The Ashes Test for the ages-Australia v England

[Jascave]

Put together an all-time Australian team to face off against its English counterparts in a 'Ashes Test for the ages', at Lord's.

I'll start things off.

AUSTRALIA

Bill Woodfull
Matthew Hayden
Sir Donald Bradman (c)
Allan Border
Greg Chappell
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Jeff Thomson
Glenn McGrath
12th: Ricky Ponting

ENGLAND

Graham Gooch
Sir Geoffrey Boycott
Mike Gatting
Joe Root (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Sir Ian Botham
Alan Knott (wk)
Derek Underwood
Stuart Broad
John Snow
James Anderson
12th: Andrew Strauss

 

[Trojan90]

AUS
Morris
Taylor
Bradman
Smith
Border
S.Waugh
Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
Alderman
McGrath

ENG
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Barrington
Hammond
Pietersen
Botham
Knott
Rhodes
Broad
Willis
Barnes

 

[PhatBoy]

If it’s at Lords:
That makes a difference because not a huge amount of Australian batsmen have THAT good a record in England relative to their overall record.

England

Sutcliffe
Hobbs
Hutton
Root
Barrington
Ames
Botham
Laker
Willis
Snow
Anderson
Barnes


Australia
Ponsford
Taylor
Bradman
Smith
Waugh
Border
Gilchrist
Lillee
Warne
Alderman
McGrath

 

[BGman]

AUSTRALIA

Bill Woodfull
Matthew Hayden
Sir Donald Bradman (c)
Allan Border
Greg Chappell
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Jeff Thomson
Glenn McGrath
12th: Ricky Ponting

Hard to argue with that. Except Ponsford for Woodfull. Tuff leaving out Ricky while Clarrie Grimmett or Tiger O'Reilly could feel unlucky having to compete against the 'shiek of tweak'. As skipper The Don (AC) did cop some flack from a few of his own players for being aloof and a bit of a tyrant.

Graham Gooch
Sir Geoffrey Boycott
Mike Gatting
Joe Root (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Sir Ian Botham
Alan Knott (wk)
Derek Underwood
Stuart Broad
John Snow
James Anderson
12th: Andrew Strauss

No Hobbs, Hutton, Hammond, Laker?

 

[Eaglette01]

Moved this onto the Thread Ashes - 25/26

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Late to this. I'll go with the following XIs:

Australia

1. W.H. Ponsford (Vic)
2. A.R. Morris (NSW)
3. D.G. Bradman (c) (NSW)
4. R.T. Ponting (Tas)
5. A.R. Border (Qld)
6. I.M. Chappell (SA)
7. K.R. Miller (Vic)
8. A.C. Gilchrist (wk) (WA)
9. S.K. Warne (Vic)
10. D.K. Lillee (WA)
11. G.D. McGrath (NSW)
12. S.B. Smith (NSW)

England

1. J.B. Hobbs (Surrey)
2. L. Hutton (Yorkshire)
3. W.R. Hammond (Gloucestershire)
4. J.E. Root (c) (Yorkshire)
5. K.P. Pietersen (Nottinghamshire/Surrey)
6. I.T. Botham (Durham/Somerset/Worcestershire)
7. A.P.E. Knott (wk) (Kent)
8. D.L. Underwood (Kent)
9. H. Larwood (Nottinghamshire)
10. F.S. Trueman (Derbyshire/Yorkshire)
11. J.M. Anderson (Lancashire)
12. S.C.J. Broad (Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire)

 

[Jascave]

Late to this. I'll go with the following XIs:

Australia

1. W.H. Ponsford (Vic)
2. A.R. Morris (NSW)
3. D.G. Bradman (c) (NSW)
4. R.T. Ponting (Tas)
5. A.R. Border (Qld)
6. I.M. Chappell (SA)
7. K.R. Miller (Vic)
8. A.C. Gilchrist (wk) (WA)
9. S.K. Warne (Vic)
10. D.K. Lillee (WA)
11. G.D. McGrath (NSW)
12. S.B. Smith (NSW)

England

1. J.B. Hobbs (Surrey)
2. L. Hutton (Yorkshire)
3. W.R. Hammond (Gloucestershire)
4. J.E. Root (c) (Yorkshire)
5. K.P. Pietersen (Nottinghamshire/Surrey)
6. I.T. Botham (Durham/Somerset/Worcestershire)
7. A.P.E. Knott (wk) (Kent)
8. D.L. Underwood (Kent)
9. H. Larwood (Nottinghamshire)
10. F.S. Trueman (Derbyshire/Yorkshire)
11. J.M. Anderson (Lancashire)
12. S.C.J. Broad (Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire)

Missing from the England team that you picked: Bob Willis, John Snow, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Mike Gatting, Sir Geoffrey Boycott, John Edrich, Ray Illingworth, Peter Lever, Tony Greig, Douglas Jardine, Herbert Sutcliffe, Colin Cowdrey, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Broad, Robin Smith, Mike Brearley, Frank Tyson, Jim Laker, and David Steele.