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zaremba · 06-03-2009, 03:15 PM

I don't know about you, but I've had my fill of threads recently along the lines of "who's better - Keith Miller or Shane Warne" so I wanted to start a strictly factual thread to try to tap the shared wisdom and learning of CW about a strangely mysterious subject, which has cropped up in passing in a couple of recent threads: What on earth did SF Barnes bowl? Was he a spinner or a seamer or a swerver or a cutter, or a swing bowler? Fast or slow? Or something else altogether?

Given that he's commonly reckoned to be the best bowler in history, I think we owe it to ourselves to try to get to the bottom of this. Between us we must have read a good deal about it. So let's hear it.

06-03-2009, 03:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
zaremba Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Straight into the confectionery stall and out again Posts: 5,064	SF Barnes I don't know about you, but I've had my fill of threads recently along the lines of "who's better - Keith Miller or Shane Warne" so I wanted to start a strictly factual thread to try to tap the shared wisdom and learning of CW about a strangely mysterious subject, which has cropped up in passing in a couple of recent threads: What on earth did SF Barnes bowl? Was he a spinner or a seamer or a swerver or a cutter, or a swing bowler? Fast or slow? Or something else altogether? Given that he's commonly reckoned to be the best bowler in history, I think we owe it to ourselves to try to get to the bottom of this. Between us we must have read a good deal about it. So let's hear it.