mr_mister
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
So this is for the greatest ever bowler. It's not specifically tests. It's across any format just like the batting one. But if you value tests above ODI cricket, vote accordingly. I'll stop now before I confuse the voters, common sense should prevail here. Use any and all means of deciding. Stats, technique, longevity, influence..? it's all good.
I would like to thank the people who nominated plus those who helped with ideas for the structure. Spinners and Paceman are in one bracket... sorry if this bothers you. And the bracket is completely random, so round 1 won't be full of blowouts this time. There were quite a few people saying there should be seeds, but there were more saying there shouldn't. Sorry to those on the losing side of the argument... I hope you still turn up to vote.
Some bowlers might get lucky and draw a fairytale run into the final 4 against expectations.... at least this will be less predictable than the batting contest! At the end of the day, the best bowler will still win. And the second best bowler might go out in round 1, but we can gauge his overall strength anyway based on how close he lost to the eventual winner y'know? If Warne goes over someone in round 2 by a bigger margin than he did in round 1, we can assume X > Y. So we will still get a tier list kinda thing, it can still count as an 'exercise' just a less accurate one.
Having to cast 32 votes for the first round is a pain I know..... but it'll get easier each time at least. And there's no real point splitting Round 1 into two days just to save a few seconds when making your vote. So yeah, here's the bracket. Matches to stay open 36-48 hours, i'll give a 5 hour warning before closing so there's no cries of me rigging results.
*Note these "seeds" were randomized. The numbers next to the players names on this link indicate nothing... I dunno why it even put numbers but whatever. I've sorted the tournament into 8 divisions so we get a rough idea of who will be matching up in the quarters. Winner of Division 1 verses winner of Division 2, 3 vs 4, 5 v 6 and 7 v 8.
Tournament Bracket Generator - Challonge
Round 1:
Division 1
Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan
Division 2
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly
Division 3
Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi
Division 4
Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham
Division 5
Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath
Division 6
Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner
Division 7
Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes
Division 8
Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate vs Subhash Gupte
Well... some interesting matches. Division 4 the only "soft" group... the rest all have at least one member who was top 8 seed worthy IMO. There are several group of deaths lol. 2 5 and 7 look especially brutal. Part of the fun. Vote away!
I would like to thank the people who nominated plus those who helped with ideas for the structure. Spinners and Paceman are in one bracket... sorry if this bothers you. And the bracket is completely random, so round 1 won't be full of blowouts this time. There were quite a few people saying there should be seeds, but there were more saying there shouldn't. Sorry to those on the losing side of the argument... I hope you still turn up to vote.
Some bowlers might get lucky and draw a fairytale run into the final 4 against expectations.... at least this will be less predictable than the batting contest! At the end of the day, the best bowler will still win. And the second best bowler might go out in round 1, but we can gauge his overall strength anyway based on how close he lost to the eventual winner y'know? If Warne goes over someone in round 2 by a bigger margin than he did in round 1, we can assume X > Y. So we will still get a tier list kinda thing, it can still count as an 'exercise' just a less accurate one.
Having to cast 32 votes for the first round is a pain I know..... but it'll get easier each time at least. And there's no real point splitting Round 1 into two days just to save a few seconds when making your vote. So yeah, here's the bracket. Matches to stay open 36-48 hours, i'll give a 5 hour warning before closing so there's no cries of me rigging results.
*Note these "seeds" were randomized. The numbers next to the players names on this link indicate nothing... I dunno why it even put numbers but whatever. I've sorted the tournament into 8 divisions so we get a rough idea of who will be matching up in the quarters. Winner of Division 1 verses winner of Division 2, 3 vs 4, 5 v 6 and 7 v 8.
Tournament Bracket Generator - Challonge
Round 1:
Division 1
Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan
Division 2
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly
Division 3
Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi
Division 4
Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham
Division 5
Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath
Division 6
Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner
Division 7
Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes
Division 8
Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate vs Subhash Gupte
Well... some interesting matches. Division 4 the only "soft" group... the rest all have at least one member who was top 8 seed worthy IMO. There are several group of deaths lol. 2 5 and 7 look especially brutal. Part of the fun. Vote away!
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