AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS have voted West Indies batting star Brian Lara the 'most dangerous' opposition batsman ahead of Indians Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, the Cricinfo web site reported yesterday. Lara polled 55 per cent of the votes, while Tendulkar only got 25 per cent and Dravid 20 per cent. Lara, already the holder of two batting world records, the highest individual Test score of 400 not out and the top first-class score of 501 not out, is on course to becoming the new all-time leader in aggregate runs in Test cricket going into his team's three-match series against Australia. The 36-year-old Trinidadian is only 315 runs behind the all-time record individual aggregate of 11,174 runs by Australian Allan Border and 68 behind second-placed Steve Waugh (10,927). West Indies start their three-Test series against Australia on November 3 in Brisbane. FLINTOFF MOST DANGEROUS OPPOSITION BOWLER The Cricinfo story said Andrew Flintoff, Australia's Ashes tormentor, was voted the most dangerous opposition bowler and Muttiah Muralitharan was rated second in that list, according to a report in The Australian. While his fellow cricketers regarded Ricky Ponting as the best batsman in Australia, Shane Warne beat Glenn McGrath to claim the best-bowler honours. Mike Hussey, the Western Australia batsman, was the best domestic batsman ahead of Brad Hodge and Darren Lehmann. Andy Bichel was voted the best domestic bowler; Mick Lewis from Victoria was second ahead of Shaun Tait. Stuart MacGill was clearly regarded the best spinner. South Australia's Callum Ferguson was considered the most promising batsman, his team-mate Dan Cullen the most promising spinner, Queensland's Mitchell Johnson the most promising fast bowler and another Queenslander, Chris Hartley, the best young wicketkeeper. Rudi Koertzen, the South African umpire, was voted the best umpire by the national team and Australia's Simon Taufel was ranked second. Billy Bowden, the New Zealand umpire, was rated the worst. Reprinted from jamaica-gleaner.com