Abstract

In 2015, the Australian cricket team won the ICC Cricket World Cup. Out of the eleven editions of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Australian had secured its place in the final seven times and won the Cup five times. In the one-day cricket format, the Australian cricket team’s winning percentage was about 65 (in 1977-2015). This was the highest among all the cricket teams in the world. This caselet brings out some of the key reasons for the success of the Australian cricket team and provides the scope to discuss the learnings for management students from the Australian cricket team.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Analyze the success of the Australian cricket team and understand the various reasons of their success
• Learn various management skills from the Australian cricket team

Keywords

ICC World Cup, Management Lessons, Team building, Winning Strategy, Pure Play, Leadership, Cricket