Who's the greatest spinner of all time?

[ankitj]

It degenerated from the start.

See your profile post. I dropped something to cheer you up.

 

[CricAddict]

Kumble wasn't better than Saqlain surely. Just played more

Saqlain got dropped for Kaneria ffs. Definitely not better than Kumble.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

O’Reilly by a mile among those who are in the list.And bit ahead of Murali,Warne overall.

 

[Xix2565]

Kumble wasn't better than Saqlain surely. Just played more

Kumble got to 500 and 600 wickets slightly faster than Shane Warne. Genuinely a great spinner ffs.

 

[Line and Length]

Are you doing ok L&L, you seem a bit snappy of late

I'm fine thanks @Daemon
I have occasional spells of "Grumpy Old Man Syndrome".

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Barnes.

 

[a massive zebra]

1. Murali
2. O'Reilly
3. Warne
4. Laker
5. Verity

 

[Migara]

Jadeja it is

 

[honestbharani]

It was a bit of stretch to expect any CW discussion of spinners to be good, wasn't it. Even without Burgey coming into the thread and saying someone in particular's a chucker and some breed of bowlers is inferior, this discussion is still pretty dire.

Would still prefer it doesn't degenerate into ****** vs *****

It degenerated from the start.

I tried.

Are you doing ok L&L, you seem a bit snappy of late

Yeah, hope everything is fine @Line and Length

 

[ImpatientLime]

kumble is by some distance inferior to both jadeja and ashwin.

 

[a massive zebra]

kumble is by some distance inferior to both jadeja and ashwin.

DRS makes a big difference to spinners and both Ashwin and Jadeja have benefited from this whilst Kumble did not. Ashwin and Jadeja also bowl in a much better bowling lineup. Statistical experts like Charles Davis have proved that bowling averages improve when playing in a stronger attack. Despite all this, Kumble's home record holds up relatively well against Ashwin and Jadeja.

 

[TheJediBrah]

DRS makes a big difference to spinners and both Ashwin and Jadeja have benefited from this whilst Kumble did not.

absolute myth IMO. DRS would change just as many against them as it would for them

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The change caused by DRS isn't so much about changing decisions as changing the batsman's technique. Pre DRS batsman could safely get a big stride in and (Darrell Hair not withstanding) there would be too much doubt for the umpire to give them out LBW. With DRS they have to play more with the bat when on the defensive, which is a greater risk. Of course it's impossible to quantify or prove in stats guru.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath

 

[trundler]

How the **** is Herath not even an option? Ban OP and close the thread.

 

[Migara]

absolute myth IMO. DRS would change just as many against them as it would for them

Not necessarily. lot of front foot LBWs are given now. However would not mattered with Kumble, because he was a "pitch middle, hit middle" type of bowler.

 

[Migara]

The change caused by DRS isn't so much about changing decisions as changing the batsman's technique. Pre DRS batsman could safely get a big stride in and (Darrell Hair not withstanding) there would be too much doubt for the umpire to give them out LBW. With DRS they have to play more with the bat when on the defensive, which is a greater risk. Of course it's impossible to quantify or prove in stats guru.

None of them hold true against Kumble. You rarely can leve him because everything is pitching on stumps, and cannot leave, because majority is hitting the stumps. LBWs would have been very straightforward with him. Batspads could go either way.

 

[jayjay]

Murali, Warne....and everyone else.

No one really lives up to those 2 and you can rank them either way but for me Muralia is numero uno across formats of obviously greater than Warne.

 

[cleetus hicks]

Jadeja it is

are you serious?