Member of the Australian cricket team since 1985 & one of the great
players of his generation. At the time of writing (2003) he is poised
to break his former captain Allan Border's world record of most runs
scored in a test career. Hold world record for most test matches
played. Captain of Australia's victorious 1999 one day cricket World
cup side. Test captain since 1999. Has won more tests & has the highest
winning ratio of any captain in test cricket history.
Captain of Australia's (test) cricket team (1997-2004).
Member of the Australian cricket team (1985-2004).
Voted Australian of the Year in 2004.
His debut in 1985 as well as his final test series in 2004 were both against India.
Started out as an all-rounder before developing into a specialist batsman under the guidance of Allan Border, retiring as the second highest run scorer in test history after Border.