Five records held by Aussies that are almost impossible to break

The Australian team is one of the greatest and they have contributed a lot to World Cricket. In the past few decades, the world has witnessed some records being made and broken by the Australian cricket team. Aussies perhaps are the most successful team amongst the other cricketing nations with a ton of records under their belt. Like some other cricketing nations, Australia also holds some records that are almost impossible to break in the modern era of Cricket.

There is a famous quote- “If records refuse to be broken, shatter them.” Australia has done the exact same things in the history of cricket; the Aussies have created and shattered multiple world records that are unbroken to date and they have won a total of 5 ODI World Cups and they lifted their maiden T20I World Cup in 2021 in UAE after defeating New Zealand in the finals.

Here’s a look at some of the records held by Aussies that are almost impossible to break:

1. Sir Don Bradman’s Test average

Sir Bradman was one of the greatest players ever produced by any cricketing nation. In his career, he played a total of 52 Test matches in which he scored 6996 runs with an exceptional average of 99.94 which is the highest average ever achieved by any batsman in World Cricket.

His love for the game led him to become the greatest Test player that we have ever witnessed. Nobody has ever come close to his test average and nobody is likely to in the upcoming years.

The Cootamundra-born cricketing legend showcased his batting skills every time he came out to bat and he is the only batsman in the history of cricket to score more than 5000 test runs against a single opponent. Out of his 6996 Test runs, he amassed 5028 of them against England.

2. Shane Warne: Most Test runs without a Ton

Australian International Hall of Fame, Shane Warne, retired with 3154 runs which he scored in 145 Test matches with an average of 17.33. He is regarded as the greatest leg spinner in the history of Cricket to have ever played the game.

In his 16 years long career he made numerous world records, but the weirdest record that he has is of scoring most Test runs without getting to a three-digit mark, despite crossing the 50-run-mark 12 times he was never able to convert even one of those into a big ton. In his Test career, he also took 708 wickets and is standing one place behind Sri Lankan Muralitharan in the list of players with the most test wickets.

Warne is the only batsman in the cricketing books to score more than 3000 Test runs without getting to a three-digit mark, whereas, in ODI’s Pakistan’s former captain Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of scoring most ODI runs without getting a ton.

3. Three Consecutive World Cup Triumphs

Australia has won a total of 5 World Cups and they also lifted their maiden T20I World Cup in 2021 under the captaincy of Aaron Finch. Responsibilities and pressure come with the World Cup and the Australian team has always managed to win past the challenges that come their way.

Aussies hold a significant record of winning 3 consecutive World Cups in 1999, 2003 and 2007 led by 2 different captains. Australia won the 1999 World Cup under the leadership of Steve Waugh while under Ricky Ponting’s captaincy Aussies dominated the World Cricket and won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007 defeating India and Sri Lanka in the finals.

Australia is the only team to win more than 2 World Cups; they have won a total of 5 World Cups out of which they won 3 consecutive World Cups in 1999, 2003, and 2007. Australia won their first ever World Cup in 1987 under the captaincy of Allan Border.

4. Most number of Wickets in World Cup

Australian legendary pacer Glenn McGrath holds a remarkable record of taking the most number of wickets in ODI World Cup tournaments. He made his World Cup debut in 1996 when he was just 26 years old. In his entire career, he has played 250 ODI matches and has clinched 381 wickets including 7 five-wicket hauls.

He played a total of 4 World Cups for Australia and scalped a total of 71 wickets with an economy rate of 3.96 in World Cup history. He was one of the finest right-arm medium pacers that the world has ever witnessed. In the 1999 World Cup McGrath took 18 wickets including a fifer against the all-mighty West Indies and clinched 26 wickets in his last World Cup in 2007. In his last World Cup he recorded his most number of wickets in a single World Cup event.

5. Ricky Ponting: Most matches as ODI Captain

He is recognized as one of the greatest captains of all time, during his captaincy tenure he led the Aussies in 230 ODI matches and had won 165 out of them with a winning percentage of 76.14%.

In his career, he has scored 13704 ODI runs out of which 8497 runs came when he was captaining the side and out of his 71 international centuries 41 of those have come during his leadership tenure. Ponting is one of the best captains in World Cricket and his records prove how good a player he was during his time.

Apart from his numerous records and achievements, his biggest ever achievement probably would be winning 2 consecutive World Cups in 2003 and 2007 as the captain of the side. Ponting was a great batsman of his time as it was very challenging for the bowlers to get him out. In his Test career he played 168 matches scoring 13378 runs with an average of 51.85.