Fast Bowler Survival Grand Final

[stephen]

We have reached the grand final round.

So far we have determined a list of the greatest fast bowlers to ever have lived. These are the results so far:

40 Shoaib Akhtar
39 Ian Bishop
38 Jack Cowie
37 Kapil Dev
36 Jason Gillespie
35 Bruce Reid
34 Mohammad Nissar
33 Jack Gregory
32 Frederick Spofforth
31 Alec Bedser
30 Fazal Mahmood
29 Peter Pollock
28 Wes Hall
27 Ian Botham
26 Dale Steyn
25 Maurice Tate
24 Brian Statham
23 Neil Adcock
22 Courtney Walsh
21 Bob Willis
20 Jeff Thomson
19 John Snow
18 Shane Bond
17 George Lohmann
16 Harold Larwood
15 Allan Donald
14 Allan Davidson
13 Ray Lindwall
12 Michael Holding
11 Joel Garner
10 Sydney Barnes
9 Fred Trueman
8 Wasim Akram
7 Dennis Lillee
6 Waqar Younis
5 Imran Khan

We have two battles left, the battle for third and the battle for first.

Grand Final, first place battle

Richard Hadlee vs Malcolm Marshall

Sir Richard Hadlee
Sir Richard Hadlee | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

Malcolm Marshall
Malcolm Marshall | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com


Grand final, third place battle

Glenn McGrath vs Curtly Ambrose

Glenn McGrath
Glenn McGrath | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Ambrose | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

Please vote for one player from each battle.

The winner will be called in one weeks time.

 

[Teja.]

Hadlee

McGrath

 

[Athlai]

Hadlee
Ambrose

 

[Noble One]

Marshall

McGrath

 

[Blakus]

Marshall

McGrath

This

 

[jondavluc]

Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

 

[Somerset]

Sir Richard Hadlee (New Zealand bias and all) and Glenn McGrath.

 

[Xuhaib]

Marshaal

McGrath

 

[Debris]

Marshall

McGrath

 

[Himannv]

Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

 

[Burgey]

malcolm marshall
glenn mcgrath

+1

 

[weldone]

Richard Hadlee (didn't have any world-class bowler for support, had to do everything on his own)

Glenn McGrath

 

[BoyBrumby]

Antiopdean block vote out in force then, he mused bitterly.

Marshall & big Curtly, for my money. Both could do pretty much exactly what their oppos could, but at a faster pace.

 

[fredfertang]

Maco and Ambrose

 

[zaremba]

Macko
Curtly

 

[kingkallis]

Malcolm Marshall

Curtley Ambrose

 

[archie mac]

Malcolm Marshall

Curtley Ambrose

Ditto

 

[Fusion]

Marshall
Ambrose

 

[andyc]

Marshall and McGrath

 

[Xuhaib]

have not followed this from the beginning so kinda shocked too see Bondy at 18.Yes he was awesome for the liitle amound he played but being ahead of Walso,Willis,Snow,Steyn and few others.I think 35-40 would be a better rating for him.