A quarter of the way through the century - who's Australia's best Test XI since 2000?

Who would you choose from all available players since the year 2000? There's a few players who select themselves and a few difficult selections.

There is a solid argument over peak performance vs longevity of performance, which can easily impact on a handful of player selections. I'll leave it up to you to decide what you value more. The only catch is a player's performances are only considered post 2000, so for example Mark Waugh is only judged off his career from 2000-2002.

Personally:

ML Hayden

DA Warner

RT Ponting

SPD Smith

MJ Clarke

MEK Hussey

AC Gilchrist (wk)

MG Johnson

PJ Cummins

SK Warne

GD McGrath

I know there are probably a few contentious selections, let me know where you disagree or how you'd select your team differently