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Cricketer Of The Year
Wardle
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CW's Ranking of Spinners (Tests)
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Nikhil99.99
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Swann
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Cricketer Of The Year
Jadeja
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Cricketer Of The Year
Cnerd`s vote has been instrumental in getting the other spinner in instead of Jaddu for the past 4 rounds. Should be a big time detester of Jaddu. Oh wait!
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Really surprised by the lack of support for Trumble and Blythe. And the SA leggies including Faulkner.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Jadeja
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, I'm trying to fit them in somewhere myself! Certainly I have Trumble and Blythe both over Rhodes as Test spinners from that era, if only because Rhodes spent so much of his Test career not as a frontline bowler.
Swann - 6
Mallet - 1
Jadeja - 4
Rhodes - 2
Wardle - 1
The List
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Shane Warne
3. Bill O'Reilly
4. Jim Laker
5. Clarrie Grimmett
6. Hedley Verity
7. Hugh Tayfield
8. Anil Kumble
9. Derek Underwood
10. Lance Gibbs
11. Ravichandran Ashwin
12. Richie Benaud
13. Rangana Herath
14. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
15. Bishen Bedi
16. Nathan Lyon
17. Saqlain Mushtaq
18. Graeme Swann
The vote for the #19 test spinner of all-time begins now.
Mallet - 1
Jadeja - 4
Rhodes - 2
Wardle - 1
The List
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Shane Warne
3. Bill O'Reilly
4. Jim Laker
5. Clarrie Grimmett
6. Hedley Verity
7. Hugh Tayfield
8. Anil Kumble
9. Derek Underwood
10. Lance Gibbs
11. Ravichandran Ashwin
12. Richie Benaud
13. Rangana Herath
14. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
15. Bishen Bedi
16. Nathan Lyon
17. Saqlain Mushtaq
18. Graeme Swann
The vote for the #19 test spinner of all-time begins now.
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm surprised Swann was voted in with such a modest bowling average (29.97).
Johnny Wardle continues to be overlooked because of a relatively short career (Laker and discipline deprived him of opportunities). Despite this, and playing over 60% of his games against powerhouse teams Australia and South Africa, he took over 100 wickets at 20.39 (and averaged 20.5 against those two teams).
Johnny Wardle
Johnny Wardle continues to be overlooked because of a relatively short career (Laker and discipline deprived him of opportunities). Despite this, and playing over 60% of his games against powerhouse teams Australia and South Africa, he took over 100 wickets at 20.39 (and averaged 20.5 against those two teams).
Johnny Wardle
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Cricketer Of The Year
CW can`t rank Jadeja. Jadeja ranks CW.
Abstaining from this farce.
Abstaining from this farce.
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Cricketer Of The Year
Jadeja not getting voted by anyone apart from Jadeja fans just because people somehow think they know better than what stats and actual match performances say. Bowlers with 5 or more average points getting voted ahead of him consistently. I don`t think there is any other bowler across spinners/pacers averaging sub-25 who has not been voted yet ahead of 30 average pointers.
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But I have fought this battle already in another thread and can see nothing much will change. So, I don`t want to take up that battle again and hence, abstaining.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Lyon ahead of Saqlain and Swann is a bit of a surprise for me.
Gupte for my vote. Sobers rated him the best.
Gupte for my vote. Sobers rated him the best.