This is certainly one XI you don't want to crack the nod for, but Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Ricky Ponting, as many as four Indians and a trio of Pakistanis did more than enough - or nothing at all - to garner this infamy.
24 men made the penultimate cut, but there could only be 11 in the end. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting 2011's finest performers - four Englishmen, three Indians, an Australian, West Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan make up the illustrious numbers.
Graeme Smith makes up the numbers at the top of the knock, Darren Bravo impresses through the middle order, Ravichandran turns the tables on Harbhajan Singh and Pat Cummins and Vernon Philander announce their arrival on the Test stage.
There was a lot of cricket on the go this month, with October's XI pretty representative of the successful teams. No surpise, then, that India stars line the ranks.
Michael Clarke leads a pack lined with Aussies and void of Englishmen, while Pakistan enjoy a find in Aizaz Cheema and Tino Mawoyo represents the minnows.