2024 Ranking of Bowlers Poll

[ataraxia]

Lyon
Hazlewood
Adcock

 

[capt_Luffy]

Bedser
Kumble
Statham

 

[ma1978]

Dev
Botham
Bedser

 

[kyear2]

Hall
Gibbs
Underwood

 

[Bolo.]

Gibbs
Underwood
Adcock

 

[Bitmap]

Bedser
Adcock
Statham

 

[howitzer]

Adcock
Gibbs
Snow

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Statham
Willis
Miller

 

[shortpitched713]

Philander
Umar Gul?
Aaqib Javed?!

 

[kingkallis]

Vern Philander
Kapil Dev
Neil Adcock

 

[number11]

In 2022 we had two separate polls to determine the Top 40 Pace men and the Top 30 spinners.
The results are readily available but there are obvious anomalies. For instance Barnes and Bedser, two excellent bowlers, missed out simply because they weren't regarded as true quicks. In addition, current players such as Cummins, Bumrah, Ashwin etc may be more highly regarded than they were 2 years ago.

To conduct this poll I will ask CW members to nominate 3 players on a 3,2,1 basis to determine the first 3 on our new ranking list. I will allow 3 or 4 days for voting and then declare the first 3 positions. Following that the process will be repeated to determine the next 3 spots. This will continue until a Top 50 is established.

Any questions? If not, I'll declare the poll open in a few hours from now.

I was absent from the forum for sometime and missed the initial part/dates for submission. Are entries closed?

 

[number11]

We are doing a survey of bowlers in general, so you need to list your top 3 rather than separating them into categories.

In this case: (Tests only ,right?)

1. Muralitharan
2. Marshall
3. Steyn

 

[Socerer 01]

In this case: (Tests only ,right?)

1. Muralitharan
2. Marshall
3. Steyn

those are already done my dude

The votes are in and, each round, we have a greater diversity of players. However, the leader in this round is very clear cut.
42 - Roberts; 16 - Rabada; 14 - Tayfield, Bumrah (both with identical votes, so both share position 30); 12 - Bedser; 7 - Adcock;
6 - Gibbs; 5 - Philander, Underwood, Jadeja; 2 - Lyon; 1 - Umar Gul, Hazelwood, Thomson, Venkatapthy Raju.
Roberts is down 2 places on the pacers 2022 poll while Rabada is up 8 spots and Bumrah leaps up 11 places.
In the 2022 spinners poll, Tayfield is down one place.
I can declare voting open for places 32 to 34.

	* = Current player	Tests	Wickets	Average	S.R.	E.R.	WPM
1	M.Marshall	81	376	20.95	46.77	2.69	4.64
2	G.McGrath	124	563	21.64	51.95	2.50	4.54
3	R.Hadlee	86	431	22.30	50.85	2.63	5.01
4	M.Muralitharan	133	800	22.73	55.05	2.48	6.02
5	S. Warne	145	708	25.42	57.49	2.65	4.89
6	Dale Steyn	93	439	22.95	42.39	3.25	4.72
7	C.Ambrose	98	405	20.99	54.85	2.31	4.13
8	Imran Khan	88	362	22.81	53.75	2.55	4.11
9	S.F.Barnes	27	189	16.43	41.66	2.37	7.00
10	B.O'Reilly	27	144	22.60	69.61	1.95	5.33
11	Wasim Akram	104	414	23.62	54.65	2.59	3.98
12	D.Lillee	70	355	23.92	52.02	2.76	5.07
13	A.Donald	72	330	22.25	47.03	2.84	4.58
14	F.Trueman	67	307	21.58	49.44	2.62	4.58
15	J.Garner	58	259	20.98	50.85	2.48	4.47
16	R.Lindwall	61	228	23.03	59.87	2.31	3.74
17	Waqar Younis	87	373	23.56	43.50	3.25	4.29
18	M.Holding	60	249	23.69	50.92	2.79	4.15
19	A.Davidson	44	186	20.53	62.30	1.98	4.23
20	S.Pollock	108	421	23.12	57.85	2.40	3.90
21	H.Verity	40	144	24.38	77.59	1.88	3.60
22	C. Walsh	132	519	24.44	57.84	2.54	3.93
23	* P.Cummins	62	269	22.54	46.89	2.88	4.34
24	J. Laker	46	193	21.25	62.32	2.05	4.20
25	*J.Anderson	187	700	26.53	56.97	2.79	3.74
26	*R.Ashwin	100	516	23.65	50.65	2.80	5.16
27	C.Grimmett	37	216	24.22	67.19	2.16	5.84
28	A.Roberts	47	202	25.61	55.12	2.79	4.30
29	*K.Rabada	62	291	22.06	39.23	3.37	4.69
30=	H.Tayfield	37	170	25.91	79.81	1.95	4.59
30=	*J.Bumrah	36	159	20.70	45.17	2.75	4.42

this is where they’re at now so you would be voting for 32, 33 and 34

 

[number11]

Noted. Many thanks.

