Battle of The Spinners

[oz_fan]

Iverson

 

[Matt79]

Rafique - let Bangers have a representative in this battle...

 

[chaminda_00]

4 all for Rafique and Iverson. One more hour to vote, if no one votes i'll decide.

 

[superkingdave]

Iverson

 

[chaminda_00]

Ok with SKD vote Jack Iverson takes the last spot in the draw.

Here are the battles for Round One:

Battle One: Derek Underwood v Pervez Sajjad v David Allen
Battle Two: Fred Titmus v Mushtaq Ahmed v Clarrie Grimmett
Battle Three: Iqbal Qasim v Mushtaq Mohammad v Sonny Ramadhin
Battle Four: Dilip Doshi v Tony Lock v Subhash Gupte
Battle Five: Daniel Vettori v Hedley Verity v Hugh Tayfield
Battle Six: Jim Laker v Danish Kaneria v Hugh Trumble
Battle Seven: Harbhajan Singh v Stuart MacGill v Bert Vogler
Battle Eight: Bruce Yardley v Ray Illingworth v Vinoo Mankad
Battle Nine: Venkatapathy Raju v Wilfred Rhodes v Johnny Wardle
Battle Ten: Aubrey Faulkner v Alf Valentine v Jack Iverson
Battle Eleven: Intikhab Alam v Bert Ironmonger v Saqlain Mushtaq
Battle Twelve: Reggie Schwarz v Erapalli Prasanna v Bob Peel
Battle Thirteen: Bapu Nadkarni v Abdul Qadir v Richie Benaud
Battle Fourteen: Bishan Bedi v Anil Kumble v Lindsay Kline
Battle Fifteen: Colin Blythe v Ashley Mallett v Johnny Briggs
Battle Sixteen: Bill O'Reilly v Bhagwat Chandrasekhar v Lance Gibbs

 

[chaminda_00]

Let the battles begin...

Round One: Battle One

Derek Underwood
86 Tests, 297 wkts @ 25.83, 17 5-fers, 6 10-fers, 73.60 SR, 2.10 ER

Pervez Sajjad
19 Tests, 59 wkts @ 23.89, 3 5-fers, 70.25 SR, 2.04 ER

David Allen
39 Tests, 122 wkts @ 30.97, 4 5-fers, 92.59 SR, 2.00 ER

Ok all Round One Battles will last a min of 12 hours and a max of 24 hours. After 12 hours if there is a 5 vote gap then i'll end the battle.

Time to start voting kids.

 

[superkingdave]

Hmm, close between Deadly and Sajjad, but Underwood's longeivity wins it.

 

[steds]

No Mohammed? Pffft.

 

[Perm]

Derek Underwood

 

[superkingdave]

No Mohammed? Pffft.

left out for the same reasons as Warne and Murali IIRC

 

[BoyBrumby]

Deadly by miles.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Yeah, Underwood.

 

[Goughy]

Deadly will go a long way for me

 

[oz_fan]

Underwood

 

[shortpitched713]

Underwood.

 

[C_C]

Ok with SKD vote Jack Iverson takes the last spot in the draw.

Here are the battles for Round One:

Battle One: Derek Underwood v Pervez Sajjad v David Allen : Underwood
Battle Two: Fred Titmus v Mushtaq Ahmed v Clarrie Grimmett : Grimmett
Battle Three: Iqbal Qasim v Mushtaq Mohammad v Sonny Ramadhin : Ramadhin
Battle Four: Dilip Doshi v Tony Lock v Subhash Gupte : Gupte
Battle Five: Daniel Vettori v Hedley Verity v Hugh Tayfield : Tayfield
Battle Six: Jim Laker v Danish Kaneria v Hugh Trumble : Laker
Battle Seven: Harbhajan Singh v Stuart MacGill v Bert Vogler : Harbhajan
Battle Eight: Bruce Yardley v Ray Illingworth v Vinoo Mankad : Mankad
Battle Nine: Venkatapathy Raju v Wilfred Rhodes v Johnny Wardle : Wardle
Battle Ten: Aubrey Faulkner v Alf Valentine v Jack Iverson : Valentine
Battle Eleven: Intikhab Alam v Bert Ironmonger v Saqlain Mushtaq : Saqlain
Battle Twelve: Reggie Schwarz v Erapalli Prasanna v Bob Peel : Prasanna
Battle Thirteen: Bapu Nadkarni v Abdul Qadir v Richie Benaud : Benaud
Battle Fourteen: Bishan Bedi v Anil Kumble v Lindsay Kline : Bedi
Battle Fifteen: Colin Blythe v Ashley Mallett v Johnny Briggs : Mallett
Battle Sixteen: Bill O'Reilly v Bhagwat Chandrasekhar v Lance Gibbs : This battle so totally should not be at first round...all three deserve to go through .. .I highly recommend that this battle be re-shuffled...no way do Mallett, Wardle, Saqlain,etc. deserve to go to 2nd round over any of these three. but i'll vote for Lance Gibbs

 

[chaminda_00]

Well all the battles were done using SS randomizers, im quite happy with how they turned out. No doubt the guys in the last round got a tough draw, but that just adds to the spice of it IMO.

 

[C_C]

Well all the battles were done using SS randomizers, im quite happy with how they turned out. No doubt the guys in the last round got a tough draw, but that just adds to the spice of it IMO.

And randomising it makes it somehow good because ?
This isnt a tennis tourney...the entire point of matchups like these is to find out who the posters think are the better spinners..entirely beats the purpose if you eliminate two of the very best right off the bat.

 

[chaminda_00]

And randomising it makes it somehow good because ?
This isnt a tennis tourney...the entire point of matchups like these is to find out who the posters think are the better spinners..entirely beats the purpose if you eliminate two of the very best right off the bat.

What is the difference between O'Reilly for example knocking out Gibbs in the first round compared to the QFs. It wont make a difference in greater scheme of things.

I'll take the Murali v Imran battle in the other thread, does it make any reason difference that Imran knocked him out in the 2nd or 3rd round, or if they meet in the semis and he knocked him out. You would still have the same result.

 

[adharcric]

And randomising it makes it somehow good because ?
This isnt a tennis tourney...the entire point of matchups like these is to find out who the posters think are the better spinners..entirely beats the purpose if you eliminate two of the very best right off the bat.

Are you suggesting that we have seedings? That would not only require prior rankings by chaminda_00, but also ruin the fun of it.
Unless you go with the seeding method, whatever you do is in a sense "randomized".