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Old 28-04-2010, 06:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Fast bowler survival round 1 - please vote

The Rules

For round one, you simply have to rank the bowlers in each group in order, with 1 being the best bowler and 5 or 6 being the worst (based on the number of bowlers).

Please only rank the players on their bowling ability.

I will run two groups per day for round 1. The list of bowlers included in this game are:

Group A

Sydney Barnes - http://www.cricinfo.com/england/cont...ayer/8996.html
Andy Roberts - http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/c...yer/52817.html
Waqar Younis - http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/con...yer/43543.html
Curtly Ambrose - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/51107.html
Bruce Reid - http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/co...ayer/7319.html
Shane Bond - http://search.cricinfo.com/newzealan...yer/36326.html

Group B

Ray Lindwall - http://search.cricinfo.com/australia...ayer/6299.html
Dennis Lillee - http://search.cricinfo.com/australia...ayer/6295.html
Neil Adcock - http://search.cricinfo.com/southafri...yer/43923.html
Richard Hadlee - http://search.cricinfo.com/newzealan...yer/37224.html
Mohammad Nissar - http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/31791.html
Jason Gillespie - http://search.cricinfo.com/australia...ayer/5392.html

George Lohmann - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...yer/16337.html
Frederick Spofforth - http://search.cricinfo.com/australia...ayer/7663.html
Frank Tyson - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...yer/21644.html
Harold Larwood - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...yer/16207.html
Keith Miller - http://search.cricinfo.com/australia...ayer/6612.html
Malcolm Marshall - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/52419.html
Michael Holding - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/52063.html
Joel Garner - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/51876.html
Imran Khan - http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/con...yer/40560.html
Wasim Akram - http://search.cricinfo.com/pakistan/...yer/43547.html
Glenn McGrath - http://search.cricinfo.com/australia...ayer/6565.html
Alan Davidson - http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/co...ayer/4902.html
Courtney Walsh - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/53216.html
Fred Trueman - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...yer/21600.html
Allan Donald - http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/...yer/44716.html
Shaun Pollock - http://search.cricinfo.com/southafri...yer/46774.html
Peter Pollock - http://search.cricinfo.com/southafri...yer/46770.html
Alec Bedser - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...ayer/9057.html
Fazal Mahmood - http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/con...yer/40092.html
Bob Willis - http://www.cricinfo.com/england/cont...yer/22462.html
Brian Statham - http://www.cricinfo.com/england/cont...yer/20341.html
Wes Hall - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/52043.html
Shoaib Akhtar - http://search.cricinfo.com/pakistan/...yer/42655.html
Ian Bishop - http://search.cricinfo.com/westindie...yer/51226.html

Wild cards:

Kapil Dev - http://search.cricinfo.com/india/con...yer/30028.html
Ian Botham - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...ayer/9163.html
Dale Steyn - http://search.cricinfo.com/southafri...yer/47492.html
Maurice Tate - http://search.cricinfo.com/england/c...yer/21462.html
John Snow - http://www.cricinfo.com/england/cont...yer/20282.html
Jack Gregory - http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/co...ayer/5435.html
Jack Cowie - http://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/c...yer/36616.html

Wild card entries will be evenly distributed among the eight groups for this round.

The bottom three players after 24 hours will be removed for groups that have six players and the bottom two players will be removed from groups that have five players.

Any loser in round 1 or 2 will get a shot at earning a wildcard reentry for round 3.

Groups are chosen randomly, except that the wildcards are spread evenly among the other groups.

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Old 28-04-2010, 06:30 AM   #3 (permalink)
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They're tough groups to start with. Geez the RNG didn't make it easy did it
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Old 28-04-2010, 06:35 AM   #4 (permalink)
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This is brutal
group 1-
1. Ambrose
2. Waqar
3. Barnes
4. Roberts
5. Reid
6. Bond


group 2 -
1. Lillee
2. Hadlee
3. Lindwall
4. Adcock
5. Gillespie
6. Nissar
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Old 28-04-2010, 06:38 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Group A:

1. Ambrose
2. Waqar
3. Roberts
4. Bond
5. Reid
6. Barnes

Group B:

1. Hadlee
2. Lillee
3. Lindwall
4. Adcock
5. Gillespie
6. Nissar

Group A is a nightmare to select from. For the record I rate Barnes highly. I placed him at the bottom of the rankings based on my opinion that I don't consider him a pace bowler. Almost impossible to compare the likes of Barnes to any other player on the list.
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Old 28-04-2010, 06:45 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Group A

Barnes
Ambrose
Waqar
Roberts
Bond
Reid

Group B

Lillee
Hadlee
Lindwall
Adcock
Gillespie
Nissar

Tough choices in both groups. Although I rate Hadlee as the greater cricketer as a bowler I give it to Lillee.
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Group A

Waqar - 1
Ambrose - 2
Roberts - 3
SF Barnes - 4
Bond - 5
Reid - 6

Group B

Lillee - 1
Hadlee - 2
Lindwall - 3
Nissar - 4
Adcock - 5
Gillespie - 6

A is horrible. Might as well draw random numbers, impossible to rank.
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Group A:

SF Barnes
Ambrose
Waqar
Roberts
Bond
Reid

Group B:

Lindwall
Lillee
Hadlee
Adcock
Gillespie
Nissar
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Group A

Waqar
Barnes
Ambrose
Roberts
Bond
Reid

Group B

Hadlee
Lindwall
Lillee
Gillespie
Nissar
Adcock
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Group A

Ambrose
SF Barnes
Waqar
Bond
Roberts
Reid


Group B

Lillee
Hadlee
Lindwall
Adcock
Gillespie
Nissar
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SF Barnes
Ambrose
Waqar
Roberts
Bond
Reid

Agree that it is really hard to know where to put Barnes in all of this, but as he is included then I am just going to rate him as a bowler and not define it.

Hadlee
Lillee
Lindwall
Adcock
Gillespie
Nissar
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Could you please use first names aswell? I've never heard of Nisser or Adcock, so I can't research them.

Group A

Curtly Ambrose
Waqar Younis
Shane Bond
Andy Roberts?
SF Barnes
Bruce Reid

Group B

Dennis Lillee
Sir Richard Hadlee
Jason Gillespie
Ray Lindwall
Neil Adcock?
Mohammad Nassir?
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I have a feeling that group B will see Lillee, Hadlee and Lindwall all go through easily, but group A looks like it's going to be impossible to pick really.
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Could you please use first names aswell? I've never heard of Nisser or Adcock, so I can't research them.
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Could you please use first names aswell? I've never heard of Nisser or Adcock, so I can't research them.
That's fair, I will add first names and cricinfo profiles.
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