Shane Warner names his greatest Pakistan XI

• The team includes only those players who he played against in his illustrious career.

Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has named his greatest Pakistan XI with loads of surprises

The 50-year-old selected the XI during a live session on social side Instagram and only picked players he faced in his career.

The spin wizard opted Wasim Akram as the captain of his side and said he was the best bowler he saw and termed his terrific.

“Akram was the best bowler that I saw, his skill with the ball was terrific,” Warne said.

The legendary Aussie cricketer named pair of famous left-handers Aamir Sohail and Saeed Anwar as the team’s opening pair, while Mohammad Yousaf, aka run-machine, was picked to play at the number three spot.

“I reckon Anwar was one of the best openers the world has seen and I might even include him in my all-time World XI. Him and Sohail were fantastic,” he said.

Pakistan's leading run scores in One-day Internationals (ODI) and Test, Inzamam ul Haq and Younis Khan respectively also made in his lineup with Moin Khan keeping the gloves.

Apart from Akram, the bowling attack included spin duo of Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed and express pace of Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis.

“Akhtar was the fastest bowler I faced. With someone running in from 20-30 meters and bowling consistently at 100 miles per hour was scary,” he said. “Waqar was a great bowler too especially because of his reverse swing and Yorkers.”

Warne’s Pakistan XI

Saeed Anwar, Aamir Sohail, Mohammad Yousaf, Inzamamul Haq, Younis Khan, Moin Khan (wk), Wasim Akram (c), Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis