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Cricketer Of The Year
As a taster for the Top 50, I've decided to steal from TripleJ's hottest 100 countdown where they begin by naming the song which came in at number 101 and so just missed the cut.
And so, let us join in commiserating with the player who came oh-so-close to breaking the top 50 but has to settle for being the best of the rest as CW's 51st greatest cricketer of all time...
Clarrie Grimmett | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com
The great Clarence Victor Grimmett - born in New Zealand but adopted, like so many other Kiwis, as a true blue Australian, Clarrie remains one of the greatest spin bowlers in the history of the game. He reached 200 wickets faster than any other bowler in history (just 36 Tests) and was christened by Ashley Mallett to be "The Bradman of Spin."
Dropped while still in peak form, having formed an almost unplayable partnership with his great friend Bill O'Reilly, he is surely the only bowler to have taken 34 wickets from his last three Tests and then never played again! A true legend and the closest, unluckiest of all ommissions from CricketWeb's final all time top 50.
The full countdown will commence in the next 24 hours...
And so, let us join in commiserating with the player who came oh-so-close to breaking the top 50 but has to settle for being the best of the rest as CW's 51st greatest cricketer of all time...
Clarrie Grimmett | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com
The great Clarence Victor Grimmett - born in New Zealand but adopted, like so many other Kiwis, as a true blue Australian, Clarrie remains one of the greatest spin bowlers in the history of the game. He reached 200 wickets faster than any other bowler in history (just 36 Tests) and was christened by Ashley Mallett to be "The Bradman of Spin."
Dropped while still in peak form, having formed an almost unplayable partnership with his great friend Bill O'Reilly, he is surely the only bowler to have taken 34 wickets from his last three Tests and then never played again! A true legend and the closest, unluckiest of all ommissions from CricketWeb's final all time top 50.
The full countdown will commence in the next 24 hours...