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Best Australian XI of last 15 years

Pratters

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
The last 15 years have seen loads of talented Australians. Players like Stuart Law have managed to play just 1 test. There have been 3 major captains in Border, Taylor and Waugh.

It would be interesting to see who would make the Australian Test XI of the last 15 years post ashes 1989 till India's tour of Australia 2004.

I will put in my choice later as a lot of names are going through my mind right now!
 
Neil Pickup

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
Taylor
Hayden
Jones
Ponting
SR Waugh
Gilchrist
+Healy
Warne
Gillespie
Hughes
McGrath

I've probably forgotten someone obvious :)
 
Andre

Andre

International Regular
Taylor/Slater/Langer (can't split any of them)
Hayden
Boon
Ponting
S Waugh
Border (c)
Healy/Gilly (wouldn't be bothered by either!)
Warne
McDermott/Alderman/May (conditions depending)
Gillespie
McGrath.
 
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Sanz

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
1. Mark Taylor
2. Mark Waugh
3. Dean Jones
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Steve Waugh
6. Allan Border (C)
7. Ian Healy (WK) (Much better WK than Gilly)
8. Glen. Mcgrath
9. C. Mcdermott
10. Shane Warne
11. Jason Gillespie
 
Pratters

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Hayden
Langer
Boon
Jones
Waugh (captain)
Ponting
Gilchrist
Warne
McDermott
Gillespie
McGrath

No Healy, No Border and no Taylor! Even thuogh I am biost against Waugh, he would have to be the person to captain the side.
 
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iamdavid

International Debutant
1.M.Taylor
2.M.Hayden
3.D.Boon
4.R.Ponting
5.S.Waugh
6.A.Border*
7.A.Gilchrist+
8.S.Warne
9.C.McDermott
10.J.Gillespie
11.G.McGrath

The positions which needed serious consideration were Healy v Gilchrist , Mark Waugh v Ponting , Slater v Hayden & McGrath v Brendon Julian.
 
Sanz

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
I am surprised to see people picking Langer/Slater over Mark Waugh. IMO Mark Waugh is anyday better than most of these Aussie batsmen.
 
Pratters

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Sanz said:
I am surprised to see people picking Langer/Slater over Mark Waugh. IMO Mark Waugh is anyday better than most of these Aussie batsmen.
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M.Waugh wasnt a test opener..
 
Andre

Andre

International Regular
Sanz said:
I am surprised to see people picking Langer/Slater over Mark Waugh. IMO Mark Waugh is anyday better than most of these Aussie batsmen.
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And how many times did Mark Waugh open in a Test match?

Once.

So you can hardly say that he's been one of the best 2 openers of the past 15 years, can you!
 
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iamdavid

International Debutant
But Slater Langer are openers , Waugh is a middle order player & dosent quite rate up with Boon , his brother , Ponting & Border , despite being a wonderful player.
 
age_master

age_master

Hall of Fame Member
Slater
Hayden
Ponting
M Waugh
S Waugh*
A Border
A Gilchrist+
S Warne
J Gillespie
C McDermott
G McGrath

taylor, boon, Jones, Langer, Hughes, May and Alderman all close
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
iamdavid said:
Slater v Hayden
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No Contest! Hayden hands down - one word - CONSISTENCY

1. Hayden
2. Langer
3. Boon
4. Ponting
5. Waugh
6. Border (c)
7. Healy
8. Warne
9. Gillespie
10. McDermott
11. McGrath
 
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iamdavid

International Debutant
Mister Wright said:
No Contest! Hayden hands down - one word - CONSISTENCY
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You're talking to one of Slater's biggest fans here , but I just like to take into account the relative strength of the attacks those two have made the bulk of their runs against ;) .
 
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Don Ricardo

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
1/ Hayden
2/ Boon
3/ Ponting
4/ M Waugh
5/ S Waugh
6/ Border (c)
7/ Healy
8/ Warne
9/ Gillespie
10/ McDermott
11/ McGrath

ps- i am a little suprised that no one else has opened with Boon, as it allows an extra middle order batsman to be played (ie mark waugh)
 
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Dingo

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
DISCLAIMER: This side is my best XI - it is not necessary the XI best players in the past 15 years, just the XI I believe would have done the best....

Taylor
Hayden
Ponting
Waugh M
Waugh S*
Border
Gilchrist+
Warne
McDermott
Fleming
McGrath

Two fast bowlers, a swing bowler, a leg-spinner, and for that pesky partnership breaker - a medium-pacer, an off-spinner and a left-arm spinner :D
 
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The Argonaut

State Vice-Captain
M Taylor
M Hayden
D Boon
A Border *
S Waugh
R Ponting
A Gilchrist
S Warne
C McDermott
M Hughes
G McGrath

Honourable mentions to M Waugh, Langer, Slater, Jones, Healy, Gillespie, May and Reiffel.
 
aussie_beater

aussie_beater

State Vice-Captain
My team would be -

D Boon
M Hayden
D Jones
M Waugh
R Ponting
S Waugh *
I Healy
S Warne
C McDermott
M Hughes
G McGrath
 
deeps

deeps

International 12th Man
M. Hayden
D. Jones
D. Boon
R. Ponting
S. Waugh
A.Border
A.Gilchrist
S.Warne
J. Gillespie
C. Mcdermott
G.Mcgrath

next batsman in would have 2 be Mark waugh

the next bowler in would b Merv Hughes
 
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