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Imran for me, as he played in a much more competitive era, great skipper, did great things for pakistan cricket in such a politically tough environment Mike Procter deserves to be on the list, too but of all of them from all eras I would pick Keith Miller:cheers

mmm, I dont really rate Kourie, saw him play a few times but maybe it was because his best was behind him...

The tied test in Madras/Chennai in '86 was pretty good, what with Dean Jones nearly dropping dead and Border goading him to stay on the field, questioning his toughness + threating to replace him with a Queenslander!

You could put Kepler Wessels and Ken McEwan in too, what a side still lacking a quality spinner though but I reckon that the great WI sides of the late 70s-Mid 80s would have beaten all comers, perhaps with the exception of some of Bradman's teams

mmm...I wonder what Gilchrist could have acheived if he had had a run at no 4 or 5 as a batsman only?

"Graceful Eleven" Barry Richards Majid Khan Greg Chappell Mark Waugh David Gower Carl Hooper Bob Taylor (w) Michael Holding Dennis Lillee Allan Donald Bishen Bedi

lol, liverpool :lol

A great player indeed but not that great against the WI really: he didnt face the full strength 4 prong attack many times at all. I'd rate Allan Border as a bigger thorn in their side.

agreed, time for a break for Mitch. If he's good enough he will bounce back.

Underrated, Australia: Colin Miller, Damien Fleming, Paul Reiffel, Tim May

None of the australian spinners are much good right now ok to some extent Casson, Mc Gain and Krejza got a poor deal from the selectors but none of them bounced back with quality first class performances to state their case Hauritz did ok, the timing of his dropping was strange The young guys...

The keeper is tough. I'd pick Gilchrist myself, but there is a good case for picking the best keeper, regardless of their batting skill. Symptom_Control added 4 Minutes and 54 Seconds later... there's no way Neil Harvey could play with anyone who played after he retired :doh what a tedious...

I think Watson has improved his bowling a great deal. He was criticised for being one-dimensional, gun-barrel straight and he went off and now is able to swing the new and old ball. Hard to get that much bowling out of an opening batsman. Kallis is the only all rounder who has succeeded in the...

Would the selectors be brave (or foolish) enough to move Watson down the order and bring Hughes in to open? Hard to mess with a formula that works but surely its only superstition to think that Watson couldnt keep his form down the order? I like Smith and think he will make it at test level...

Interesting selection dilemmas right now for Aust, thats for sure. I really rate Smith and Khawaja and also feel that Ferguson is destined for Test success but wonder if either is what is needed right now to replace North (surely he has been given enough chances) given the flakiness of our...