I think spin option may be a bit light with this, but good option.
Strong team but curious why go with Hazlewood when Cummins played at the same team with Hazlewood?
Challenge is to form a team which can play well in all conditions. I think team you listed is a pretty good one.
Thank You.
I couldn't leave ponting out thou.
That explains your selection.
How about Miller? One of the genuine all rounders in history.
maybe the most purest allrounder with oly imran giving him some competition, really an amazing bowler plus pretty great batter, but I chose Davidson because he provides variety plus he himself is a handy lower-order bat and has great perfromances across all conditions
Yeah Bradman, Smith, Chappell and Border make first Xi and openers like matthew hayden and Bob Simpson, and even then you have players like ponting, steve waugh, Trumper, morris, martyn missing out and thyey'd be first xi choices fror many nations, and in fast bowling I think Aussie bowling ranks maybe 2nd or 3rd beind wi and sa, but still you have McGrath, Lillee/rindwall and then Alan Davidson, not to forget Craig McDermott, Cummins, etc and even in spinners they ahve great options besides warne such as Bill O'Reilly, Claire Grimmet, Richie Benaud, Bert Ironmonger, and Stuart Macgill even too and let's not forget lyon too anyways insane depth
Aussies would probably be ahead in fast bowling too, given the longevity. In case of South Africa, there is a lot of what ifs and could have been ( the likes of Neil Adcock, Peter Pollock etc). Windies produced more great fast bowlers than anyone in that period between 1970-2000 but have clearly struggled post that.
Yeah, Pretty much so. The only con in this is that they will have to sacrifice one of their batsmen if they want Davidson and Cummins in the team (Cummins's ability with the bat does make up for the loss of one frontline batsman). In that case I'd leave Smith out.
You don’t need 5 bowlers + Miller in the side. 4 bowlers + Miller is enough. Miller is a far better bowler than Kallis and even Stokes so having him as fifth bowler is already a very strong pace attack.
Additionally, you can replace Morris with Simpson. He gives you 6th bowler(2nd spinning option) and his record as opener is brilliant. His overall value is greater than Hayden or Morris and opening batting wise probably as good as both.