 

[shortpitched713]

In this case: (Tests only ,right?)

1. Muralitharan
2. Marshall
3. Steyn

Yeah, sorry you missed out on the earlier rounds mate. Although I like the cut of your jib.

 

[Slifer]

Bishop
Miller
Kumble

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Underwood
Adcock
Jamieson

 

[Line and Length]

Last call for votes. I'm starting the tally.

 

[Line and Length]

The votes are counted and we had no fewer than 22 bowlers mentioned in voting. As usual, pace-men dominated spinners in terms of nominations. We had a tie at the top with Bedser and Adcock. Bedser had more first votes (5-2) but Adcock appeared more frequently (8-6) and gets the nod. He moves up 6 spots on his 2022 pacer ranking. Bedser didn't feature in 2022. Like Barnes he wasn't regarded as either a quick or a spin merchant. Filling 34th is Gibbs, up one place on his 2022 spinner rank.
16 - Adcock, Bedser; 10 - Gibbs; 7 - Statham, Underwood; 6 - Philander; 5 - Dev; 4 - Hazelwood, Kumble;
3 - Bishop, Jadeja, Thomson, Willis, Lyon, Hall, Miller; 2- Botham, Jamieson, Umar Gul; 1 - Snow, Shoaib Akhtar, Aaaqib Javed.

Voting is now open for positions 35-37

1	M.Marshall	81	376	20.95	46.77	2.69	4.64
2	G.McGrath	124	563	21.64	51.95	2.50	4.54
3	R.Hadlee	86	431	22.30	50.85	2.63	5.01
4	M.Muralitharan	133	800	22.73	55.05	2.48	6.02
5	S. Warne	145	708	25.42	57.49	2.65	4.89
6	Dale Steyn	93	439	22.95	42.39	3.25	4.72
7	C.Ambrose	98	405	20.99	54.85	2.31	4.13
8	Imran Khan	88	362	22.81	53.75	2.55	4.11
9	S.F.Barnes	27	189	16.43	41.66	2.37	7.00
10	B.O'Reilly	27	144	22.60	69.61	1.95	5.33
11	Wasim Akram	104	414	23.62	54.65	2.59	3.98
12	D.Lillee	70	355	23.92	52.02	2.76	5.07
13	A.Donald	72	330	22.25	47.03	2.84	4.58
14	F.Trueman	67	307	21.58	49.44	2.62	4.58
15	J.Garner	58	259	20.98	50.85	2.48	4.47
16	R.Lindwall	61	228	23.03	59.87	2.31	3.74
17	Waqar Younis	87	373	23.56	43.50	3.25	4.29
18	M.Holding	60	249	23.69	50.92	2.79	4.15
19	A.Davidson	44	186	20.53	62.30	1.98	4.23
20	S.Pollock	108	421	23.12	57.85	2.40	3.90
21	H.Verity	40	144	24.38	77.59	1.88	3.60
22	C. Walsh	132	519	24.44	57.84	2.54	3.93
23	* P.Cummins	62	269	22.54	46.89	2.88	4.34
24	J. Laker	46	193	21.25	62.32	2.05	4.20
25	*J.Anderson	187	700	26.53	56.97	2.79	3.74
26	*R.Ashwin	100	516	23.65	50.65	2.80	5.16
27	C.Grimmett	37	216	24.22	67.19	2.16	5.84
28	A.Roberts	47	202	25.61	55.12	2.79	4.30
29	*K.Rabada	62	291	22.06	39.23	3.37	4.69
30=	H.Tayfield	37	170	25.91	79.81	1.95	4.59
30=	*J.Bumrah	36	159	20.70	45.17	2.75	4.42
32	N.Adcock	26	104	21.11	61.45	2.06	4.00
33	A.Bedser	51	236	24.90	67.45	2.11	4.65
34	L.Gibbs	79	309	29.09	87.75	1.99	3.91

 

[Line and Length]

Statham
Underwood
Kumble