Best Test XIs
What I've done is pick "All Time Best XIs" for the main eight test cricket nations (men's teams). I thought about doing it for Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan too, but, though they've all had a few fine players, there was not the same fun to that, especially with the last two. Then, we can put them all into an imaginary round-robin test tournament, all played in some purpose-built neutral venue with a pitch with a bit of help for everything, and imagine what happens. Needless to say, for selections, test averages are very important when I haven't seen players in real life, and I will usually veer to someone who I have seen if in doubt. These will be First XIs - I've added five squad members in case of injuries, but generally the idea would be you can't change the teams for different conditions - these have to be teams for all conditions and oppositions. Starting with ENGLAND Jack Hobbs Herbert Sutcliffe Len Hutton (c) Walter Hammond Kev