WG Grace is DEAD. Ridiculous suggestion.
Can we please keep the discussion sensible, and limit suggestions to players who are ex-England batsmen, 40-odd years old, with a history of mental struggles in the International spotlight.
Tresco, Trott and Yardy at numbers 3, 4 and 6 sound ideal.
Hales has a Test average of 30, so the jury is certainly still out. Useless he isn't.
Is 'the answer' you've been saying, to recall the 40-something Marcus Trescothick, or have I missed a sensible one?