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Sub-continent pitches tend to take spin as the pitches are drier and dustier plus it's bloomin hard to steam in in 40 C heat.However, all the sub-continent batsmen are weaned on spin and as such in order to winkle them out you have to be a really good spinner. You can't just turn up and expect...

yep Sir Vivian would have been mentioned but for the 25 year provisio. If we went back to his time we would probably spend months just whittling it down to 10 cricketers. how about Aravinda deSilva, Sunil Gavaskar,Steve Waugh, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Richard Hadlee..... and that's without some...

And that's why he has my vote. Warne is obviously the best bowler by numbers but unfortunately can't keep his trap shut. Sachin and Lara both great batsmen but offer little else for the team. Lara in particular needed to sleep off a big innings and would frequently be " too tired " to field for...