The Second Greatest Off Spinner Ever?

[Goughy]

Yeah, it seems funny, he was even ignored for their ATXI by Cricinfo where they had both Barnes and Underwood in the team. Sheer waste of variety. Laker would have been a far better choice. There seems to be some doubt over him, what I can't quite figure out. His stats are incredible for a spinner 193 wickets @ 21 and SR of 62.

Appleyard was given the off spinners spot in the Living Legends. I honestly don't know the answer for sure but there are enough who were around at the time who thought Laker was the third best spinner from Yorkshire of the era let alone an England all time selection.

 

[fredfertang]

Athol Rowan well worth a shout, for reasons I will explain in a forthcoming feature

 

[Burgey]

Can we exclude bowlers who give people the overriding impression that they're chucking it?

Hahahahahahaha.

Re the OP, it's probably Murali. His record in Australia is pitiful, so he couldn't possibly be considered the best offie of all time.

 

[harsh.ag]

Hahahahahahaha.

Re the OP, it's probably Murali. His record in Australia is pitiful, so he couldn't possibly be considered the best offie of all time.

Cool.. So who is better than Murali then?

 

[Daemon]

god off-spinners suck

AWTA.

swing > seam > all out pace > leg spin > part time mediums > off spin > not bowling > throwing

 

[Maximas]

AWTA.

swing > seam > all out pace > leg spin > part time mediums > off spin > not bowling > throwing > Daemon

Fixed

 

[Daemon]

Sometimes I feel as though the whole forum is against me.

 

[Flem274*]

Jono's apprentice.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I am sorry but Muralitharan was not in the poll so can't vote

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Swann-eh

 

[Himannv]

Ramnaresh Sarwan

 

[Cabinet96]

AWTA.

swing > seam > all out pace > leg spin > part time mediums > off spin > not bowling > throwing

Man in your avatar apart though, obvs.

 

[watson]

Athol Rowan well worth a shout, for reasons I will explain in a forthcoming feature

His list of 'wickets taken' is interesting - the top 3 are Hutton (11), Washbrook (5), and Compton (5). Not bad at all;

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