Australia vs England Head to Head in ODI: Complete Record and Stats

Australia and England have met 162 times in one-day international cricket, and Australia lead the record with 92 wins against 65 wins for England, with two matches tied and three matches ending with no result. The rivalry began with the first one-day international ever played, at Melbourne on 5 January 1971, and it is still alive: the two teams meet again in a three-match ODI series in Australia in November 2026. This page holds the complete head to head record, the biggest totals, the top run-scorers and wicket-takers, and the classic matches that built the rivalry.

England arrive in Australia in November 2026 for a white-ball tour that opens with three ODIs, and few fixtures in world cricket carry the weight of Australia against England in the 50-over game. The two sides played the first ODI in history, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 1971, and have met 162 times since. Australia lead the head-to-head with 92 wins to 65 for England, but the most recent meetings suggest the next series will be anything but one-sided.

Australia vs England Head to Head in ODI: The Overall Record

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The numbers behind this rivalry are striking. Across 162 ODIs, Australia have won 92, England have won 65, two matches have finished tied and three have ended with no result. The story began on 5 January 1971, when a washed-out Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was replaced by a 40-over exhibition that became the first one-day international ever played. Australia won that historic game by five wickets, and the rivalry has defined the format ever since.

Australia dominated long stretches of the contest, particularly from the late 1980s through the 2000s, when great fast bowlers and powerful batting line-ups made them the team to beat in world cricket. England, rebuilt after the 2015 World Cup under Eoin Morgan, won the 2019 title on home soil and turned the rivalry into a genuine contest again. The modern era has been tight: of the last five completed ODIs, Australia have won three and England have won two.

Fans can find the dates, venues and start times for the 2026 tour in the full schedule article, while the squad announcement article covers the England group for the trip.

Last Five Meetings

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The most recent chapter was written at the 2025 Champions Trophy in Lahore, where England made 351 for 8 behind the 165 of Ben Duckett, only for Australia to chase it down with 15 balls to spare. The unbeaten 120 of Josh Inglis, made off just 86 balls, turned a daunting target into a five-wicket win and underlined the batting depth of the Australian side.

The 2024 series in England swung both ways. Travis Head made an unbeaten 154 at Trent Bridge as Australia won the opener by seven wickets, then bowled England out for 202 at Headingley to go 2-0 up. England roared back: Harry Brook scored an unbeaten 110 at Chester-le-Street for a 46-run win under the DLS method, and the hosts then crushed Australia by 186 runs in London. Australia held their nerve in the decider at Bristol, winning by 49 runs under DLS to take the series 3-2.

The pattern is clear: when these teams meet, expect big totals, bold chases and the odd lopsided result. Two of the last five games were decided under the DLS method, and the biggest chase of all was finished with 15 balls to spare at Lahore, which bodes well for the November series.

Key Records and Top Performers

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The individual charts are a roll call of modern greats. Eoin Morgan is the leading run-scorer in Australia-England ODIs with 1,952 runs, just ahead of Ricky Ponting with 1,598 for Australia. With the ball, Brett Lee claimed 65 wickets against England, the most by an Australian in this fixture, while Adil Rashid, with 51 wickets, leads the English chart.

The highest individual scores tell their own story. Jason Roy smashed 180 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2018, the highest by an English batter against Australia, while the unbeaten 161 of Shane Watson remains the best by an Australian. The finest bowling returns are the 7 for 20 of Andy Bichel and the 6 for 45 of Chris Woakes.

England also hold the record for the highest team total in the fixture, the staggering 481 for 6 at Trent Bridge in 2018, while the highest total by Australia is 356 for 5, made at Lahore in 2025. At the other end of the scale, Australia were once bowled out for 70 in 1977, and the lowest total by England is 86, recorded in 2001.

World Cup Meetings

At the ODI World Cup, Australia have usually held the upper hand. The rivalry lit up the first semi-final of 1975 at Headingley, where Gary Gilmour took 6 for 14 to bowl England out for 93, then stayed unbeaten on 28 to guide a shaky chase home by four wickets.

