Top 4 teams with most wins in a calendar year across formats

#3 Australia (1999)

Steve Waugh and Shane Warne in action

Australia have been one of the most dominant teams of the last decade. In terms of wins, they had one of their best years in 1999. Led by the determined Steve Waugh they also won the World Cup that year.

Their bowling line-up consisted of Glenn Mcgrath, Shane Warne and Damien Fleming. To complement them, they had Adam Gilchrist at the top of the order with Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh and Michael Bevan in the middle order - a batting lineup capable of taking apart any bowling attack.

In terms of stats, they won 35 of the 51 matches that they played that year. The break up of wins included 26 wins in 37 ODIs and 9 wins in 14 test matches.