Top 7 Spinners

[centurymaker]

Who are the Top 7 spinners in the world ATM?
Rank them.


Spinners-
Ajmal, Rehman, Bishoo, Narine, Swann, Monty, Ojha, Ashwin, Lyon, Herath, Shakib, Randiv, Jeetan Patel, Vettori, Harbhajan, Mendis, Sunny, Tahir, Gazi, Afridi ....
(may have missed a potential top 7)



IMO

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Monty
4) Herath
5) Rehman
6) Shakib
7) Ojha

(based on observation, not stats)




This should be fun

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I'd go with that order Centurymaker.

 

[benchmark00]

It really is

1. Ajmal

And then the rest are about the same (obv a few stragglers).


Ajmal the stand out, rest are all much of a muchness.

 

[Burgey]

Fmd Swann. You've all bought the bull****. You'd like to face him for a living.

 

[M0rphin3]

That sounds about good. Might swap Herath with Monty, but putting things in context and all, fine either way. Maybe Swann should drop a little lower?

I rate Shakib higher, but he's gone off form lately

 

[TNT]

Ajmal did nothing in Australia, NZ and South Africa. Needs to prove himself before claiming any titles.

 

[centurymaker]

Ajmal did nothing in Australia, NZ and South Africa. Needs to prove himself before claiming any titles.

then who are your Top 7?

 

[centurymaker]

Fmd Swann. You've all bought the bull****. You'd like to face him for a living.

I have not seen any other spinner in the world put as many revs on the ball as him. Moreover, he consistently tosses it up regardless of being hit for a 6 or two

 

[sphynx]

Narine to climb this list pretty quickly IMO.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Fmd Swann. You've all bought the bull****. You'd like to face him for a living.

Only one other overseas spinner in 35 years has taken 20 wickets in a series in India (Saqlain Mushtaq) so he must have something about him. Or are you saying India can't play spin?

 

[Cevno]

It really is

1. Ajmal

And then the rest are about the same (obv a few stragglers).


Ajmal the stand out, rest are all much of a muchness.

Yeah, agreed.

Ajmal is the stand out followed by 5/6 on a similar sort of level. Can probably place Swann ahead of the rest behind Ajmal as he has performed relatively consistently for a while now, but this bunch of spinners can all out perform each other depending on the conditions.

Lot of left arm spinners around these days for some reason, btw.

 

[TNT]

then who are your Top 7?

Herath seems to be the stand out at the moment, Swann has performed quite well, Ajmal has been good in the UAE and WI, Monty has been reasonable. Narine has performed on occasions. Lyon has done well on the tracks he has played on. But I dont think you can do a good comparision because of the differences in conditions faced.

 

[Cabinet96]

1. Ajmal
2. Swann
3. Herath
4. Rehman
5. Panesar
6. Ojha
7. Lyon

Below Ajmal it's a bit of a lottery, and could easily reverse in the next few months. Shakib unlucky not to make the top 7, maybe I'd pick him over Lyon if I was in a different mood.

 

[centurymaker]

I too believe that Ajmal is the stand out spinner, followed by a few good ones ATM like Swann, Monty, Herath, Rehman and then there are the rest.

 

[benchmark00]

Just goes to show how ordinary the world spinning stocks are. Some very average spinners in that list.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Just goes to show how ordinary the world spinning stocks are. Some very average spinners in that list.

There are but we were spoilt for a long time. Before Warne, Murali and Kumble there was a long period of crapness apart from Abdul Qadir. It goes in cycles, look at pace bowling after Pollock, McGrath, Waqar etc... only been Steyn as a stand out, do have some promising youngsters now though. Have to wait and see what happens with them.

 

[Burgey]

There are but we were spoilt for a long time. Before Warne, Murali and Kumble there was a long period of crapness apart from Abdul Qadir. It goes in cycles, look at pace bowling after Pollock, McGrath, Waqar etc... only been Steyn as a stand out, do have some promising youngsters now though. Have to wait and see what happens with them.

Yeah, before Warne our last great spinner was Benaud ffs.

 

[Burgey]

Only one other overseas spinner in 35 years has taken 20 wickets in a series in India (Saqlain Mushtaq) so he must have something about him. Or are you saying India can't play spin?

ATM India can't even play with themselves, they're that bad.

 

[smash84]

Who are the Top 7 spinners in the world ATM?
Rank them.


Spinners-
Ajmal, Rehman, Bishoo, Narine, Swann, Monty, Ojha, Ashwin, Lyon, Herath, Shakib, Randiv, Jeetan Patel, Vettori, Harbhajan, Mendis, Sunny, Tahir, Gazi, Afridi ....
(may have missed a potential top 7)



IMO

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Monty
4) Herath
5) Rehman
6) Shakib
7) Ojha

(based on observation, not stats)




This should be fun

Pretty much agree with this.

Ajmal on song seems something quite special though.

Can throw it on a flighted or flat trajectory on or around off stump and can manage to make it go both ways.

 

[benchmark00]

Pretty much agree with this.

Ajmal on song seems something quite special though.

Can throw it on a flighted or flat trajectory on or around off stump and can manage to make it go both ways.