The 1987 final at Eden Gardens in Kolkata remains the most famous meeting of all. Australia posted 253 for 5 with 75 from David Boon, and England fell seven runs short after the attempted reverse sweep of captain Mike Gatting, against the bowling of Allan Border, found the wicketkeeper. Sixteen years later at Port Elizabeth, Andy Bichel produced one of the great all-round World Cup performances, taking 7 for 20 and then adding an unbeaten 34 alongside Michael Bevan to knock England out.

England have enjoyed famous wins too. Ian Botham inspired an eight-wicket victory at Sydney in 1992, and the 2019 semi-final at Edgbaston was a triumph: England dismissed Australia for 223, with Chris Woakes taking 3 for 20, and chased it down by eight wickets with more than 17 overs to spare. Australia struck back at Ahmedabad in 2023, winning by 33 runs.

What Next

The next instalment begins on 13 November 2026, when the first ODI is played at Perth Stadium in Perth. The series then moves to Adelaide Oval on 15 November and finishes at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on 18 November. England will be led by Harry Brook, and the ODI squad includes Jofra Archer, Joe Root and Adil Rashid, a strong mix of youth and experience.

Australia are yet to announce their squad for the series, so the home group will be confirmed closer to the first game. With five T20Is to follow in late November and December, supporters of both teams have a packed summer of white-ball cricket to look forward to. Check the full schedule for dates, venues and start times, and the squad article for the latest England news.

Update: A Record Chase in Lahore, and the Rivalry Renews in November 2026

The most recent meeting produced a piece of history. In the Champions Trophy at Lahore on 22 February 2025, England made 351 for 8, with Ben Duckett scoring 165 and Joe Root adding 68. Australia chased the target down at 356 for 5 with 15 balls to spare, at the time the highest successful chase in the history of ICC tournaments. Josh Inglis made an unbeaten 120, Alex Carey made 69 and Matthew Short made 63. The total of 356 for 5 is also the highest team total Australia have ever made against England in one-day cricket.

That win kept Australia on top in the recent chapter of the rivalry. In the five-match series in England in September 2024, Australia won the first two matches, at Nottingham by 7 wickets on the back of an unbeaten 154 from Travis Head and at Headingley by 68 runs. England hit back hard: Harry Brook made a maiden one-day hundred of 110 not out at Chester-le-Street in a 46-run win under the DLS method, and England then levelled the series with a 186-run win in London, where Australia were bowled out for 126. Australia took the decider at Bristol by 49 runs under the DLS method and with it the series 3-2.

The World Cup chapter of the rivalry tells the same story. The teams have met 10 times at World Cups and Australia have won seven of those matches. The story started at Headingley in 1975, when Gary Gilmour took 6 for 14, bowled England out for 93 and then made an unbeaten 28 to finish the chase in the semi-final. Australia won the 1987 final at Kolkata by seven runs, still the smallest winning margin in a World Cup final. England won in 1979 and again in 1992, when Ian Botham took four wickets and made 53 in an eight-wicket win, and the teams did not meet at the 1996, 1999 or 2011 World Cups. At Port Elizabeth in 2003, Andy Bichel produced the finest bowling spell in the history of the fixture, 7 for 20, and then scored an unbeaten 34 to drag Australia home by two wickets. Australia won the World Cup meetings of 2007, 2015 and 2023 and the 2019 group match, but England struck the biggest blow of the modern era in 2019, winning the semi-final on the way to lifting the trophy.

The next chapter opens on 13 November 2026, when the rivalry resumes at Perth Stadium in the first of three one-day matches, with Adelaide Oval hosting the second match on 15 November and Bellerive Oval in Hobart closing the series on 18 November. England travel with Harry Brook as captain and with Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell back in the squad, while Jos Buttler misses the tour after hamstring surgery. The full fixture list sits in the Australia vs England 2026 schedule, and the England squad for the tour is already named. Every match adds to a record that now runs across 55 years, and the head to head table on this page will be updated as the series plays out.

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