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CW's Ranking of Spinners (Tests)
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Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
A dozen votes is spread over 7 worthy contenders. I'll leave it until the weekend before doing a final tally.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Thanks L & L
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
Over 48 hours since our last votes.
The tally for the 26th spot:
Prasanna 3
Briggs 2
Valentine 2
MacGill 1
Lock 1
Harbhajan Singh 2
Abdul Qadir 1
Erapally Prasanna is added to the list.
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
19. Ravindra Jadeja
20. Subhash Gupte
21. Hugh Trumble
22. Wilfred Rhodes
23. Colin Blythe
24. Johnny Wardle
25. Sonny Ramadhin
26. Erapally Prasanna
Voting is now open for the 27th spot on CW's list of Test Spinners. There are obviously worthy contenders to fill out the 30 places and it's good to have votes continuing.
The tally for the 26th spot:
Prasanna 3
Briggs 2
Valentine 2
MacGill 1
Lock 1
Harbhajan Singh 2
Abdul Qadir 1
Erapally Prasanna is added to the list.
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
19. Ravindra Jadeja
20. Subhash Gupte
21. Hugh Trumble
22. Wilfred Rhodes
23. Colin Blythe
24. Johnny Wardle
25. Sonny Ramadhin
26. Erapally Prasanna
Voting is now open for the 27th spot on CW's list of Test Spinners. There are obviously worthy contenders to fill out the 30 places and it's good to have votes continuing.
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Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
You voted while I was posting, but you backed a winner!
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
As he was never called for chucking in a Test, I'll continue voting for Lock.
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Fuller Pilch
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44 tests for 208 wickets at a strike rate of 54 (once every 9 overs). Better than Warne at times. Stuart MacGill
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Yeah change my vote to macgill
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MacGill not being chosen yet is a big miss. He was definitely better than Lyon
Fuller Pilch
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I started voting for him rounds ago. He was quality.
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i never understood why stuart mac gill was overlooked for so long.spinned it more than warne too!