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

[The Sean]

I'm surprised by how easily Hadlee is beating Imran tbh. Another one of those cases where most people rate him higher, but only very very slightly.

Yeah, that's exactly it I reckon. If everyone was asked to rate the bowlers on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the hypothetical Greatest Bowler Of All Time, Hadlee would probably be winning by something like 9.3 to 9.1 or similar.

 

[smash84]

I'm surprised by how easily Hadlee is beating Imran tbh. Another one of those cases where most people rate him higher, but only very very slightly.

This.

The margin of victory doesn't indicate the gap in quality between the two.

 

[smash84]

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

 

[Howe_zat]

I must admit I'm surprised by the Kapil>Shoaib votes. Not being snarky here, what's the reasoning?

took like 3 times as many wickets

that's not ****

 

[G.I.Joe]

took like 3 times as many wickets

that's not ****

Holy ****, you're not far off. 46 tests, 178 wickets @ 25.69

For some reason I've thought his stats would have been something like 60 tests, 240 wickets @ 24.

 

[watson]

Holy ****, you're not far off. 46 tests, 178 wickets @ 25.69

For some reason I've thought his stats would have been something like 60 tests, 240 wickets @ 24.

Must admit that I'm surprised that Shoaib's average is so low - 25.69 is really very good for a fast bowler who goes for all out pace rather than line and length.

But since Kapil shouldered the Indian attack for a decade then I think that he deserved to be called the greater of the two. Especially as he averaged 25 against both Australia and the West Indies. Unfortunately English fans didn't see the best of Kapil, but in Australian conditions he was excellent. His 5 for 28 in 1981 at the MCG to bowl Australia out for 83, and to give India a rare victory on Australian soil, springs to mind.

 

[mr_mister]

closing in 5 hours

 

[jimmy101]

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]

Turner/Underwood 14-14.

Next vote splits that then start round 3. Every other match has at least a 4 vote margin

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Turner was lagging behind by 3 votes. What a comeback

 

[harsh.ag]

Turner.

 

[weldone]

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

 

[The Sean]

I find myself irrationally happy that Charlie Turner has gotten through.

 

[mr_mister]

Down to the final 16!



Round 3:



Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Richard Hadlee

Division 2

Shane Warne vs Dennis Lillee

Division 3

Fred Trueman vs Curtley Ambrose

Division 4

Charlie Turner vs Hedley Verity

Division 5

Waqar Younis vs Malcolm Marshall

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Alan Donald

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Dale Steyn

 

[NUFAN]

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Richard Hadlee

Division 2

Shane Warne vs Dennis Lillee

Division 3

Fred Trueman vs Curtley Ambrose

Division 4

Charlie Turner vs Hedley Verity

Division 5

Waqar Younis vs Malcolm Marshall

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Alan Donald

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Dale Steyn


Trueman vs Ambrose is such a great battle, two of my personal favs of all time.

 

[indiaholic]

Round 3:



Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Richard Hadlee

Division 2

Shane Warne vs Dennis Lillee

Division 3

Fred Trueman vs Curtley Ambrose

Division 4

Charlie Turner vs Hedley Verity

Division 5

Waqar Younis vs Malcolm Marshall

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Alan Donald

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Dale Steyn

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Round 3

Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Hedley Verity
Malcolm Marshall
Alan Donald
Sydney Barnes
Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[G.I.Joe]

Shoaib Akhtar vs Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne vs Dennis Lillee
Fred Trueman vs Curtley Ambrose
Charlie Turner vs Hedley Verity
Waqar Younis vs Malcolm Marshall
Jim Laker vs Alan Donald
Alan Davidson vs Sydney Barnes
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Dale Steyn

 

[Howe_zat]

Hadlee
Warne
Trueman
Verity
Marshall
Donald
Barnes
Steyn

 

[OverratedSanity]

CurtlEy Ambrose is making my eyes bleed