It was nice to hear the news that the Ashes tour will go ahead, presumably because Cricket Australia was able to meet various “critical conditions”. Sadly, we don’t know what these are, but that matters not, at least for now. The Ashes tour is a goer; presumably all five Tests will be played, and that’s […]
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Bored on school holidays, I thought I might select tiered all-time Aussie Test XIs.
I didn’t have any specific number of teams in mind, but rather simply selected until I arrived at a dearth of further genuine quality.
No doubt I have missed some players that might have been worthy of at least a mention and feel free to point them out in the comments. Share
I set myself three parameters. The first is that I decided to keep opening partnerships in tact – at least for the first five XIs. This ruled out pairing Matthew Hayden up with Victor Trumper.
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When India was bowled out in Adelaide for 36 last week, the lowest completed innings totals in Test match history flashed up on the screen.
New Zealand’s 26 all out is at the top of the list and South Africa’s set of low scores all took place when those countries were weak and in the early days of their Test match history – but Australia’s lowest ever total was by a very strong team.