You've deliberately missed the point and not answered the question, which is fine. Hayden was brilliant, Warne just serviceable when he moved to first, would have been abysmal at 2nd.
That aside, I'm not talking about moving other great players into the scenario and you're smart enough to know this.
It was simple enough, forget the names, would Australia have given up a superb cordon to add further batting depth at the no. 8 position .
I don't think they would have, you don't either judging my the mental gymnastics going around.
Yes, it is crucial for the current Indian team because the middle order is, let's be nice and say inconsistent. That's not the hall mark of a great team, certainly not an ATG one.
That invincibles team had a long ass tail, and Lindwall, the best of the lot, who still batted below Tallon, was very much in the Marshall category of batsmen. Definitely, according to what has been said here before, not an all rounder or anywhere close, I believe was the quote.
I never said you can win without scoring runs, it's about quality, not quantity.
Miller wasn't a great test batsman, he was barely a good one. A no. 5 test batman averaging in the high 30's is technically a failure. You can't make up that quality by stuffing the tail, which then prohibits you from chosing your best attack. And this for a bowler who will hardly get the ball, and definitely not the new ball which is where he did his best work.
Let your batsmen bat and bowlers bowl. He's not Border and he's not Imran, you get the worse of both worlds.
But good luck getting him to bowl 5 overs with the old ball before the front end guys takes the new one.
Botham plays for England because of the lack of options, Australia literally has more than any other team. He weakens the team, like by a lot.