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Old 09-02-2013, 06:15 AM   #45 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kyear2 View Post
With regard to the Grimmett question, he had an amazing test record overal, but againts the best side of his era, he averaged 32 with a strike rate of 86 vs England. So that could possibly be the reason he is not so highly rated, but can't explain not including him at all.
Which of these spinners are you going to leave out in order to make room in the 100?

Warne
Barnes
Murali
Lohmann
O'Reilly
Rhodes
Laker
Benaud
Bedi
Chandra
Briggs
Trumble
Mailey

I think that maybe the problem is with the title. Rather than 'The 100 Greatest Cricketers' it needs to be 'The 176 Greatest Cricketers' in order to keep everyone happy.
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