Read a fascinating article on that and the comparison between both + the Waugh/Ponting Aussie's, I think statistically the Aussies of the modern era actually surpassed the other two.
I'll go digging now, but all great sides!
Surprised people still giving him a flicker of thought after his most hilarious rants about how bowling outside the line of off stump was somewhat unconstitutional in cricket XD
Obviously it'd be easy to clog a page with things which were superb about that, but what really made me look twice was the outfielder animation and detail of the pitch. It's funny, after having watched all these BA videos on such realistic pitches, they still take me by surprise as to how...
Just an FYI, between 1/01/00 & 31/12/07 (the exact date range for your first side), there was no better form batsman in the world than Ponting. If ratings are your thing, he held the number 1 ranking in test batting for an unbroken 14 months, a record. Furthermore, these years were his prime...
Team 1:
#1 Matthew Hayden
#2 Graeme Smith
#3 Ricky Ponting
#4 Brian Lara
#5 Jacques Kallis
#6 Mohammed Yousef
#7 AB de Villiers (wk)
#8 Alan Donald
#9 Courteny Walsh
#1 0 Curtley Ambrose
#1 1 Muralitheran
Team 2:
#1 Virender Sehwag
#2 Mike Hussey
#3 Rahul Dravid
#4 Sachin...
Oh Faf, just get outta' there D:
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Clearly my post was a good omen. It'd be suppa awesome to get either Philander or Duminy within 5 overs of this wicket *purdy please jebus*
Clarke's never been a follow on enforcer, heck how can he? He's got Watson and Harris on constant injury alert, he didn't want to give Steyn more time to get fit and this pitch is supposedly due to be turning up tomorrow, which wouldn't bode well for a side which i) has a history of struggling...
Graeme Smith, what a legend. On the face of it, this retirement seems far too early, he's a modern great! De Kock to take his spot? De Villiers to ascend to captaincy?
The resurgence of Aussie Grit. No silver spoon, no respite, just pure mental resolve. Never thought to expect that of a Julio, well Pup, those bruises are medals.
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