Pick your men's Test XI of the last 25 years

Who will make it to your dream team?

10-May-2018

To mark 25 years of ESPNcricinfo, we're picking our dream XIs in each international format from the cricketers who played in this 25-year period - March 1993 through December 2017. Our jury for the men's Test XI had former Test players Ian Chappell, John Wright, Sanjay Manjrekar and Dav Whatmore, and former Hampshire captain and broadcaster Mark Nicholas. Will your XI match what they pick?

Pick or reject from among all the players listed in the different categories. The readers' XI will consist of: the top two picks among openers, the top four among the middle order, the top wicketkeeper, and the top four bowlers. Voting ends on June 5.

The openers

The shortlist: Alastair Cook, Chris Gayle, David Warner, Graeme Smith, Matthew Hayden, Virender Sehwag.

The middle order

The shortlist: AB de Villiers, Andrew Flintoff, Brian Lara, Hashim Amla, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Jacques Kallis, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Steve Waugh, Younis Khan.

The wicketkeeper

The shortlist: Adam Gilchrist, Alec Stewart, Andy Flower, Ian Healy, Mark Boucher, MS Dhoni.

The bowlers

The shortlist: Allan Donald, Anil Kumble, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Dale Steyn, Glenn McGrath, James Anderson, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis.

Did we miss an obvious choice? Tell us at fanfare@cricinfo.com.