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So, there have been 9 English male cricketing knights. Picking them as an XI could look like this:

Sir Jack Hobbs

Sir Alastair Cook (c)

Sir Len Hutton

Sir Colin Cowdrey

Sir Geoffrey Boycott

Sir Andrew Strauss

Sir Ian Botham

Sir Vacancy (wk)

Sir Vacancy (spinner)

Sir Alec Bedser

Sir James Anderson

Coach: Nick Knight

It's a bit heavy on openers, pushing Strauss and Boycott to unlikely no 5 and 6 slots.

Obviously Root is next to join, but how do we fit him in? Maybe Gower and Gooch still have a chance?

But who should Charles pick to complete this team?