The current caption of the ODI and T20 team is Temba Bavuma, and Test Caption is Dean Elgar. Mark Boucher is the head coach of that team. The team is 6th in test, 5th in ODI, and 6th in T20 of ICC Ranking. They didn't win any World Cup event till now in both format of ODI and T20, but they won other series tournaments.

 
6. Sri Lanka :


The nickname of the team is The Lions. Sri Lanka is a full member of ICC in all formats. The team plays the first international match in 1926-27. Srilankan team won many cricket trophies like Cricket World Cup in 1996, ICC Champions Trophy in 2002, after then they won ICC T20 World Cup in 2014. Srilanka is a consecutive runner-up of the ODI world cup in 2007 and 2011, also runner-up in the T20 world cup in 2009 and 2012. The current Caption in ODI and T20 is Dasun Shanaka, and Test Caption is Dimuth Karunarathne. Mickey Arthur is the head coach. In ICC Ranking they are in 8th in Test, 9th in ODI, 9th in T20.


7. West Indies :


The nickname of this team is Windies they are also known as Caribbeans. In the mid of cricket in the 1970 and early 1990, the West Indies is one of the strongest teams in all formats. The Windies won the ICC Cricket World Cup twice in 1975 and 1979. They won the ICC T20 world cup in 2012 and 2016, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004. They are in 7th in Test, 8th in ODI, and 8th in T20 of ICC Cricket Ranking. The current Caption of ODI and T20 format is Kieron Pollard, and in Test is Kraigg Brathwaite, Phil Simmons is the head coach of that team.


8. Pakistan :

    
             
The nickname is Shaheens, Men in Green. They are full members of the ICC body in all formats. Pakistan has played 437 test matches, 142 winnings, 133 losings, 162 draws. They also play 936 ODI, 490 wins, 417 losses, 9 ties, 20 with no result. Pakistan won all major ICC Trophies like ICC ODI World Cup(1992), ICC T20 World Cup(2009). In ICC Cricket Ranking Pakistan was 5th in Test, 6th in ODI, 4th in T20. Babar Azam is the caption in all formats.


Sum Up :
 
In this article, we learn about Top Cricket Teams, their Records in different formats, Captions, ICC Rankings, and lots of other information.
     
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