Cricket in Australia
In 2007, "The Age" reported that a survey by Sweeney Sports had found that 69% of the Australian public have an interest in cricket, second to none. Cricket is often known as Australia's national sport due to its equal popularity in all parts of the country. Cricket is also a mass participation sport in Australia: a census conducted on behalf of Cricket Australia found that in the 2003–04 season there were 471,329 participants in Australian cricket programmes and competitions, including 47,780 female participants.
In 2015–16, a record 1,300,000 Australians played formal, organised cricket during the year, an increase of nine percent over the previous year, making cricket Australia's biggest participant sport.
List of Australia Twenty20 International cricketers
Australia have played 113 matches, winning 58 and losing 51; two were tied and two ended in a no result. Their first game was against New Zealand which was also the first ever Twenty20 International to be played. In this game they scored 214 off their 20 over which still remains the 4th highest score made in an innings by a team in Twenty20 Internationals. Their loss in their second game against England which was by 100 runs was also the fourth highest defeat in Twenty20 Internationals. Most of the Twenty20s played by Australia have been one-off matches usually in association with a One Day International or Test series against the same team. Australia participated in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the first tournament of its kind, and were knocked out in the semi-finals of the competition by India who went on to win the tournament. David Warner is Australia's leading run scorer with 1,792 runs and Shane Watson is the leading wicket taker with 48 wickets. The highest individual score for an Australian is 172 by Aaron Finch.