Who is the best leg spinner after Warne?

[salman85]

Warne is the greatest leg spinner ever.Even if you wear the most biased of glasses,no one can argue against Warne being the best leg spinner the game has ever seen.

But who is the 2nd best?Qadir?Kumble?Anyone else?

Discuss.

 

[morgieb]

O'Reilly's generally considered the 3rd best spinner to play the game.

 

[Slifer]

Bill O'Reilly for me. Tall leggie at decent pace would be hard to handle in ne era

 

[ohnoitsyou]

O'Reilly is considered better than warne by many. Personally I rate them equally with grimmet not too far behind

 

[Jarquis]

Scott Borthwick averages less than all of them tbf

 

[kyear2]

O'Reilly is generally seen as the 3rd best spinner behind Warne and Muralitharan and by some distance so he would rather easily rate as the 2nd best leggie for me.

 

[Jono]

In before Benchy says Macgill.

 

[Maximas]

Smitteh

 

[Coronis]

In order: O'Reilly, Grimmett, MacGill. Interesting how Australia is considered a spinner's graveyard yet we've produced some of the best ever.

 

[ajdude]

Cameron White

 

[benchmark00]

In before Benchy says Macgill.

MacGill > Warne.

This is a battle for third.

 

[Jono]

You've one-upped me again in the MacGill battle.

 

[JBMAC]

O'Reilly, Benaud then Grimmett

 

[harsh.ag]

O'Reilly, Kumble, Grimmett, MacGill, Chandrasekhar, Benaud, Qadir, Gupte, Mushtaq.

 

[Daemon]

Who's the best leggie now?

 

[Zinzan]

In order: O'Reilly, Grimmett, MacGill. Interesting how Australia is considered a spinner's graveyard yet we've produced some of the best ever.

This

 

[harsh.ag]

May sound weird given that he doesn't play but I think Amit Mishra has probably got to get the nod on this one <Best current leggie>.

 

[watson]

O'Reilly wasn't your 'classical' spinner. He was similar to SF Barnes in that he had a unique method of gripping the ball that allowed him to impart spin while bowling at medium pace. In fact O'Reilly, Barnes, DVP Wright and Chandra probably deserve a special category all by themselves due to their special abilities.

As far as 'real' leg-break google bowlers go I think that Mailey, Grimmett, Benaud, Gupte, and Warne are pretty much tied for first place, with Warne perhaps a nose in front because of his longevity. But I certainly don't think that he was any more skillful than his counterparts.

Confused on where to place Abdul Qadir though. Some like Dickie Bird rave about him, but I'm not so sure. I'd probably place him on a par with a bowler like Faulkner or MacGill. Just a rung below.

 

[harsh.ag]

In order: O'Reilly, Grimmett, MacGill. Interesting how Australia is considered a spinner's graveyard yet we've produced some of the best ever.

It is not a graveyard for spinners. That's what I have argued so many times, especially when posters come up with this when they claim how amazing Warne is since he has come up in Australia etc. Warne is probably the only leggie to have such an illustrious history to look back at and get inspiration and advice from - O'Reilly, Grimmett and Benaud. Kumble too had Chandrasekhar and Gupte. Spinners in Australia adapt their bowling likewise to benefit from the local factors like bounce.

 

[morgieb]

Who's the best leggie now?

Tahir. Tough given that all the leading spinners are finger-spinners.