David Fulton's Ashes Top Ten

To complement our series on Ashes Heroes, we have been asking guest writers to name their Ashes Top Ten. After Christopher Lane, this week it is David Fulton who picks his list. Fulton is the former captain of Kent who was once tipped by none other than Steve Waugh as a future England captain. Not the most accurate prediction, but Fulton was within a sniff of England selection in 2001 when he scored almost 2,000 runs at an average above 75. Here's his list:

Don Bradman No one man so dominated the game of cricket as Bradman. He'd be the first name down in any "greatest" list, while his 1948 Ashes team were dubbed  the "Invincibles" under his leadership

Ian Botham The great all-rounder wrote his own Ashes' scripts. Won a series by himself in 1981 and always performed against the old enemy.

Michael Vaughan Three high-class centuries in 2002-03 marked him out as something special while his captaincy in the success of 2005 led to comparisons to Mike Brearley

Keith Miller One of the great flamboyant entertainers. Ten wickets at Lord's in 1956 at the ripe old age of 37 saw him on both the honours boards in the visitors' dressing room having scored 105 at HQ three years earlier, a feat which has never been equalled.

Richie Benaud One of the great Test captains who embodied all that was good in an Ashes contest.

Dennis Lillee The best and most feared fast bowler of his generation. A craftsman and a character.

Allan Border Led Australia out of the post-Packer doldrums into an era of world dominance. Was as tough as they come. Australia's most capped player with 156 Tests, 153 came consecutively. There would be no one you'd rather have batting for your life

Steve Waugh In the Border mould, Waugh got runs when his team needed them most - most notably Old Trafford 1997 - and was an immovable rock for the best part of 20 years and nine Ashes series.

Shane Warne The leading wicket-taker in the history of Ashes cricket Warne announced himself with the ball of the century to Mike Gatting in 1993 and was still bamboozling England's best 12 years later. A cricketing genius.

Glenn McGrath A great foil for Warne, McGrath rarely bowled a bad ball. He terrorised Michael Atherton and many others of England's top order. The leading fast bowler in the history of the game in terms of wickets taken.