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CW decides the greatest test spinner ever. 43 names: Countdown/Rankings thread
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ankitj
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We know how far ahead he is on number of wickets, fivers, ten-fers, WPM etc. Here is one staggering stat on his "peak" that lasted 11 years. From start of 1998 to end of 2008, he picked 631 wickets in 90 matches at average of 18.xx at 7 wpm. That's 11 years. And 90 matches.
Starfighter
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90 matches with Vaas too. He wasn't that bad.
TheJediBrah
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Vaas was only 1 bowler. He invariably had 2-3 useless bowlers in the team at the other end.
Burgey
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How many against Australia and at what average? Asking for a friend.
SJS
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Who are we to DETERMINE/DECIDE/DECLARE the greatest ever?
One wishes a word like selects (or similar) had been used instead of ‘decides’ for the title.
. . . not so as to display humility (real or fake) but an understanding of the issue, it’s complexity and near impossibility of the task.
One wishes a word like selects (or similar) had been used instead of ‘decides’ for the title.
. . . not so as to display humility (real or fake) but an understanding of the issue, it’s complexity and near impossibility of the task.
Borges
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Why? Decide is the right term; it is consistent with the innate Budha nature of CricketWeb.
We like to place great players into pigeonholes that we create; with firmness, and with absolute certainty - we decide.
A is clearly better than B; C must belong to the ATG pigeonhole, but though D gets close to the edge, fails to actually drop into it; E is a truly wretched ATVG etc.
Starfighter
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Victor Ian
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Because SJS is a legend. Haven't seen him on for a while. Hope he posts more awesome posts.
Borges
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All things considered, I must say that this is a much better list than some others. For instance this one: https://www.thetoptens.com/best-spin-bowlers/
In comparison with those people, we are indeed stupendously Great (Great, with an uppercase G, as in ATG),
In comparison with those people, we are indeed stupendously Great (Great, with an uppercase G, as in ATG),
cnerd123
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Oh wow that list is garbage
Victor Ian
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as are the write ups. We are lucky to have mm
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Starfighter
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Gawd those ranking websites are awful. Ajmal at 2 made me want to vomit. He didn't even bowl half the time ffs. Same with Narine at 11.
Prince EWS
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Hafeez is higher than O'Reilly on that list.
AB de Villiers is ahead of Herath and Grimmett. Even ignoring the fact that de Villiers was obviously not a bowler, he didn't even bowl spin when he bowled.
Lasith Malinga and Shoaib Akhtar also got a mention ahead of Grimmett.
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Tendulkar was also there, I think.Hafeez is higher than O'Reilly on that list.
AB de Villiers is ahead of Herath and Grimmett. Even ignoring the fact that de Villiers was obviously not a bowler, he didn't even bowl spin when he bowled.
Lasith Malinga and Shoaib Akhtar also got a mention ahead of Grimmett.
