Bowling: Keith Miller vs. Ray Lindwall

[bagapath]

in all honesty a bowling attack made up of dennis lillee, ray lindwall, glen mcgrath and shane warne is good enough to bowl out any batting lineup. a second xi's attack with spofforth, davidson, miller and oreilly, is also a handful for most oppositions. australia must be one of the very few teams that can field two full teams with 6 batsmen + 4 bowlers + 1 keeper.

 

[Red]

Yeh, you really can come up with two really well balanced XIs.


Trumper
Morris
Bradman
G.Chappell
Miller
Harvey
Gilchrist
Lindwall
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

Simpson
Lawry
I.Chappell
Border
S.Waugh
McCabe
Gregory
Healy
Davidson
Spofforth

 

[Coronis]

Yeh, you really can come up with two really well balanced XIs.


Trumper
Morris
Bradman
G.Chappell
Miller
Harvey
Gilchrist
Lindwall
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

Simpson
Lawry
I.Chappell
Border
S.Waugh
McCabe
Gregory
Healy
Davidson
Spofforth

Ian Chappell over Ricky Ponting? Who's your spinner? Much rather Ponsford have a place in one of these teams too. Also, would bat Harvey at 5, Miller at 6.

 

[Red]

Yeh, you really can come up with two really well balanced XIs.


Trumper
Morris
Bradman
G.Chappell
Miller
Harvey
Gilchrist
Lindwall
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

Simpson
Lawry
I.Chappell
Border
S.Waugh
McCabe
Gregory
Healy
Davidson
Spofforth
O'Reilly

Spinner would be O'Reilly. I'd prefer Chappelli at 3 over Ponting, but it's just a personal preference. I consider Chappelli to be somewhat underrated as a batsman and I think he was a more complete all round batsman than Ponting (just). Ponsford would be in my third XI. Once he'd have been in my first XI, but my opinion of him has changed a bit.

Third XI might be:

Barnes
Hayden
Ponting
Macartney
Ponsford
Clarke
Grout
Gillespie
Turner
Johnston
Grimmett