Australia's reign: Figure it out

A statistical view of Australia's dominance over Test cricket in the last decade.

Test results for Australia

	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Won %
Before 1994-95 series v WI	547	225	154	166	2	41.13
Since 1994-95 series v WI	118	78	22	18	0	66.10

Australia's win-loss record against each country since 1994-95 series v West Indies

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Won%
England	21	14	5	2	-	66.67
India	18	8	7	3	-	44.44
New Zealand	14	9	-	5	-	64.29
Pakistan	15	12	1	2	-	80.00
South Africa	12	8	2	2	-	66.67
Sri Lanka	11	7	1	3	-	63.64
West Indies	22	15	6	1	-	68.18
Zimbabwe	3	3	-	-	-	100.00
Bangladesh	2	2	-	-	-	100.00
TOTAL	118	78	22	18	-	66.10
At home	59	43	6	10	-	72.88
Abroad	59	35	16	8	-	59.32

Australia's performance in each Test series since 1994-95 series v West Indies

Season	Teams	Tests	Result
1994-95	West Indies v Australia	4	Australia 2-1
1995-96	Australia v Pakistan	3	Australia 2-1
1995-96	Australia v Sri Lanka	3	Australia 3-0
1996-97	India v Australia	1	India 1-0
1996-97	Australia v West Indies	5	Australia 3-2
1996-97	South Africa v Australia	3	Australia 2-1
1997	England v Australia	6	Australia 3-2
1997-98	Australia v New Zealand	3	Australia 2-0
1997-98	Australia v South Africa	3	Australia 1-0
1997-98	India v Australia	3	India 2-1
1998-99	Pakistan v Australia	3	Australia 1-0
1998-99	Australia v England	5	Australia 3-1
1998-99	West Indies v Australia	4	Draw 2-2
1999-2000	Sri Lanka v Australia	3	Sri Lanka 1-0
1999-2000	Zimbabwe v Australia	1	Australia 1-0
1999-2000	Australia v Pakistan	3	Australia 3-0
1999-2000	Australia v India	3	Australia 3-0
1999-2000	New Zealand v Australia	3	Australia 3-0
2000-01	Australia v West Indies	5	Australia 5-0
2000-01	India v Australia	3	India 2-1
2001	England v Australia	5	Australia 4-1
2001-02	Australia v New Zealand	3	Draw 0-0
2001-02	Australia v South Africa	3	Australia 3-0
2001-02	South Africa v Australia	3	Australia 2-1
2002-03	Pakistan v Australia	3	Australia 3-0
2002-03	Australia v England	5	Australia 4-1
2002-03	West Indies v Australia	4	Australia 3-1
2003	Australia v Bangladesh	2	Australia 2-0
2003-04	Australia v Zimbabwe	2	Australia 2-0
2003-04	Australia v India	4	Draw 1-1
2003-04	Sri Lanka v Australia	3	Australia 3-0
2004	Australia v Sri Lanka	2	Australia 1-0
2004-05	India v Australia	4	Australia 2-1
2004-05	Australia v New Zealand	2	Australia 2-0
2004-05	Australia v Pakistan	3	Australia 3-0
2004-05	New Zealand v Australia	3	Australia 2-0

Note: Home team is listed first

Summary of series results for Australia since 1994-95 series v WI

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won %
England	4	4	0	0	100.00
India	6	2	3	1	33.33
New Zealand	5	4	0	1	80.00
Pakistan	5	5	0	0	100.00
South Africa	4	4	0	0	100.00
Sri Lanka	4	3	1	0	75.00
West Indies	5	4	0	1	80.00
Zimbabwe	2	2	0	0	100.00
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	100.00
TOTAL	36	29	4	3	80.55
At home	18	16	0	2	88.88
Abroad	18	13	4	1	72.22

