In all seriousness, I think Australia has traditionally produced ATG middle order batsmen to go with very, very good openers - its our weakest area IMO.
In my mind, Trumper gets the first slot. Although he was arguably better (or at least as good) in the middle order, 3-6 is pretty much locked in with obvious candidates. So, to get Trumper in, he has to open - and he was good enough there anyway.
The second slot depends on the make-up of the bowling attack. If you went with Lillee-Warne-McGrath-Davidson (or a comparable 3rd paceman), I'd take Bob Simpson to act as a second, occasional spinner. If you went with Lillee-Warne-McGrath-O'Reilly, then I'd go with Morris or Ponsford, which comes down to the day of the week on which you ask me for the selection. Today it's Ponsford.
Although doing some stats searching, Simpson averaged 55 opening. I'd probably stick with him the whole time then, TBH.
Gives this XI:
- Victor Trumper
- Bob Simpson
- Sir Donald Bradman
- Greg Chappell
- Steve Waugh
- Keith Miller (c)
- Adam Gilchrist (wk)
- Alan Davidson
- Shane Warne
- Dennis Lillee
- Glenn McGrath
Add Ricky Ponting, Ray Lindwall, Bill O'Reilly, Fred Spofforth to give a 15-man squad.
Border, Grimmett, Ponsford unlucky to miss out IMO.