AUSTRALIA have picked six Test wrist spinners since Shane Warne retired but it's anyone's guess who is No.1.
It's on again. The search for that great elusive weapon, the spinner who rolls the ball out of the back of his hand. 
The focus on Australia's batting failures in the recent Ashes series masked the fact that one of the big disappointments of the tour was leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, who was costly, inaccurate and lacking in penetration throughout his limited appearances in warm-up games on the Ashes tour and the West Indies tour that preceded it.
The reliability of underrated finger spinner Nathan Lyon gives Australia adequate cover for turning decks but the search never ends for wrist spinners who add a significant extra dimension.
History tells us the truly outstanding ones drop from the tree about once every 25 years in this country. Australia found Shane Warne 25 years ago. It's time for another golden gift. If only it was that simple.
The truth and the trouble is there is only thin air to clutch at despite the fact that Australia's selectors have their eyes peeled in all directions.
Queensland leg-spinner Cameron Boyce has done some useful work for Australia in T20 cricket but his first-class record of 86 wickets at 49 shows that batsmen sit on his good balls and milk his bad ones.
South Australia's Adam Zampa is considered a handy prospect but his first-class record (43 wickets at 52) needs a facelift for him to be considered a genuine Test option.
Both youngsters have many years to make it.
Fawad's first-class record is most encouraging but he may never play for Australia again.
Tellingly, when Australia played Northamptonshire in a tour match it took Steve Smith 42 overs to bowl Fawad and his first ball, a full toss, was smacked for six.
Australia had high hopes for Fawad following his 8-89 in last season's Sheffield Shield final but the pressure of the big occasion seemed to bring out the worst in his bowling.
Wrist spinners have found a surprise niche in shorter forms of the game where batsmen must attack them. But their days as a Test force appear numbered.
Australia have chosen Stuart MacGill, Cameron White, Bryce McGain and Steve Smith plus left-armers Brad Hogg and Beau Casson since Warne played his last Test eight years ago. None has emerged as long term options.
MacGill was the best of the lot by far but he retired suddenly during the 2008 West Indian tour.Meanwhile, Australia's Test aspirants will assemble in Sydney today for a two-day red-ball camp to take the place of the cancelled Bangladesh tour.