Captain: Ricky Ponting [ Images ]

Coach: John Buchanan [ Images ]

Squad: Ricky Ponting, Nathan Bracken [ Images ], Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke [ Images ], Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], Brad Haddin [ Images ], Matthew Hayden [ Images ], Brad Hodge [ Images ], Brad Hogg [ Images ], Mike Hussey [ Images ], Mitchell Johnson [ Images ], Glenn McGrath [ Images ], Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Shaun Tait [ Images ], Shane Watson [ Images ].

World Cup record: 1975 - runners-up; 1979 - first round; 1983 - first round; 1987 - champions; 1992 first round; 1996 -runners-up; 1999 - champions; 2003 - champions

Overall playing record: Played: 658, Won: 405, Lost: 227, Tied: 8, No result: 18

Highest innings total: 434-4 v South Africa [ Images ], Johannesburg, 2006

Lowest innings total: 70 v New Zealand [ Images ], Adelaide, 1986; 70 v England [ Images ], Edgbaston, 1977

Most appearances: 325 - Steve Waugh [ Images ]

Highest individual score: 181* - Matthew Hayden

Leading run-scorer: 10,358 - Ricky Ponting

Best bowling: 7-15 - Glenn McGrath v Namibia, 2003

Leading wicket-taker: 380 - Glenn McGrath

Highest partnership: 237 (4th) - Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds v Sri Lanka, Sydney [ Images ], 2006

Most catches by a fieldsman: 127 - Allan Border [ Images ]

Most dismissals: 436 - Adam Gilchrist

Road to Semi-finals:

Group Stage:

-- Defeated Scotland by 203 runs.

-- Defeated Netherlands by 229 runs.

-- Defeated South Africa by 83 runs.

Super Eights:

-- Defeated West Indies [ Images ] by 103 runs.

-- Defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets.

-- Defeated England by seven wickets.

-- Defeated Ireland by nine wickets.

-- Defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets.

-- Defeated New Zealand by 215 runs.

Semi-final

-- Defeated South Africa by seven wickets