By this stage he hadn't played for Australia in ODIs for two years, and four years in tests. Given we made the CWC final that year,I reckon team selection was pretty good.Just caught up with this thread mate. Site needs more Deano appreciation threads.
I vaguely remember this game. Deano seen as good enough for a World XI but not good enough for our one-day side. He was still in the top handful of one-day players on the planet at the time.
People can say what they like about his sacking from the Test team but he was treated disgracefully by Simmo and that fraud Trevor Hohns.
And he played his last game for Australia even before Trevor Hohns was a selector.
Other than that, your post is very accurate.