Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Might be one of the least interesting of the lot, but an absolute must to go with Eng, WI and SA. Have to go back a bit further than for the others, as the period fits so neatly with the dominance of the team.
Given the fact that the presence (or otherwise) of 1 player would be likely to derail such a thread substantially, and the fact that there's such a surfeit of quality, I reckon the best bet would be to pick two teams: 1989-2001 and 2001/02-2006/07. If players played lots in both periods they are, of course, available for both.
So:
1989-2001:
MA Taylor (c)
MJ Slater
DC Boon
AR Border
ME Waugh
SR Waugh
IA Healy (w)
SK Warne
CJ McDermott
MG Hughes
GD McGrath
Squad members: TM Alderman, PR Reiffel, JL Langer, MTG Elliott, PA Emery.
2001/02-2006/07:
JL Langer
ML Hayden
RT Ponting (c)
MEK Hussey
DS Lehmann
DR Martyn
AC Gilchrist (w)
SK Warne
JN Gillespie
SR Clark
GD McGrath
Squad members: BJ Haddin, SCG MacGill, BJ Hodge, MS Kasprowicz, PA Jaques.
Who else fancies it?
Given the fact that the presence (or otherwise) of 1 player would be likely to derail such a thread substantially, and the fact that there's such a surfeit of quality, I reckon the best bet would be to pick two teams: 1989-2001 and 2001/02-2006/07. If players played lots in both periods they are, of course, available for both.
So:
1989-2001:
MA Taylor (c)
MJ Slater
DC Boon
AR Border
ME Waugh
SR Waugh
IA Healy (w)
SK Warne
CJ McDermott
MG Hughes
GD McGrath
Squad members: TM Alderman, PR Reiffel, JL Langer, MTG Elliott, PA Emery.
2001/02-2006/07:
JL Langer
ML Hayden
RT Ponting (c)
MEK Hussey
DS Lehmann
DR Martyn
AC Gilchrist (w)
SK Warne
JN Gillespie
SR Clark
GD McGrath
Squad members: BJ Haddin, SCG MacGill, BJ Hodge, MS Kasprowicz, PA Jaques.
Who else fancies it?