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    CW decides the greatest test spinner ever. 43 names: Countdown/Rankings thread

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    CW decides the greatest test spinner ever. 43 names: Countdown/Rankings thread

    His team-mate Frank Woolley was still playing pretty regularly in 1938 (as was George Geary). There were a few players (including another Kentish man, Bill Ashdown) who played at least one match before WW1 and after WW2.
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    CW decides the greatest test spinner ever. 43 names: Countdown/Rankings thread

    They won the 1921 series 3-0; it was the 1920-1 series that they won 5-0. As you say he's slightly forgotten as a bowler, but at least is remembered as a writer and wit.
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    Chain Draft

    Stan McCabe
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    ICC Sim League VI

    Zimbabwe unchanged
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    Chain Draft

    Frank Tyson
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    Same Name Draft voting

    Pick your top 3 from the following teams (it's up to you whether or not you take into account the strength or otherwise of the 12th man): CricZo XI (kingkallis): Len Hutton / Dennis Amiss / George Headley / Douglas Jardine / (c) Douglas Walters / o Aubrey Faulkner / o Ray Lindwall o / Ray...
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    Voting Thread: The 50 or less Draft

    I'm all for that, but I think I did win the "counties by first letter" draft. I've certainly had a joint win or two. Edit: Have just voted, and now think I should have had Teuton in my top 3. Oh well, he's winning anyway.
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    CW chooses the best test spinner ever (50 names, but you only submit a list of 20)

    Up there with "I puts the ball where I likes, and he puts it where he likes" (Jem Shaw on WG Grace).
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    CW chooses the best test spinner ever (50 names, but you only submit a list of 20)

    Looking at averages for spin bowlers in Ashes Tests between the wars (those with 20+ wickets): O'Reilly 25 Verity, Kilner 28 Grimmett 32 White 33 Ironmonger, Mailey, Parkin 34 Fleetwood-Smith 36 (Woolley 50)
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    **Official** County Cricket 2018

    Sure - I was just commenting on your suggestion that he was "scared away". I think he was still posting pretty frequently up until the ban.
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    **Official** County Cricket 2018

    Miyagi was "banned for a year for non-stop sniping, feuding, personal attacks and all-round unpleasant behaviour. And also making a multi."
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    Captains in first tests

    In Compton's book he says that George Mann was very popular because in that era there were a lot of social events that they had to attend, and Mann regarded it as his duty to attend the dull ones, while letting other players go to the enjoyable ones. Apart from in each country's first ever Test...
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    Chain Draft

    Herbert Sutcliffe
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    Chain Draft

    Already picked.
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    Partnership draft - ODI edition

    I think they're still available: Craig McDermott and Allan Border Final XI: Jason Roy Jonny Bairstow Greg Chappell* AB de Villiers+ Mike Hussey Shane Watson Shahid Afridi Shaun Pollock Mushtaq Ahmed Dennis Lillee Craig McDermott 12th man: Allan Border
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    ICC Sim League VI

    Zimbabwe unchanged
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    Same Name Draft

    Thanks everyone for taking part. I don't think jimmy101 and trundler have given their final XIs - once they do so I'll post the poll.
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    Chain Draft

    Curtly Ambrose (played against McGrath but not Bond).
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    CW chooses the best test spinner ever (50 names, but you only submit a list of 20)

    1. Muttiah Muralitharan 2. Shane Warne 3. Bill O'Reilly 4. Jim Laker 5. Hedley Verity 6. Hugh Tayfield 7. Subhash Gupte 8. Derek Underwood 9. Clarrie Grimmett 10. Wilfred Rhodes 11. Bishen Bedi 12. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 13. Lance Gibbs 14. Anil Kumble 15. Johnny Wardle 16. Abdul Qadir 17...

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