'I've had doubts about all the Auatralian captains since Allan Border.'

That was me above. Don't know what happened to my cookie.

Both Steve Waugh and Mark taylor had very good teams and did not have to do much. Ponting has been found out because a large number of that team have retired (well, he was actually found out on the day in 2005 when he sent England in to bat after McGrath had been injured in the warm-up. How stupid was that?).

Boder, on the other hanb, battled away until that very good team was built.

Now that Australia have managed to finally get England out, they need to bat for two days just to make it a contest, and I doubt that many of them have the both character and the ability in one package. Hussey is the closest - and he's gone before he was really there.