[Jager]

Australia
1. Bob Simpson
2. Victor Trumper
3. Don Bradman
4. Greg Chappell
5. Keith Miller*
6. Allan Border
7. Don Tallon †
8. Alan Davidson
9. Shane Warne
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Bill O'Reilly

12. Glen McGrath

Notes: The hardest decision of this XI is the two pacemen - with Miller naturally the third and two spinners, it comes down to personal preference. My heart says Lindwall but my brain says that the beating heart of the attack always has to be Lillee, someone who has skyrocketed in my eyes as of late.

England
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Len Hutton
4. Wally Hammond
5. Denis Compton
6. Douglas Jardine*
7. Alan Knott †
8. Hedley Verity
9. Harold Larwood
10. Fred Trueman
11. Sydney Barnes

12. Frank Woolley

Notes: Laker unlucky to miss out... would be a good addition to move the ball the other way to Barnes.

Pakistan
1. Saeed Anwar
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
4. Javed Miandad
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. Mohammad Yousuf
7. Imran Khan*
8. Wasim Akram
9. Saqlain Mushtaq
10. Wasim Bari †
11. Fazal Mahmood

12. Waqar Younis

Notes: Kills me to leave Fazal out. Heart says Fazal. Screw it, he's in. Even though I believe Waqar to be better than Wasim, he misses out for left-arm variation and batting - he brings the same qualities as Wasim anyway. Fazal gives better variation!

South Africa
1. Bruce Mitchell
2. Barry Richards
3. Jacques Kallis
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Dudley Nourse*
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7. John Waite †
8. Mike Procter
9. Hugh Tayfield
10. Allan Donald
11. Dale Steyn

12. Graeme Smith

Notes: Tough on Herbie Taylor

West Indies
1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Frank Worrell*
3. George Headley
4. Brian Lara
5. Viv Richards
6. Garfield Sobers
7. Jeff Dujon †
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Michael Holding
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Lance Gibbs

12. Andy Roberts

Notes: Take your pick from the plethora of quicks available.

India
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Vijay Hazare
6. VVS Laxman
7. Farohk Engineer †
8. Kapil Dev*
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Erapalli Prasanna
11. Subhash Gupte

12. Vinoo Mankad

Notes: The simplest side to select. Mankad as twelfth man to sub in if the four-pronged bowling attack is struggling on a tour, but with Sehwag, Hazare and Tendulkar there are three bowlers to cover for a fifth.

New Zealand
1. Glenn Turner
2. Stewie Dempster
3. Bert Sutcliffe
4. Martin Crowe
5. Martin Donnelly
6. John Reid
7. Richard Hadlee
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Ian Smith †
10. Shane Bond
11. Jack Cowie

12. Chris Cairns

Notes: kyear on the money

Sri Lanka
1. Marvan Atapattu
2. Sanath Jayasuriya
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Aravinda De Silva
5. Mahela Jayawardene*
6. Arjuna Ranatunga
7. Prasanna Jayawardene †
8. Chaminda Vaas
9. Rumesh Ratnayake
10. Ashantha de Mel
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

Notes: Weakest bowling lineup by far... I just went for kyear's team.