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i think you guys are over-complicating matters: Langer is a must
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Why? Langer has a worse record than Hayden and on top of that he's getting on in years-by that I mean his body is looking it too.
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That leaves 2/7... and one of those has to be some sort of all-rounder - and for most of you that means Gilchrist even if many of us who watched him in England this summer reckon he's been found out as a player for sporting conditions.
That means the entire debate boils down to "who gets the other spot". Those of you obsessed with flat track bullying are always going to go for Hayden... but the sad truth remains that those of us who ain't into flat track bullying ain't clear as top who's the better bet.
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This is just plain wrong. The form of Hayden and Gilly had been in question long before the Ashes series started and is still in question now as Gilly fails on home-grown pitches. Lets not forget that Hayden did make a ton in the last game, he did what all class batsmen have done and played himself into form. Aside from that he's had great sucsess on all pitches around the world including India, South africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
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Dragging Steve Waugh out of retirement sounds the best bet... but what's really needed is another player in his mould: not someone who can score centuries on pitches where every tom, dick and harry can score centuries... but someone who'll be there at the end of the session in which all the others screw up.
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I think that's what Hussey is going to be. He has to be one of the most reliable batsmen in the world, never looks like he's going to get out and the way he played in England was just supurb.
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Sadly... no-one seems to break into 1st class cricket in Australia by playing that game... and I really do think that leaves the coach up a creek without a paddle. Until someone works out some better answer that suggest Hayden might as well get the spot: he showed a bit of application in the final Test of the Ashes.... and as yet... no-one else shows any greater promise.
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This is more a symptom of the way today's game is played, rather than a critism of domestic cricket. Players need to score quickly and the key to it all is haveing the ability to choose the balls to play and the concentation to play them cleanly... really, after Jaques' sucsess in England you can't say he's a flat track bully too.