Best Test XI to play for your life

7. Jack Russell – Just picture yourself watching a game which decides whether you live or die, and your keeper drops a sitter, could there be a worse feeling in the world? This is why I have picked the quirky Russell. His batting is handy also and the fact that he never hit a 6 in Tests did him no harm. Would just love to see that old hat of his come out again, wouldn’t you? So even though he was run very close by Kamran Akmal (scoff, scoff, scoff), Russell earns his place among these illustrious names.

8. Andre Nel – May not be the fastest or most accurate of pace bowlers, but one thing is for sure… Nel or ‘Gunther’ is one of the scariest, his fearsome attitude would strike fear into the opposition batsmen (well that’s the hope anyway), and after a couple of overs of Nel staring down opposition batsmen is over with (runs or wickets are academical), they will be presented with this.