Shane Warne vs Bill O'Reilly

[BhupinderSingh]

Bill O'Reilly.

 

[SJS]

Bill O'Reilly.

For once I agree with you

 

[James_W]

Shane Warne.

 

[pasag]

Have often wondered this myself and have thought of starting the same thread in the past.

 

[silentstriker]

Warne.

Uncovered pitches, bats of old, and still an S/R of almost 70? No thanks.

Don't mean to suggest that O'Reilly was not a great bowler but Warne pretty easily IMO.

 

[Sanz]

Not qualified enough to make that judgment, That option should be there..

I didn't watch O'Reilly and if Shane warne was an ordinary spinner, I would have picked O'Reilly over him based on what I have read and heard in the cricket history but Mr. Warne was one heck of a spinner and hence my inability to make a decision.

 

[pasag]

Not qualified enough to make that judgment, That option should be there..

I didn't watch O'Reilly and if Shane warne was an ordinary spinner, I would have picked O'Reilly over him based on what I have read and heard in the cricket history but Mr. Warne was one heck of a spinner and hence my inability to make a decision.

Yeah, pretty much the same here.

 

[Engle]

Shane Warne stood out far more than O'Reilly
Some debate over whether O'Reilly was the greater LBG bowler over Grimmett

No teammate even close to Warne during his reign

 

[pup11]

Tiger was a hell of bowler from whatever i have heard and read about him, but for me Warney is easily the best spinner ever and one of the best cricket brains ever to play the game, so i would vote for Warne.
Btw,all you guys who have voted in favour of Tiger O'Reilly, have you seen him bowl??

 

[Sanz]

Btw,all you guys who have voted in favour of Tiger O'Reilly, have you seen him bowl??

Have you ? If not how can you make the judgement that Warne is easily the best spinner ever ?

 

[Fusion]

Not qualified enough to make that judgment, That option should .

AWTA

 

[Engle]

I have seen b&w footage of O'Reilly bowl. Huge diff between his delivery action and Warne's.
His was arms whirling, twirling askew in circulatory movements perhaps adding to the intimidation and confusion at the manner of delivery to be imparted.

Warne's was controlled aggression...minimal effort for maximum affect

 

[PhoenixFire]

Meh, don't have a clue what O'Reilly was like as a bowler, so I'm not going either way.

 

[Ikki]

As great as O'Reilly was, he was not as great as Warne.

 

[Richard]

I think the thing to note is that there was so much more to Warne than mere bowling.

It's very conceivable to me that there was little to divide the two purely on bowling - nor Grimmett neither, for that matter. Or Murali.

But we can't really say for certain. I'm happy that they were roughly equals, personally.

 

[Anil]

both were great bowlers but since i haven't seen o'reilly in action, i have no idea...

 

[archie mac]

Warne.

Uncovered pitches, bats of old, and still an S/R of almost 70? No thanks.

Don't mean to suggest that O'Reilly was not a great bowler but Warne pretty easily IMO.

S/R is not a stat that can be used to compare bowlers from different eras imo

O'Reilly played in an era when a lot of the Tests were played to a finish on some of the flattest tracks ever, against some of the greatest batsman in the history of the game

I have no doubt Warne is also an all time great, and he would be welcomed into any side in the history of cricket

 

[SJS]

I think the thing to note is that there was so much more to Warne than mere bowling.

It's very conceivable to me that there was little to divide the two purely on bowling - nor Grimmett neither, for that matter. Or Murali.

But we can't really say for certain. I'm happy that they were roughly equals, personally.

What an excellent view to take.

 

[NUFAN]

Shane Warne stood out far more than O'Reilly
Some debate over whether O'Reilly was the greater LBG bowler over Grimmett

No teammate even close to Warne during his reign

What about Stuart MacGill in the West Indies?