Ultimate England Cricketers - help us build your dream batsman & bowler
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8 batting skills, 24 nominees - help us build the Ultimate England Men's Cricketers
Whose cover drive leaves you purring? Who has the most fearsome bouncer? Whose yorker is stump-splatteringly good?
England have had some world-class cricketers over the last 20 years but now it's time to pit them against each other.
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport and the England and Wales Cricket Board have teamed up and want your help to build the Ultimate England Cricketers of the 21st Century.
VOTING NOW OPEN: HEAD HERE TO CAST YOUR VOTE
We have brought together a panel of cricket experts, made up of current England coaches, former players and broadcasters, who have formed a list of nominees for various cricket shots and skills.
Who is on the Ultimate Cricketers selection panel? |
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew |
England assistant coach and former batsman Graham Thorpe |
England assistant coach and former all-rounder Paul Collingwood |
Former England bowler and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Cricket presenter Isa Guha |
Former England spinner and Test Match Special commentator Phil Tufnell |
Tailenders podcast presenter Felix White |
Over the next 10 days we will reveal the nominees and then run a series of votes to put the power into your hands.
You will build two Ultimate Cricketers - the Ultimate Men's Batter and the Ultimate Men's Bowler - made up of the best England has to offer for each skill.
There is just one rule: the player must have played for England in any format in the 21st Century.
8 bowling skills, 24 nominees - help us build the Ultimate England Men's Cricketers
The nominees for the Ultimate Batsman will be revealed on Friday, 26 June in a live page on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport website where you can join the debate before voting is opened at 14:00 BST.
Voting will close at 12:00 BST on Monday, 29 June when the bowling nominees will be revealed in another live page, before the second vote opens later that day at 14:00 BST.
The final winners, which will make up your Ultimate Cricketers, will be announced from 12:00 BST on Friday 3 July.
The shots and skills
Batting: Defence, straight drive, cover drive, cut, pull, off the pads, innovation and power.
Bowling: Swing, seam, yorker, bouncer, slower ball, spin, variation and accuracy.