Sunday 3 June 2018 12:09, UK
It is 50 years since overseas players were first introduced to county cricket and to mark the occasion Sir Ian Botham and David 'Bumble' Lloyd picked their all-time XIs.
There were stars aplenty to choose from with that only criteria being that they must have played at least three seasons in England.
Michael Atherton and Sky Sports statistician Benedict Bermange were on hand to offer their input and provide numbers but it was up to Beefy and Bumble to select the sides.
There was plenty of agreement but, as you'd expect, just as much disagreement and heated debate over numerous positions with Athers particularly bemused by the exclusion of Richard Hadlee in either side.
The New Zealand great did make it into Bumble's second XI, a formidable side in its own right, but would that team beat his first XI? Benedict put it through a simulator to find out...
Click play on the video at the top of the page to watch the discussion on the best overseas players to have played county cricket over the past 50 years.
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