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Pick three best ever Australian teams
Imagine you are a selector at the local club, but you can pick any cricketers from Australia's history. Who would be in your 1st, 2nd and 3rd XI, and why?
1st XI
Matthew Hayden
Bill Ponsford
Don Bradman
Greg Chappell
Ricky Ponting
Allan Border
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Alan Davidson
Dennis Lillee
Glenn McGrath
2nd XI
Bill Lawry
Arthur Morris
Ian Chappell
Neil Harvey
Steve Waugh
Doug Walters
Ian Healy
Keith Miller
Ray Lindwall
Fred Spofforth
Bill O'Reilly
3rd XI
Victor Trumper
Bob Simpson
David Boon
Sid Barnes
Stan McCabe
Mike Hussey
Rod Marsh
Jason Gillespie
Bill Johnstone
Clarrie Grimmett
Charlie Turner
I'm sure I've missed guys (hard to squeeze Benaud in with the other three leggies). What do you reckon?
Imagine you are a selector at the local club, but you can pick any cricketers from Australia's history. Who would be in your 1st, 2nd and 3rd XI, and why?
1st XI
Matthew Hayden
Bill Ponsford
Don Bradman
Greg Chappell
Ricky Ponting
Allan Border
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Alan Davidson
Dennis Lillee
Glenn McGrath
2nd XI
Bill Lawry
Arthur Morris
Ian Chappell
Neil Harvey
Steve Waugh
Doug Walters
Ian Healy
Keith Miller
Ray Lindwall
Fred Spofforth
Bill O'Reilly
3rd XI
Victor Trumper
Bob Simpson
David Boon
Sid Barnes
Stan McCabe
Mike Hussey
Rod Marsh
Jason Gillespie
Bill Johnstone
Clarrie Grimmett
Charlie Turner
I'm sure I've missed guys (hard to squeeze Benaud in with the other three leggies). What do you reckon?