In 2002 Christopher Martin-Jenkins selected England and Rest of the World XIs for The Times newspaper covering the period 1953-2002. The teams were to play five Tests against each other at Lord's, Barbados, Cape Town, Eden Gardens and Sydney. The matches were later simulated. His teams were as follows:
England: Hutton*, Gooch, Dexter, May, Cowdrey, Botham, Knott+, Laker, Underwood, Trueman, Statham.
Rest of the World: Gavaskar, Barry Richards, Viv Richards, Lara, Tendulkar, Sobers*, Gilchrist+, Marshall, Warne, Lillee, Muralitharan.
After many years of reporting he said that Lillee was generally regarded as the best fast bowler of the period in question, followed by Marshall then Hadlee.