Cricketweb decides the greatest bowler ever in a 64 player bracket. Contest thread.

[StephenZA]

Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev -
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly

Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi

Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity

Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath

Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes

Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

 

[watson]

The bowler who redefined fast bowling, or the bowler who carried the Australian attack for a decade.

The bowler who made Bodyline possible, or the bowler who carried the art of leg-spin to new heights.

Both very difficult decisions.

 

[mr_mister]

Also slightly underwhelming seeing the next round start before any results are announced..

I'll vote tomorrow.

the first score update took half an hour to sort out lol... and it was pretty much announcing the results... for most of the matches. i was just pressed for time here sorry

 

[G.I.Joe]

Division 1
Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

Division 2
Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly

Division 3
Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi

Division 4
Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity

Division 5
Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath

Division 6
Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

Division 7
Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8
Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

 

[morgieb]

Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly

Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi

Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity

Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath

Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes

Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

 

[ankitj]

Marshall vs McGrath, Hadlee vs Imran, Akram vs Barnes so early in the knock outs!

 

[jaideep]

shoiab akthar vs kapil dev
richard hadlee vs imran khan

harold larwood vs shane warne
dennis lillee vs bill o'reilly

richie benaud vs fred trueman
curtly ambrose vs bishan bedi

derek underwood vs charlie turner
bob willis vs hedley verity

jeff thomson vs waqar younis
malcolm marshall vs glenn mcgrath

jim laker vs fazal mahmood
allan donald vs joel garner

alan davidson vs keith miller
wasim akram vs sydney barnes

hugh tayfield vs muttiah muralitharan
dale steyn vs maurice tate

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly

Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi

Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity

Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath

Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes

Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

 

[kyear2]

Marshall vs McGrath, Hadlee vs Imran, Akram vs Barnes so early in the knock outs!

Underwood, Verity, Aktar, Laker etc will make it further than Marshall/ McGrath.

 

[marc71178]

is there even an argument for Tayfield not being SA's best spinner?

I mean Boje was great and all

In what alternate universe was Boje great?

 

[kyear2]

Shoiab
Hadlee

Warne
O'Reilly

Trueman
Ambrose

Underwood
Verity

Waqar
Marshall

Laker
Garner

Davidson
Wasim

Muralitharan
Steyn

 

[fredfertang]

Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan


Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly


Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi


Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity


Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath


Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner


Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes


Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

 

[mr_mister]

In what alternate universe was Boje great?

tongue in cheek

 

[smash84]

Imran vs Hadlee already.

Is this contest about the better bowler or the greater bowler?

Hadlee the better one for me. Imran, the greater one

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Imran vs Hadlee already.

Is this contest about the better bowler or the greater bowler?

Hadlee the better one for me. Imran, the greater one

Don't try to pretend that there's any criteria that will persuade you to vote against Imran.

 

[smash84]

Don't try to pretend that there's any criteria that will persuade you to vote against Imran.

haha, well, its not fair to pit imran up against hadlee so early in the contest

Hadlee was the better bowler for mine but there isn't much between the two.

 

[AndrewB]

Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly

Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi

Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity

Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath

Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes

Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

 

[Coronis]

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

Division 2

Harold Larwood vs Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee vs Bill O'Reilly

Division 3

Richie Benaud vs Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose vs Bishan Bedi

Division 4

Derek Underwood vs Charlie Turner
Bob Willis vs Hedley Verity

Division 5

Jeff Thomson vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Glenn McGrath

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Hugh Tayfield vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn vs Maurice Tate

Marshall vs McGrath in R2 breaks my heart.

 

[NUFAN]

Akhtar
Imran
Warne
Lillee
Trueman
Ambrose
Underwood
Verity
Younis
Marshall
Laker
Garner
Davidson
Akram
Muralitharan
Steyn

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Shoiab akthar vs kapil dev
richard hadlee vs imran khan

harold larwood vs shane warne
dennis lillee vs bill o'reilly

richie benaud vs fred trueman
curtly ambrose vs bishan bedi

derek underwood vs charlie turner
bob willis vs hedley verity

jeff thomson vs waqar younis
malcolm marshall vs glenn mcgrath

jim laker vs fazal mahmood
allan donald vs joel garner

alan davidson vs keith miller
wasim akram vs sydney barnes

hugh tayfield vs muttiah muralitharan
dale steyn vs maurice tate