Watch: Graham Onions picks his all-time XI

Cricketers picking the all-time XI is the current trend going around. Recently, Former England pace man Graham Onions has joined this trend to pick his XI. The criteria to pick the team is that he must have played with or against the members he had selected.

Graham Onions represented England in 9 Tests and 4 One Day International games, picking a total of 36 wickets across the international formats. Onions played 156 First-Class games and picked 569 scalps at an average of 26.65

In a video posted by Lord’s YouTube channel,  where Onions is currently enjoying a County stint with Durham – the paceman listed his XI. Onions opted four of his countrymen in his side.

There was also one surprising name, Michael Di Venuto who played 9 ODIs for Australia as an opener. Onions also played alongside Venuto for Durham. Former Aussie cricketer Michael Hussey to lead his side also amuses some of the cricket fans.

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Starting with the side, Michael Di Venuto and Mike Hussey will open the innings. Former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara at No.3 and Kevin Pietersen at No.4. Onions picked Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff as the all-rounder.

It’s quite surprising to see the Indian batting legend Sachin Tendukar, the lone Indian in this list at Number 7. Australia spin legend, Shane Warne is the only spinner featured in the list. Whereas, South African speedgun Dale Steyn and former English paceman Darren Gough have also been featured in the XI. England’s all-time leading wicket-taker in Tests, James Anderson comes at No.11 in this all-time XI.

Graham Onions’ All-Time XI: Michael Di Venuto, Mike Hussey (c), Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Kallis, Andrew Flintoff, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Darren Gough, Dale Steyn, James Anderson.

Watch: Graham Onions picks his all-time XI