Battle of the Best Bowling Action

[Zinzan]

Just put Lillee and Botham through now. Save the time.

Haha, it's not that comprehensive quite yet A couple have voted Lillee & Botham lower.

 

[The Sean]

DKL


Botham





The other two ( don't care, give them 1.5 each)

 

[Prince EWS]

Boje
Lillee
Botham
Klusener

I don't actually think Boje had a better looking action than Lillee but it's a bit of tactical voting, lets say.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Lillee
Beefy
Bodge
Zulu

Lillee's gather the finest ever, IMHO. Poetry in, in a very real sense, motion.

 

[fredfertang]

Lillee

Botham

Boje/Klusener

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Lillee
Beefy
Klusener
Boje

 

[doesitmatter]

Lillee..One of the greatest intimidating actions ever and that stop and stare..

 

[zaremba]

Botham
Lillee
...
Boje
Lars Porsena of Clusium

 

[wellAlbidarned]

DKL


Botham





The other two ( don't care, give them 1.5 each)

Botham only gets 1 point if you do that. Correct me if I'm wrong, zinzan

 

[Zinzan]

Botham only gets 1 point if you do that. Correct me if I'm wrong, zinzan

You're correct

 

[Zinzan]

And the winners & through to the next round are......



Total points:
Lillee - 34 points
Botham - 27
Boje - 19
Kluesner - 13


Dennis Lillee

&

Ian Botham

Boje & Kluesner eliminated

 

[thierry henry]

Did Lillee's action get more aesthetically pleasing as he got older and bowled slower? It looks a bit rushed with less of a jump in the early 70s.

 

[Zinzan]

Round 1 BATTLE 14; Rank 1 through 4 (from best to worst), two to be eliminated..

James Pattinson



Zaheer Khan v James Pattinson 1st Test MCG 2011 - YouTube

Shane Warne

Shane Warne - 6 for 34 Australia v South Africa at Sydney 1997 - YouTube

Courtney Walsh

Courney Walsh vs Mike Atherton - all 17 test dismissals in order- SUPERB BOWLING! - YouTube

Carl Hooper


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWYOK_BKeSY

 

[thierry henry]

Pattinson
Warne
Hooper
Walsh

Love Patto's action

 

[BoyBrumby]

Warne
Walsh
Pattinson
Hooper

Warne had pretty much the perfect action for leg-breaks and Courtney had a wonderful, rangy, loose-limbed elegance about him.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Warne's action was beautiful but I definitely wouldn't say it's the model leg-break action for kids. Relies on sheer power through the shoulder and wrist, MacGill utilised run-up speed much better.

Regardless,
Warne
Patto
Walsh
Hooper

 

[CricAddict]

Warne
Walsh
Pattinson
Hooper

Warne had pretty much the perfect action for leg-breaks and Courtney had a wonderful, rangy, loose-limbed elegance about him.

This.

 

[smash84]

Walsh
Warne
Pattinson
Hooper

 

[The Sean]

DKL


Botham





The other two ( don't care, give them 1.5 each)

Botham only gets 1 point if you do that. Correct me if I'm wrong, zinzan

You're correct

I realise the battle is over and it doesn't really matter, but this makes no sense to me - I was giving 4 points to Lillee, 3 to Botham and 1.5 each to the other two.

 

[Zinzan]

I realise the battle is over and it doesn't really matter, but this makes no sense to me - I was giving 4 points to Lillee, 3 to Botham and 1.5 each to the other two.

Yeah 1.5 each is fine and makes sense. I wasn't sure that's what you were implying. It's still allocating 10 points across 4 players, so all good.