In this episode of the Men's Test Cricket Hall of Fame, we continue our countdown by discussing players 20 to 16 (scroll to the bottom of the description if you can't wait to find out who they are).
We've got three seamers with the epic combination of skill and pace, plus two batters who rarely played the flashiest innings on show but so often played the most important one.
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*SPOILER ALERT*
This episode features players from 20-16 in the following order.
20 - Waqar Younis
19 - Wasim Akram
18 - Dale Steyn
17 - Alistair Cook
16 - Rahul Dravid