A lot of people probably just think of VB and his drinking antics when they consider Boon, but he was also a very good batsman, not mention magnificent fielding at bat pad. Underrated imo.
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Lee gets underrated I think. Dizzy and him flip a coin.
Well, we won the first test comfortably, and lost the 2nd by only 2 runs. I don't think under-preparation is a fair charge. 2005 was just 'one of those things'.
As I've said many times before - you replay the 2005 series 5 times and we win 4. That's sport..............
Taylor>Chappell>Clarke*>Border>Waugh>Ponting>Hughes
Border had an ordinary side for a lot of his captaincy, this was partially due to the rebel tours of SA, but also jsut a lack of depth in Australian cricket at the time. He ended up with a mentality of make sure we can't lose the match rather than trying to win, but it came about as a victim of circumstance. His captaincy did become more attacking towards the end when he had a better side.
No. Just... no.Waugh > Taylor = Chappell > Border > Ponting > Hughes.
All my favourite batsmen are Mark Waugh types, him, Carl Hooper, Azar, Gower, so beautiful to watch when in flight, also so wasteful and held their wicket at a similar value as the Zim dollar, Azar excepted who may have been offered $US to throw away his wicket.While I do sort of feel that Mark Waugh was Australia's Carl Hooper, insofar as he found dumb ways to get out and lacked the desire to make big scores*, he did average closer to 45 during the 1990's, which is reasonably impressive.
He played on for too long though, explaining his lowish career average.
(*Waugh had the better Test career, but Hooper did somehow find it in himself to score 233 at the end of his career - funny)
Lee gets underrated I think. Dizzy and him flip a coin.
Martyn is my favourite all time batsmen. But Hussey is just so good. I'd go Martyn just for his drives and late cuts.
Looking at that team though, I think I weirdly miss Stuart Clark the most.
Another failed Redbacks import.On Carl Hooper I remember Taylor a few years ago saying that as a Captain he would often completely run dry of ideas as how to get him out when he was piling on the runs, only for Carl to then do something completely out of the blue and screw up himself..
We had a great side.... but for the most part the opposition was rank.
I've been involved in sport with sides that have a number of huge egos, when you're winning they all get along well, part of the ego is an ultra competitive streak that just doesn't want to lose (Hayden, Langer, McGrath, Warne all fit this) and winning helps them get along as none is trying to blame anyone else for losing. Once you start losing the the egos will start fighting and this is why I believe Katich got dumped the way he did.Steve Waugh would of been a good captain with any team, not everyone would of been able to control all those egos in the dressing room yet he seemed to have them all marching to the same beat.
I watched a lot of cricket during the Border era and during the mid-80s we were absolutely terrible, the worst part is we had no depth. Go back and have a look at some of the averages to see just how ordinary we were, the blokes below all played over 25 tests in an era where less tests were played, we churned through wicket keepers until Ian Healy got the nod, our best bowler in the era kept breaking down (Reid)You're giving Border an out by saying he didn't have a great side. It's a captain's job to get as much as he can from the team. Clarke is showing us now that when you back your players (making aggressive declarations) you win more matches. Same goes for Waugh batting with the tail; he backed them and they became better for it.
Lee= Gillespie, Clark > Gillespie.
Whatever you are smoking, stop taking it.
Dizzy's record until his decline and then shunning by selectors was almost McGrath like. Unbelieveable bowler who the selectors f'ed over in the end after one really bad tour.
Clark=Lee maybe.
It goes McGrath=Warne>Gillespie>>MacGill>>>>>>>>>>>>Fleming>>Lee=Clark=Kaspa
I reference to the 05 ashes I swear we would of won that series if DRS was available at the time. Think about the howlers that would of been overturned.
That series wasn't much of Ponting being a bad captain, but Vaughn being an amazing captain. I can't think of a bad move he did that whole series. Great tactics by him.
I've been involved in sport with sides that have a number of huge egos, when you're winning they all get along well, part of the ego is an ultra competitive streak that just doesn't want to lose (Hayden, Langer, McGrath, Warne all fit this) and winning helps them get along as none is trying to blame anyone else for losing. Once you start losing the the egos will start fighting and this is why I believe Katich got dumped the way he did.
He's not underrated if you are putting him anywhere near Gillespie.
Yes but they did tolerate each other when they were winning.it's well known now that not all of them got along.
I reference to the 05 ashes I swear we would of won that series if DRS was available at the time. Think about the howlers that would of been overturned.
That series wasn't much of Ponting being a bad captain, but Vaughn being an amazing captain. I can't think of a bad move he did that whole series. Great tactics by him.
did he ever even play for the red backs, i know he moved to SA because he married a woman from there.Another failed Redbacks import.
Damn it!!!!