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View Poll Results: Spinner for 1946-2006 World Test XI
Jim Laker 2 3.64%
Mutthiah Muralitharan 26 47.27%
Derek Underwood 1 1.82%
Shane Warne 26 47.27%
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Old 16-12-2006, 10:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Spinner for 1946-2006 World Test XI
The selected Spinners from the 1946-65, 1966-85 and 1986-05 teams are now up for selection in the 1946-2006 World Test XI:

Jim Laker (Eng): 46 tests, 193 wkts @ 21.24 (9/3), SR 62.3, Econ 2.04, BB 10-53 --- 676 runs @ 14.08
Mutthiah Muralitharan (SL): 109 tests, 664 wkts @ 21.88 (56/18), SR 54.8, Econ 2.39, BB 9-51 --- 1117 runs @ 12.01
Derek Underwood (Eng): 86 tests, 297 wkts @ 25.83 (17/6), SR 73.6, Econ 2.10, BB 8-51 --- 937 runs @ 11.56
Shane Warne (Aus): 142 tests, 694 wkts @ 25.44 (36/10), SR 57.6, Econ 2.64, BB 8-71 --- 3018 runs @ 16.76

Btw, all runner-ups will go into the “Final Bowler” poll, so relax

The 1946-2006 World Test XI so far:

1. Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)
2. Len Hutton (54.62)
3. Viv Richards (50.23) – Poll still running
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7. Adam Gilchrist (48.48) – Poll still running
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Old 16-12-2006, 10:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Warney for me. A better batting and perhaps a captaincy option too. Also, why aren't we going in order (1-11)?
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Old 16-12-2006, 10:27 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Tough one between Laker, Muralitharan and Warne. I'm gonna accept that Laker just wasn't as good as those two, Muralitharan for me.
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Old 16-12-2006, 10:31 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I rate them as (1) Laker, (2) Warne, (3) Murali and >>>>> (4) Underwood.

Just can't bring myself to not vote Warne yet.....
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Old 16-12-2006, 10:33 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Underwood wasn't really that far off. One of the few finger spinners who could cope with really flat wickets.
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Why do you rate Laker so highly? Pretty average strike rate, good average, but he was helped out a lot by the batsman who sucked at playing his type of spin.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FKqcXyh4Vis

Not even the English would be stupid enough to play like that.
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Not that Laker wasn't one of the top five spinners ever, but IMO Warne and Murali are head and shoulders above.
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Underwood wasn't really that far off. One of the few finger spinners who could cope with really flat wickets.
Okay, I took off a few of the >'s
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Old 16-12-2006, 10:48 AM   #9 (permalink)
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murali....inarguably....
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As a spinner you would have to be lieing if you said you are never inspired be Warnie.
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Warney for me. A better batting option too.
You know what happens when you pick a spinner for their batting.
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As a spinner you would have to be lieing if you said you are never inspired be Warnie.
Yeah, I always wish I was Warnie so I could score as many chicks as him.

Oh, we're talking about him as a spinner.
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Warne, easily.
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Murali easily
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