Australia's likely Test series whitewash of hapless and hopeless India is, on the surface, a stupendous result. Yet it covers numerous cracks.
Who is the best No3 batsman?
What about the opening batters?
How long can wicketkeeper Brad Haddin keep his baggy green?
Is groundsman-turned-frontline spinner Nathan Lyon really it?
What's the best fast bowling brigade?
Current first drop batsman Shaun Marsh will surely fall through one of those cracks.
Marsh has turned in the third worst series of a top-order batsman in Test history.
He averaged 2.83 runs an innings - only two top-order batsmen have performed worse when batting at least five innings in a Test series. The unwanted record remains with India's Mohinder Amarnath, who averaged 0.16 against the West Indies in 1983-84 - one run from six innings.
Marsh, in making 17 runs from six digs, signed his own departure card. But who to replace him?
Selectors tried Usman Khawaja, then dumped him. Perhaps injury-plagued Shane Watson can fill the void for April's tour of the West Indies. But that raises another issue: the openers.
The hit or miss David Warner is seemingly secure. Ed Cowan has been solid but never spectacular and, aged 29, doesn't offer a long-term solution.
At least Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey have proved they can still play.
How about Haddin though? Some gloved blunders came with a series return of 86 runs, bloated by an unbeaten 42 as Australia walloped more than 600 in the Adelaide Test.
And tweaker Lyon's returns - six series wickets so far at an average of 47.5 - are anything but compelling.
At least there is one query selectors will like. Fast bowlers Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc tormented India.
But which three will they pick when they, plus Patrick Cummins and yesterday's man Mitchell Johnson, are all fit?
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