During the Magellan Ashes series, we are asking fans to help us build the greatest Australian Ashes XI of the past 40 years.

While one name comes to mind when conversation turns to the greatest spin bowler to feature in Ashes contests, the numbers of the King of Spin's competitors also make for strong consideration.

Watch the above video which features some memorable moments from each player's career and then cast your vote below to have your say on which player should make the final team.

To help you pick your side, click the link above to check out Australian Cricket Legend Ricky Ponting's own choices for his Best Aussie Ashes XI.

Shane Warne (1993-2007)

Tests: 36. Wickets: 195. Ave: 23.25. BB: 8-71. 5W/I: 11. 10W/M: 4

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For almost 14 years, Shane Keith Warne was the figure in Ashes cricket. The King of Spin took an unprecedented 195 wickets against England though none were better – or have become more famous – than his very first ball in Ashes cricket: The Gatting Ball. The highlights reel afterward was seemingly never-ending: 8-71 at the Gabba (in which the flipper played a starring role); a hat-trick on his home ground, the MCG; an even 40 wickets in the epic 2005 series; and a magical leg break to claim wicket No.700 on Boxing Day 2006. And through it all, he not only revived the art of leg-spin, but made cricket's oldest rivalry pure entertainment for a contemporary audience.   

Nathan Lyon (2013-15)

Tests: 13. Wickets: 44. Ave: 29.84. BB: 5-50. 5W/I: 1. 10W/M: 0

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Nathan Lyon was dropped in his first Ashes in 2013 but the off-spinner has been resilient throughout his career and he duly bounced back quickly, taking seven wickets at Durham in the same series and ending the spinners' revolving door in Australia's Test team post-Warne. The stats listed above are before the Magellan Ashes started, and despite operating in conditions that have generally better suited fast bowlers, Lyon's contributions have been consistently impressive, highlighted by his 19 wickets in the 2013-14 series (including 5-50 at the MCG) – a series in which he completely out-bowled rival off-spinner Graeme Swann (seven wickets at 80).

Stuart MacGill (1998-2003)

Tests: 6. Wickets: 39. Ave: 24.71. BB: 7-50. 5W/I: 3. 10W/M: 1

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Opportunities for Stuart MacGill throughout the Warne era were few and far between, though when they presented themselves, he invariably made them count. The big-turning leggie was at his best during the 1998-99 Ashes in Australia, when he claimed a series-high 27 wickets at 17.70 and used his wrong'un to devastating effect. Twelve of those wickets came in the final Test at the SCG when, in a rare showing alongside Warne, he ripped the tourists apart with 5-57 and 7-50. Picked in Melbourne and Sydney in the absence of an injured Warne in 2002-03, he claimed another dozen victims to cement his reputation as a world-class leg-spinner.

2017-18 International Fixtures

Magellan Ashes Series

Australia Test squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers.

England Test squad: Joe Root (c), James Anderson (vc), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Ben Foakes, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Chris Woakes.

First Test Gabba, November 23-27. Buy tickets

Second Test Adelaide Oval, December 2-6 (Day-Night). Buy tickets

Third Test WACA Ground, December 14-18. Buy tickets

Fourth Test MCG, December 26-30. Buy tickets

Fifth Test SCG, January 4-8 (Pink Test). Buy tickets

Gillette ODI Series v England

First ODI MCG, January 14. Buy tickets

Second ODI Gabba, January 19. Buy tickets

Third ODI SCG, January 21. Buy tickets

Fourth ODI Adelaide Oval, January 26. Buy tickets

Fifth ODI Perth Stadium, January 28. Join the ACF

Prime Minister's XI

PM's XI v England Manuka Oval, February 2. Buy tickets

Gillette T20 trans-Tasman Tri-Series

First T20I Australia v NZ, SCG, February 3. Buy tickets

Second T20I – Australia v England, Blundstone Arena, February 7. Buy tickets

Third T20I – Australia v England, MCG, February 10. Buy tickets

Fourth T20I – NZ v England, Wellington, February 14

Fifth T20I – NZ v Australia, Eden Park, February 16

Sixth T20I – NZ v England, Seddon Park, February 18

Final – TBC, Eden Park, February 21