Selct ONE spinner: Best of 00s

[bagapath]

Here are the top spin bowlers of the decade. I have listed out those who have taken 100+ wickets against major test teams according to their bowling avg. Please select ONE of them

Murali(SL)  	2000-2009 	67 	120 	4005.0 	934 	9989 	427 	8/46 	13/171 	23.39 	2.49 	56.2 	35 	15
SK Warne (Aus) 	2000-2007 	62 	121 	2903.1 	585 	8615 	340 	7/94 	12/246 	25.33 	2.96 	51.2 	20 	6
Harbhajan 	2001-2009 	64 	116 	3125.3 	570 	8943 	292 	8/84 	15/217 	30.62 	2.86 	64.2 	22 	5
Kumble (India) 	2000-2008 	66 	119 	3503.0 	708 	10290 	320 	8/141 	13/181 	32.15 	2.93 	65.6 	19 	5
Panesar (Eng) 	2006-2009 	39 	65 	1507.0 	308 	4331 	126 	6/37 	10/187 	34.37 	2.87 	71.7 	8 	1
Kaneria (Pak) 	2000-2009 	50 	90 	2490.1 	433 	7544 	204 	7/118 	10/190 	36.98 	3.02 	73.2 	10 	1
MacGill (Aus) 	2000-2008 	26 	52 	1194.3 	232 	3996 	105 	7/104 	9/182 	38.05 	3.34 	68.2 	4 	0
Vettori (NZ) 	2000-2009 	56 	88 	2241.5 	463 	6239 	161 	7/87 	12/149 	38.75 	2.78 	83.5 	10 	2
AF Giles (Eng) 	2000-2006 	49 	80 	1921.0 	372 	5521 	139 	5/57 	9/122 	39.71 	2.87 	82.9 	5 	0

For similar stats including the ICC/Aus match and against all opponents including Zim & Bang click here.

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[HeathDavisSpeed]

Voted for Vettori.

 

[bagapath]

Voted for Vettori.

ha ha.... am sure you chose the bangla stats to strengthen his case....

 

[Somerset]

Suit yourself Heath.

Warne for me, just over Murali.

 

[aussie]

Warne. But i think both Murali & him should be the team of the decade.

 

[Blakus]

Went for Murali. He's taken so many wickets this decade it's hard to ignore.

 

[Furball]

Went for Warme, remove Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and there's very little to seperate him and Murali stats wise, so Warne shades it on the basis of his epic 2005 Ashes series, which was some of the finest bowling anyone could hope to see.

 

[Athlai]

Went for Warme, remove Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and there's very little to seperate him and Murali stats wise, so Warne shades it on the basis of his epic 2005 Ashes series, which was some of the finest bowling anyone could hope to see.

80 more wickets with an average 2 lower excluding bang and zim, still a little bit really.

 

[Somerset]

Who voted for Danish Kaneria?

 

[bagapath]

Who voted for Danish Kaneria?

Hmas could be his cousin.

 

[Furball]

80 more wickets with an average 2 lower excluding bang and zim, still a little bit really.

Warne's got a better strike rate.

They've had almost exactly the same number of innings, yet Murali's bowled 1,100 more overs than Warne, so had Warne bowled the same number of overs, he'd have more wickets than Murali.

Warne's also had to deal with flat home decks - averages 29 in Australia for the decade.

 

[Athlai]

Warne's got a better strike rate.

They've had almost exactly the same number of innings, yet Murali's bowled 1,100 more overs than Warne, so had Warne bowled the same number of overs, he'd have more wickets than Murali.

Warne's also had to deal with flat home decks - averages 29 in Australia for the decade.

Yah I know but thats more than just excluding Bang/Zim.

Would say personally that Murali bowled better this decade.

 

[Flem274*]

Voted for Vettori.

Beat me to it.

But I actualy did so I win.

 

[bagapath]

tough to split warne and murali. will choose warne later, and hopefully that will also keep kallis out of the team with flintoff or pollock winning the allrounder's slot because they were better bowlers than jacques

 

[Ikki]

80 more wickets with an average 2 lower excluding bang and zim, still a little bit really.

And an SR 5 points inferior. Warne was so good in the 00s - despite the start of it being riddled by injuries - that he strikes as good as Glenn McGrath. That is simply unbelievable that the best spinner is as fast a wicket-taker as the best pacer of the day/one of all time.

Warne in Ashes 05 was Bradman-like. Unbelievably good but just one moment (catch) from absolute immortality. In 04 in Sri Lanka, Warne and Murali were both at peak and Warne was clearly the star there.

Not to mention Warne bowls in Australia for half his tests.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

But I actualy did so I win.

Haha. Thought I'd encourage a few comments if I voted for him - and then cunningly didn't.

 

[bagapath]

In 04 in Sri Lanka, Warne and Murali were both at peak

too bad we never saw a one on one fight of this standard between tendulkar and lara. when warne and murali locked horns and both came out even, murali with more wickets and warne with a series win, it made great sporting theater and also a top notch demonstration of great spin bowling. wish we had had sachin and brian firing on all cylinders in one series at least. not that it would have settled the arguments but it would have taken cricket to the highest level possible.

i think murali was the bowler of the decade. am not taking anything away from warne. but murali has been a one man army and that needs to be acknowledged.

 

[aussie]

too bad we never saw a one on one fight of this standard between tendulkar and lara. when warne and murali locked horns and both came out even, murali with more wickets and warne with a series win, it made great sporting theater and also a top notch demonstration of great spin bowling. wish we had had sachin and brian firing on all cylinders in one series at least. not that it would have settled the arguments but it would have taken cricket to the highest level possible.

i think murali was the bowler of the decade. am not taking anything away from warne. but murali has been a one man army and that needs to be acknowledged.

Yea but thats not Warne's fault or problem to TBH. Warne showed in Ashes 05 that if he had to bowl as the lone soldier, he would have been just a deadly as Murali did for SRI. They where even this decade as they have been all career.

 

[Prince EWS]

I think Murali was a fractionally better bowler than Warne, but don't think the gap is big enough to make up for other things Warne adds to the team (slips catching, cricketing naus, leadership, ocassionally arse-saving batting) so I always vote for Warne when picking a team despite voting for Murali when asked who the better bowler was.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I think Murali was a fractionally better bowler than Warne, but don't think the gap is big enough to make up for other things Warne adds to the team (slips catching, cricketing naus, leadership, ocassionally arse-saving batting) so I always vote for Warne when picking a team despite voting for Murali when asked who the better bowler was.

Agree with this wholeheartedly. Warne vs. Murali as a bowler is incredibly tough to call. But Warne is vastly superior as a batsman and a very reliable slipper.