Is Border better than Ponting?

Allan Border's 22-year custody of the record for most Test runs by an Australian is likely to end this week with Ricky Ponting needing 66 to go past Border and become the greatest run-scorer. But Robert Craddock, writing in the Courier Mail, believes he should rest easily becuase his legacy will never fade.

Border averaged 50 in a side which went three years without winning a series – in an era in which every team seemed to have at least one outstanding bowler – was quite special at a time where boundaries were longer, wickets spicier, bats inferior and attacks better credentialled than they are today.

Could Ponting have handled the mighty West Indian pace attack, especially as a batting Lone Ranger with a target on his chest?