Ashes archives, Part 3: A final ten things that will never ever happen again
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Ashes archives, Part 2: Ten more things that will never ever happen again
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Ashes anniversaries: Armstrong’s Australians A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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This winter marks the centenary of the Australian team’s record-breaking feats under Warwick Armstrong’s leadership. After regaining the Ashes at home 5-0, it then retained them away 3-0.
Its eight consecutive victories is an Ashes record. It was a world record until the West Indies broke it in 1984. Armstrong is still the only captain to have led a team in eight or more matches without a single defeat.
It’s timely to acknowledge those achievements a century later, and also to consider how his side that went to England might fare today. How strong was it, and how good a captain was Armstrong?
Australian cricket s seven best Test XIs A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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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.