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Old 29-05-2010, 10:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Fast Bowler Survival Grand Final

We have reached the grand final round.

So far we have determined a list of the greatest fast bowlers to ever have lived. These are the results so far:

40 Shoaib Akhtar
39 Ian Bishop
38 Jack Cowie
37 Kapil Dev
36 Jason Gillespie
35 Bruce Reid
34 Mohammad Nissar
33 Jack Gregory
32 Frederick Spofforth
31 Alec Bedser
30 Fazal Mahmood
29 Peter Pollock
28 Wes Hall
27 Ian Botham
26 Dale Steyn
25 Maurice Tate
24 Brian Statham
23 Neil Adcock
22 Courtney Walsh
21 Bob Willis
20 Jeff Thomson
19 John Snow
18 Shane Bond
17 George Lohmann
16 Harold Larwood
15 Allan Donald
14 Allan Davidson
13 Ray Lindwall
12 Michael Holding
11 Joel Garner
10 Sydney Barnes
9 Fred Trueman
8 Wasim Akram
7 Dennis Lillee
6 Waqar Younis
5 Imran Khan

We have two battles left, the battle for third and the battle for first.

Grand Final, first place battle

Richard Hadlee vs Malcolm Marshall

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Grand final, third place battle

Glenn McGrath vs Curtly Ambrose

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Curtly Ambrose
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Please vote for one player from each battle.

The winner will be called in one weeks time.

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