Just to Australia. Razor thin margin though, could go either way depending on the day.
Again, Australia. Bradman is the difference here. Chappell/Ponting might be slightly below Richards and Lara but not by enough that the difference between Bradman and Headley would be made up for.
No score draw. Both players slot perfectly into their teams and cover for the teams relative weaknesses so well that it is impossible to compare them properly.
Gilchrist here by a fair margin, mainly because of his batting. Dujon may be slightly ahead as a pure keeper, but not by enough to make a difference.
This is the most contentious of the matchups. Obviously Warne is better than Gibbs, so on turning/wearing pitches that would give Australia an advantage. However on fast/bouncy pitches the WIndies bowlers come out ahead (even dropping O'Reilly for Davidson or Lindwall). Sobers fills the spin bowling gap on normal wickets for the WIndies, while Miller adds the third quick bowling option.
The matchup certainly looks a lot more in Australia's favour when you break it down into player categories like this, but overall it is very tight. I mean the only real difference in bowling quality is that the WIndies bowlers have probably got better options on quick wickets while the Aussies have a more flexible outfit. The batting quality difference is almost impossible to measure as the advantages that Bradman brings are reduced by the disadvantage of Miller, whos overall package is necessary for this outfit to be competative IMO.
In the end the series could be decided in one hour on the final afternoon in a Gilchrist whirlwind double hundred.
EDIT: One advantage that Australia would bring is depth. The ability to change out an underperforming opener with Lawry, Simpson or Ponsford and an underperforming middle order bat with Border, Waugh or Harvey gives the batting lineup more depth than the WIndies, but only just. The WIndies could bring in Weekes, Walcott or Worrell if one of their middle order or keeper was failing. If Gilchrist was dropping everything Healy could come in to replace him as he made a ton against one of the most venemous WI attacks ever assembled and is one of the best keepers of all time.
Bowling-wise, Aus have a spare spinner in Grimmett and are looking at bench strength consisting primarily of Lindwall, Davidson and maybe even Spoffoth. The WIndies don't really have any other spin options, but do have Garner, Walsh and Roberts as quicks (with players like Croft in a pinch). For quicks it definately appears that the WIndies have stronger bench strength than the Aussies.
Wi have as much depth as Australia except as far as spinners are concerned. Actually in retrospect WI doesnt have as much depth as Aust but we do have significant depth in most departments.
Openers: Hunte, Haynes, Greenidge, Fredricks, Rae, Stollmeyer
Middle: Lara, Headley, Sobers, Viv, Worrell, Walcott, Worrell, Chanders, Lloyd, Kanhai, Nurse, Kallicharan.
Keepers" Dujon, Hendricks, Alexander, Murray (Deryck), Walcott
Allrounders: Sobers, OG Smith, Worrell??
Spinners: Gibbs, Ramadhin, Valentine
Fast bowlers: Hall, Gilchrist, Roberts, Holding, Garner, Croft, Marshall, Ambrose, Bishop, Walsh.
