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Warne picks his greatest West Indian XI

Fri, Oct 9, '15

 

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Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne has picked his greatest West Indian XI from the past 25 years.

The leg-spinner chose Brian Lara as the captain of the side while Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are the only two active cricketers to have made the cut in Warne’s selection.

The Australian legend has been naming the best XI from all the major cricket-playing nations with his home team, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka already completed.

The criteria for Warne’s selection is that he should have played a meaningful game against the player –– something he was quick to point out at the start of the post on his official Facebook account as to why he couldn’t select the West Indies legend and close friend Sir Vivian Richards.

“The great Viv Richards is the one player I really wished I played against, loved everything about him and we’ve become great friends too,” remarked Warne.