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Having seen the sides selected by various current and past players over the winter, I thought about the best xi made up of the overseas players we've had at Warwickshire over the years.

I came up with this side.

A decent pair of wicket keepers and a very strong bowling attack.

1 Kumar S
2 Derryck Murray
3 Lara
4 Kanhai
5 Kalli
6 Moody/McMillan
7 Polly
8 Streak
9 AD
10 Jeets
11 Gibbs

I'd be interested to hear the views of others.

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That looks a pretty strong line-up.
You mention two wicket keepers - presumably Kumar and Deryck Murray. But in fact, the great Rohan Kanhai started his Test career as a wicket keeper. He kept in three Tests in England in 1957.
I'm not sure who he could displace; but can I put in a word for New Zealander Martin Donnelly? He played for Warwickshire just after the war and was an unbelievably talented left hand bat who averaged over 50 in his short Test career. He also played rugby for England, making him an unusual double international.
Maybe we can have a squad to choose from, depending on the format and pitch conditions.

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I stuck by the rules that the club used for the side they had chosen, ie only including players you had seen.
Which excludes anyone before the Kanhai/Kalli era.
I was aware that Rohan started as a keeper, but he wasn't to the standard of Derryck or Kumar.