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CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Was it decided not to include Barnes for this, or did it just degenerate into "he was a spinner/no he wasn't" without ever actually arriving at a conclusion?
 

HookShot

U19 Vice-Captain
Was it decided not to include Barnes for this, or did it just degenerate into "he was a spinner/no he wasn't" without ever actually arriving at a conclusion?
We should let Bert Strudwick decide as he would have seen both SF Barnes and O’Reilly bowl....

Sidney Barnes was the best of the medium-pace bowlers in my day, but the Australian W. J. O'Reilly followed him pretty closely.
 

gftw

U19 12th Man
Hadlee - 12
Akram - 1
Lillee - 4
Ambrose - 1
Boland - 1

The List
1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn Mcgrath
3. Richard Hadlee

The vote for the #4 test pace bowler of all-time begins now.
 

Daemon

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Heart says Steyn but don't want Lillee to sneak through and most people will vote Ambrose so

Ambrose
 

Daemon

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Wtf kind of logic is this
I think chances are most people will vote Ambrose but there will be plenty of Lillees too. I don't think enough will vote Steyn so no point wasting a vote there. I think Steyn > Ambrose > Lillee.

Now that I've said this obviously nothing of the sort will happen.
 

Pap Finn Keighl

International Debutant
Ambrose WPM (WPI especially ) is too low for a top tier atg, that too when there is not much competition for wickets within the team.
 

Pap Finn Keighl

International Debutant
I think chances are most people will vote Ambrose but there will be plenty of Lillees too. I don't think enough will vote Steyn so no point wasting a vote there. I think Steyn > Ambrose > Lillee.

Now that I've said this obviously nothing of the sort will happen.
Steyn won the poll Steyn vs Ambrose 2-3 years back iirc.
 

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