adharcric
International Coach
Let's see if we can come up with a (consensus) CW list of the twenty-five greatest bowlers of all-time.
I'll try to run this like a "battle" in that we will start with a list of 50 and vote for the #1, then the #2, all the way to #25. To start off, I'll present my list of bowlers below. Please suggest changes to the list so that we can get the best fifty (regardless of ranking) into a pool. Feel free to make suggestions regarding the format and process of this "battle" as well.
Australia
Fred Spofforth
Charlie Turner
Clarrie Grimmett
Bill O'Reilly
Ray Lindwall
Keith Miller
Richie Benaud
Alan Davidson
Dennis Lillee
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath
England
Johnny Briggs
Bobby Peel
George Lohmann
Wilfred Rhodes
Sydney Barnes
Harold Larwood
Hedley Verity
Alec Bedser
Jim Laker
Brian Statham
Fred Trueman
Derek Underwood
Ian Botham
India
Subhash Gupte
Erapalli Prasanna
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bishan Bedi
Kapil Dev
Anil Kumble
New Zealand
Richard Hadlee
Pakistan
Fazal Mahmood
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
South Africa
Hugh Tayfield
Allan Donald
Shaun Pollock
Sri Lanka
Muttiah Muralitharan
West Indies
Sonny Ramadhin
Lance Gibbs
Wes Hall
Andy Roberts
Michael Holding
Joel Garner
Colin Croft
Courtney Walsh
Curtly Ambrose
Ian Bishop
I'll try to run this like a "battle" in that we will start with a list of 50 and vote for the #1, then the #2, all the way to #25. To start off, I'll present my list of bowlers below. Please suggest changes to the list so that we can get the best fifty (regardless of ranking) into a pool. Feel free to make suggestions regarding the format and process of this "battle" as well.
Australia
Fred Spofforth
Charlie Turner
Clarrie Grimmett
Bill O'Reilly
Ray Lindwall
Keith Miller
Richie Benaud
Alan Davidson
Dennis Lillee
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath
England
Johnny Briggs
Bobby Peel
George Lohmann
Wilfred Rhodes
Sydney Barnes
Harold Larwood
Hedley Verity
Alec Bedser
Jim Laker
Brian Statham
Fred Trueman
Derek Underwood
Ian Botham
India
Subhash Gupte
Erapalli Prasanna
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bishan Bedi
Kapil Dev
Anil Kumble
New Zealand
Richard Hadlee
Pakistan
Fazal Mahmood
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
South Africa
Hugh Tayfield
Allan Donald
Shaun Pollock
Sri Lanka
Muttiah Muralitharan
West Indies
Sonny Ramadhin
Lance Gibbs
Wes Hall
Andy Roberts
Michael Holding
Joel Garner
Colin Croft
Courtney Walsh
Curtly Ambrose
Ian Bishop
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