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  In 1970s: The 1970s were a controversial time in Australian cricket, with many players signing with businessman kerry packer's rival wold series competition. The decade produced many of the stars of Australian cricket history, including wicket-keeper Rod Marish and fast bowlers Dennis Lille and Jeff Thompson. The Chappell brothers - Greg, Ian and Trevor - all represented Australia during this period as well.

               

 In 1980s : Australian cricket during the 1980s was comparatively unsuccessful, particularly following the retirement of players such as Marsh and Lillee. Queenslander Allan Border, rated as one of the finest middle-order players in history, took over as captain and attempted a re-building process. For quite some time, the common wisdom was that Australia's score in an innings would be "Border plus 100". Border achieved the feat of scoring more than 150 runs in both innings of a Test during a tour of Pakistan during this decade. 

            

   

 

    As the decade continued, a number of talented players made their debuts and established themselves in the team. Among these were fast bowlers such asCraig McDermott  and Carl Rackemann, wicket keeper lan Healy , brothers Steve and Mark Waugh and batsman Dean Jones. Cult heroes such as overweight Tasmanian batsman David Boon and Victorian bowler "Swervin'"  Merv Huges (whose pre-bowling warm up routine was copied by fans around the stadiums) also earned places in the team.

In the closing years of the 1980s, Australia won back the Ashes from England and began an era of dominance in that series which has not yet ended. In 1989, Australia and India played out only the second tie in Test history, with Jones producing a famous double-century innings in sapping heat. 

  

 The 1990s : This page shall also refer to Australian women's national cricket team, and Junior  teams (representing Australia) but unless explicitly mentioned, it refers to the senior (main) national cricket team. In 1990's saw the dawn and twilight of many well-known Australian cricketers. Shene Warne became a household name during the 1993 Ashes tour, Allan Border retired after playing South Africa at Durban in 1994, Glen McGrath became famous as a metronome (and as a rabbit) during the 1994-95 tour of the West Indies, Ricky ponting came onto the scene with 96 against Sri Lanka during 1995-96, Craig McDermatt was forced to retire during the 1996-97 season, while Brett lee appeared at the turn of the century. Meanwhile, Australian cricket was run by three captains, Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh.

Australia continued to assert their dominance over The Ashes during the 1990's, won the unofficial 'world championship' prize from West Indies during 1994-95 and began a long winning streak in 1999, both in one-day internationals and tests. The only venues where Australia struggled were India and Sri Lanka.

In 2000s : The captain is Recky ponting, taking over before the 2004 tour of Srilanka that was won 3-0. Later in the year, they won in India for the first time in 35 years, their only loss coming in a dead rubber.