Seeing as a few people showed interest in my post on a best New Zealand Eleven I thought I would try my luck with an Australian team. My interest in Australian cricket started with the 1958/59 Ashes series but a number of the players I have selected were from before that time and they were great players I grew up reading about.
My team in batting order is:
- Bill Ponsford
- Bill Woodfull
- Don Bradman
- Greg Chappell
- Steve Waugh
- Keith Millar
- Alan Davidson
- Don Tallon
- Shane Warne
- DennisLillee
- Ray Lindwall
Bradman would be Captain and Norman O’Neil would be my 12 man..
There are a number of unlucky players in my mind – Neil Harvey, Ashley Mallet, Bobby Simpson, Clarrie Grimmett, Doug Walters, Mathew Hayden, Richie Benaud, Charlie McCartney, Rodney Marsh, Ricky Ponting to name a few – you cannot pick them all.
On form Steve Smith would have pushed hard…
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