A match-winner one-day all-rounder in the late eighties, Steve Waugh evolved into perhaps the world's most dependable Test batsman in the late nineties. [More]

Shane Warne is an ebullient leg-spinner who has re-written the record books, and almost singlehandedly revitalised the art of leg spin. [More]

A stylish and fluent strokemaker with a particular liking for the pull, hook, cut and cover drive, Greg Blewett has established a reputation for himself one of Australia's most reliable and consistent batsmen. [More]

Damien Fleming, like his Victorian team-mate Paul Reiffel, has been one of Australia's best performed and most reliable bowlers of recent times, but a career dogged by untimely injuries and a low-key approach has restricted his international appearances. [More]

Matthew Hayden made an immediate impact on the first class scene in Australia, scoring a century in his first innings and then continuing to run up a string of impressive scores to record in excess of one thousand runs in his first season. He became the first Australian to reach one thousand runs in his debut season. [More]

A stalwart of the Australian team since 1988 and now the most successful wicket-keeper in Test history. A proud and aggressive character, Ian Healy has risen from fraught beginnings in Pakistan to become one of world`s foremost `keepers, with excellent footwork and anticipation. [More]

Simon Mathew Katich first came to prominence as the number 4 bat for his club Midland-Guildford (aged 19) during the Western Australian 1993/4 season Grade final against Fremantle. [More]

Gritty rather than graceful, and more plucky than elegant, Justin Langer is a slightly built left-handed batsman whose talents have seen him represent Western Australia, Middlesex and Australia. A player who generally occupies the number three position, he is a prolific scorer at first-class level and he already has over twenty centuries to his name. [More]

Within his first year on the international arena, Stuart MacGill rose to become one of the world's leading spin bowlers. A right arm leg spinner from Western Australia who moved to New South Wales to advance his career, he is a spirited and particularly enthusiastic bowler who makes a reasonably short, straight approach to the wicket and whose repertoire encompasses excellent variation. [More]

Took over the mantle of Australia's premier fast bowler after the retirement of Craig McDermott in the mid-1990's. Tall, thin and lanky, McGrath's unspectacular but technically sound action produces a hostile pace and unlikely bounce on even the most unhelpful of pitches. [More]

A consummate cricketing journeyman (whose talents have seen him play for three Australian States, Holland's national team, a number of European clubs, and even sides in what might normally be regarded as non-cricketing locations within Asia), Colin Miller is a spirited and highly unusual right arm bowler, belligerent lower order batsman, and wholehearted fieldsman. [More]

Matt Nicholson learnt his cricket in New South Wales, where he was a schoolboy star. He represented Australia at the Under-19s level, and was the Under-19s player of the year in 1992-93. [More]

A precociously gifted player who rose to prominence after a brilliant underage career, Ricky Ponting is one of the finest batsmen that Tasmania has ever produced. [More]

Michael Slater is a dashing, nimble-footed right-handed opening bat that has destroyed new ball attacks world-wide. A product of the Australian Cricket Academy, he rose quickly to Test selection following his debut for New South Wales. [More]

One of the most elegant strokeplayers in modern-day cricket, Mark Waugh won world acclaim for his batting in the 1996 World Cup when he scored three centuries for Australia. [More]