Forget Symonds and Hussey -  if Piyush Chawla was English, we'd have the world in a spin!

If you were asked to name a cricketer you’d like to see in the England Test team, I’m sure a few perpetual contenders would crop up.

Michael Hussey’s stroke play, Andrew Symonds’ power, Brett Lee’s pace or Muttiah Muralitharan’s wicket-taking ability would all be greatly desired by England fans. But I am here to tell you why there is one I would covet above all others – the young Indian Piyush Chawla.

There is a definite lack of world-class leg-spinners in the game at the moment, and one less in international cricket now that Shane Warne has left the game. With the exception of Monty Panesar and perhaps Graeme Swann, it seems that a dearth of spinners in the English national side has continued.

The state of the other aspects of the squad, namely batsmen, pacemen, all-rounders and wicketkeepers, seems to be in relatively good health.