Ard, I think we are going to go round in circles. Steve Waugh's record is fantastic, Australia have been the best team by a considerable margin for a number of years, etc.

Where I have a problem with is the statement that "the dominant force in Cricket for the past 50 years has been the Aussies". The problem I have is that in part of this period, using Ed's statistics, Australia slumped as low as 6th in the world and the West Indies were untouchable.

Even if we were looking at the best team overall, I don't believe it is clear cut that Australia come out #1 and WI #2. As far as I'm concerned, both teams have had periods of brilliance in that period.

What of course would have been great would have been to the the 2 greatest sides in my memory - the 80s WI and current Australia play each other.