Australian captains since 1994-95 series v WI

Captain	Tests	Yrs	Days	From	To
MA Taylor	42	3	281	31st Mar 1995	5th Jan 1999
SR Waugh	19	1	274	5th Mar 1999	3rd Dec 2000
AC Gilchrist	1	0	5	15th Dec 2000	19th Dec 2000
SR Waugh	8	0	222	26th Dec 2000	4th Aug 2001
AC Gilchrist	1	0	5	16th Aug 2001	20th Aug 2001
SR Waugh	30	2	137	23rd Aug 2001	6th Jan 2004
RT Ponting	3	0	21	8th Mar 2004	28th Mar 2004
AC Gilchrist	1	0	3	1st Jul 2004	3rd Jul 2004
RT Ponting	1	0	5	9th Jul 2004	13th Jul 2004
AC Gilchrist	3	0	24	6th Oct 2004	29th Oct 2004
RT Ponting	9	0	147	3rd Nov 2004	29th Mar 2005

Test results for different captains since 1994-95 series v WI

Captain	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won%	Toss: W	L	Won%
MA Taylor	42	23	11	8	54.76	23	19	54.76
SR Waugh	57	41	9	7	71.93	31	26	54.39
AC Gilchrist	6	4	1	1	66.66	4	2	66.66
RT Ponting	13	10	1	2	76.92	5	8	38.46

Performance of Australian captains with the bat since 1994-95 series v WI

Captain	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Ave	100	50	0	Ct	St
MA Taylor	42	74	6	2673	334*	39.31	6	11	2	74	-
SR Waugh	57	83	12	3714	199	52.31	15	10	6	34	-
AC Gilchrist	6	11	2	305	104	33.89	1	1	1	30	-
RT Ponting	13	24	5	1129	207	59.42	2	6	-	15	-

Average scores for Australia against each country since 1994-95 series v WI

		Wickets lost in an innings
Country	R/10W	All-out	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
England	388	327	-	-	14	153	409	227	551	213	395	527
India	361	321	47	97	195	284	-	363	357	-	239	-
New Zealand	466	373	-	151	120	-	195	-	294	381	568	486
Pakistan	422	370	74	95	-	-	599	325	369	-	-	306
South Africa	385	325	54	10	-	-	-	-	334	396	450	-
Sri Lanka	376	295	41	-	-	-	-	617	358	-	326	397
West Indies	359	309	39	78	-	238	354	196	217	300	396	605
Zimbabwe	643	413	5	172	-	-	-	-	735	-	-	-
Bangladesh	875	-	-	-	-	-	556	-	-	407	-	-
TOTAL	396	330	43	103	114	196	380	312	397	356	428	463

Average scores against Australia by each country since 1994-95 series v WI

		Wickets lost in an innings
Country	R/10W	All-out	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
England	260	233	-	119	-	-	291	-	179	-	223	300
India	336	270	19	-	142	58	418	633	233	681	155	228
New Zealand	271	242	-	-	-	48	-	-	263	243	287	338
Pakistan	246	238	-	-	-	-	-	262	-	-	-	243
South Africa	269	254	-	-	32	-	-	340	193	273	-	-
Sri Lanka	272	274	55	-	-	-	78	-	-	-	183	-
West Indies	254	241	30	98	80	-	87	-	-	418	-	311
Zimbabwe	260	260	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	183	183	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTAL	269	247	34	109	99	53	207	412	226	459	212	286

Summary of wickets lost by Australia in each innings since 1994-95 series v WI

		Wickets lost in an innings
Country	Total	All-out	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
England	36	22	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	2
India	35	26	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0
New Zealand	24	11	0	2	3	0	2	0	1	1	3	1
Pakistan	25	17	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
South Africa	21	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0
Sri Lanka	19	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2
West Indies	40	27	1	2	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	1
Zimbabwe	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bangladesh	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	207	129	6	9	5	5	9	11	9	7	10	7

Summary of wickets taken of opponents by Australia in each innings since 1994-95 series v WI

		Wickets taken in an innings
Country	Total	All-out	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
England	42	32	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5
India	35	23	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
New Zealand	27	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
Pakistan	29	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
South Africa	24	20	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Sri Lanka	21	17	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
West Indies	44	37	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Zimbabwe	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	232	183	4	2	4	2	6	3	5	5	4	14