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[The Dunster]

I'm also gonna claim age in my favour too since he debuted before I was born. Actually now you mention it, now I have so much more doubt where he batted. I had thought 4 after Ponting. But then I think Martyn was 4, so he was probably 5 when he was in the team. Guessing M Waugh was the previous No. 3 before Ponting, but when they were both in then Steve was 5 or 6, not sure how much overlap there was between Ricky and Mark.

Steve does have ~50% more not out's from a similar amount of innings to Ponting, so as you suggest that would elevate his average a little.

Anyway, bloke goes alright.

Mark Waugh batted at four. Either Boon or Dean Jones would have been the no.3 [although Jones batted a bit at 4 and 5 later on as well- possibly Martyn would have been at 4 or 5 - but never at 3 as far as I can remember. AB batted anywhere from 3 to 5 so he would have been both before and after Junior as well.

I don't remember M. Waugh batting at 3 - but apparently he did once.

Edit: And Punter batted a lot at three as well even early on.