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Best Specialist Spin Bowler Who....

a massive zebra

International Captain
Mr Mxyzptlk said:
Ashley Giles in Tests
935 runs @ 19.89
Ashley Giles in FC
4647 @ 26.86 (3 hundreds)

Omari Banks in Tests
261 @ 32.62 (0 hundreds)
Omari Banks in FC
939 @ 22.90

Robin Peterson in Tests
125 @ 31.25
Robin Peterson in FC
1941 @ 25.21 (4 hundreds)

Gareth Batty in Tests
144 @ 20.57
Gareth Batty in FC
1834 @ 22.36 (1 hundred)

Nico Boje in Tests
694 @ 23.13
Nico Boje in FC
5462 @ 33.30 (5 hundreds)

Shane Warne in Tests
2364 @ 15.97
Shane Warne in FC
4467 @ 17.61

Dave Mohammed in Tests
68 @ 22.66
Dave Mohammed in FC
521 @ 15.32

Say what about Mr. Giles?
Those stats suggest Warne and Dave Mohammed are more out of place than Giles.
 

Mr Mxyzptlk

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broncoman said:
didnt he make one against Zimbabwe when Wasim got 257?
Wasim scored his big on in 1996! Saqlain's was a few years after. Saqlain got 79 in that innings (off 359 balls). He also took 7 wickets in the game. Paul Strang took 5/212 and scored 106 not out and 13 not out. Grant Flower was the other centurion, also bowling 10-4-10-0.
 

a massive zebra

International Captain
cric_manic said:
he bated 8,9,10 i think
Dipak Patel in Tests:

5th position 8 15 0 191 40 12.73 0 0
6th position 10 16 2 436 99 31.14 0 4
7th position 8 10 2 178 45 22.25 0 0
8th position 11 15 3 221 45 18.41 0 0
9th position 5 6 1 127 78 25.40 0 1
10th position 2 4 0 47 26 11.75 0 0
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
VINOO MANKAD

Was good enough to play for most world sides as a batsman or as a spinner !

Still is part holder of the all time world record opening partnership of 413 in test matches.

Before Bothams Test at Headingley, it was Mankads Test at Lord's in 1952 that stood out as one players single handed all round performance against an opponent. 72 runs in the first innings, then five wickets and then 187 in the second innings. Unlike Botham , he ended on the losing side.

As a batsman, he had great powers of concentration and a strong defence. His record stand with Roy lasted over eight hours and they were not separated till after lunch on the second day. At the same time, if a ball wanted hitting, he hit it. Many will remember how at Lord’s in 1952 the match had barely been in progress half-an-hour when he hit Jenkins high over the screen at the Nursery End. He had a fine cover-drive and hit well to leg. Like many players of great natural ability he did not in attack worry overmuch about the straightness of his bat. In fact he was essentially a practical batsman who was prepared to go in cheerfully whenever his captain wanted and adapt his tactics to the state of the match.

As a bowler, he was a slow left-hander of the old-fashioned orthodox type, varying his natural legbreak with a faster one which came with his arm and got him lots of wickets. His figures in 1946 are the more creditable when one realises that for most of the tour he was suffering from an injury which made this ball tiring and difficult to bowl. As a boy he had experimented with the chinaman but was fortunately persuaded by that shrewd coach, Bert Wensley, to abandon it. For some years he was undoubtedly the best bowler of his type in the world.
 

bryce

International Regular
you'd probaly have to say nico boje in terms of balance between batting and bowling.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Wilfred Rhodes. Was good enough to open the batting along with Hobbs for England besides being the worlds best spinner in his time.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Trevor Goddard. Over 2500 test runs at nearly 35 runs each PLUS 123 wickets at 26 each.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Monty Noble. Nearly 2000 test runs at over 30 each ( a great figure at the turn of the last century) and 121 wickets at 25 each.
 

a massive zebra

International Captain
SJS said:
Wilfred Rhodes. Was good enough to open the batting along with Hobbs for England besides being the worlds best spinner in his time.
But not contiguously though. He was the world's best spinner and number 11 batsman, then opening batsman and occasional bowler, then OK at both.

SJS said:
Trevor Goddard. Over 2500 test runs at nearly 35 runs each PLUS 123 wickets at 26 each.
Amazingly this individual has better batting AND bowling averages than Ian Botham.
 

C_C

International Captain
The best spin bowling allrounder ever is Vinoo Mankad, followed by Ritchie Benaud and then Wilfred Rhodes......
Rhodes was good but he wasnt a spinner in the same callibre as Mankad and Benaud....
 

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
Ravi Shastri and Manoj Prabhakar. Shastri came into the team as a spinner and used to bat @ no. 10 and later opened for India.
 

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