The team: Shane Warne capt, Barry Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Don Bradman, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Ian Botham, Alan Knott, Malcolm Marshall, Dennis Lillee, Muttiah Muralitharan

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The discussion:

Mike Atherton Let's start with opening batsmen. My shortlist is Gooch, Greenidge, Slater, Sehwag and Anwar.

Alan Lee I'd add Barry Richards, who was the most talented batsman I saw. And Greenidge or Gavaskar.

John Woodcock I don't see how you can bat better than Richards when he was trying. My two are Hutton and Richards.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins I'd have Richards and I'd add Sunil Gavaskar for pure technical close-to-perfection.

MA We're agreed on Richards and it seems to be between Greenidge and Gavaskar. Who was best, John?

JW Well, they're so different, I think I'd have to go for Gavaskar. He was a wonderful, wonderful player. How could I leave him out?

CMJ You've left out the man who has scored more runs in all forms of the game than anyone else, Gooch.

MA He was on my shortlist because I stood at the other end for his finest years as an England player. But over a career it would be hard to argue that his international record was as good as some others.

JW He played one of the great innings I ever saw, his 150 against West Indies at Headingley in 1991.