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Fast bowler survival round of 16

stephen

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
We're down to the business end of the Fast Bowler Survival contest. After a gruelling three rounds, sixteen fast bowlers are left. These sixteen will face off in a single elimination tournament. Players eliminated in the same round will be ranked in the final list by their seeding coming into this round.

Here are the sixteen remaining bowlers, and their seeding for this tournament:

  1. Richard Hadlee
  2. Malcolm Marshall
  3. Glenn McGrath
  4. Curtly Ambrose
  5. Imran Khan
  6. Waqar Younis
  7. Fred Trueman
  8. Sydney Barnes
  9. Dennis Lillee
  10. Wasim Akram
  11. Joel Garner
  12. Michael Holding
  13. Ray Lindwall
  14. Allan Davidson
  15. Allan Donald
  16. Harold Larwood

Please note that Syd Barnes and Dennis Lillee scored identical rankings, but Syd Barnes had more #1 votes in round 3 than Lillee did, hence the higher ranking.
 
stephen

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
First battle:

Richard Hadlee vs Harold Larwood

Richard Hadlee
New Zealand's greatest cricketer.
Sir Richard Hadlee | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

Harold Larwood
The man who bounced Bradman in the controversial bodyline series.
Harold Larwood | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com


Second battle:

Sydney Barnes vs Dennis Lilee

Sydney Barnes
The finest bowler of the 19th century.
Sydney Barnes | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

Dennis Lilee
The man who terrorised batsmen throughout the 70s and World Series Cricket.
Dennis Lillee | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

Please vote for one player from each battle.

Voting will close Monday evening (Brisbane time).
 
NUFAN

NUFAN

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Hadlee and Lillee.

The top seed is going to win each battle except for Lillee and possibly Akram beating Trueman.
 
stephen

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
NUFAN said:
Hadlee and Lillee.

The top seed is going to win each battle except for Lillee and possibly Akram beating Trueman.
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The next rounds will probably be more interesting to be honest. Once we get down to the top 8 we may see some upsets.

The thing is, except possibly for Larwood, I agree with every player on that list being there, though maybe not in the order that they are.
 
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Teja.

Teja.

Global Moderator
Hadlee

I think Barnes is better than any other bowler by a margin but considering he got his wickets through leg breaks and was medium pace, Lillee is a better fast bowler.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Larwood & Barnes.

Two bowlers from different ends of the speed & personality ranges but equally two of the finest seamers Albion has produced.
 
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