Cricketweb decides the best bowler ever, another contest. Nominations thread

[Coronis]

Spinners underrated if only Warne and Murali are getting nom'd.

 

[indiaholic]

Maybe yeah.. Had that feeling when I made up my list. But don't know who to leave out..

 

[mr_mister]

we've had 9 people put in legitimate nominations so far. Only one bowler has featured in all 9 of those and is one away from being #1 seed.

 

[mr_mister]

Spinners underrated if only Warne and Murali are getting nom'd.

honestly the only two I expect to make the top 16 seeds. O'Reilly will just miss out

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Hadlee
Imran
Lillee
Marshall
McGrath
Ambrose
Wasim
Warne
Murali
Barnes

 

[cnerd123]

Spinners underrated if only Warne and Murali are getting nom'd.

Given a typical bowling attack usually has 3 quicks and 1 spinners, it's unsurprising for a top 10 list to have just 2-3 spinners in it. Lot of people picking O'Reilly as the third spinner after Murali and Warne. Makes sense IMO.

 

[mr_mister]

Qualified:

Hadlee (1st seed)

 

[marc71178]

Seeding is bollocks, should just be a free for all. If someone is the best then they'll win through no matter who they draw.

 

[mr_mister]

i dunno. say warne vs murali happens round 1 if we randomise it and a bunch of other big names run into each other before they're 'meant to'. you'll end up with an overachiever with a lucky draw making the final against someone who will destroy him

people were complaining about lara vsing sachin in the quarters and viv vsing grace in the final 16 in the other thread

 

[cnerd123]

I think it's more fun without seedings tbh. Lets get those big battles done early - it's gonna happen sooner or later. It's not like Murali would be Warne then lose to a 'lesser' bowler in the later stages anyways.

 

[mr_mister]

alright well, it'll make my job easier then sorting out the seeds. marshall and murali are both on 9 noms and if they both get nominated by the next dude there's already controversy in separating them..

so im for it if nobody objects. will make some interesting matches and prevent round 1 being 32 matches of 30-0

edit - also, bowlers are generally pretty hard to split compared to batsman, far more variables when you think about it. so maybe seeding is a little silly since we're getting 64 ATG bowlers anyway in here(or close to ATG)

 

[Camo999]

Lillee
Ambrose
Spofforth
Warne
Murali
Roberts
Barnes
O'Reilly
Imran
Wasim

 

[jaideep]

McGrath
Marshall
Barnes
Warne
Murali
Steyn
Ambrose
Hadlee
Holding
Garner

 

[OverratedSanity]

Garner not getting enough noms

 

[mr_mister]

Since we're doing away with seedings(or at least my method for seedings.... and probably seedings entirely) I'm lowering the noms required to 8 since there's 64 places to fill.


Qualified:

Hadlee
Murali
Marshall
Warne
Ambrose
McGrath
Barnes
Wasim
Lillee
Imran



O'Reilly needs 1 more, the rest need at least 2

 

[The Sean]

Leaving out everyone already qualified:

Bill O'Reilly
Dale Steyn
Fred Trueman
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Waqar Younis
Alan Davidson
George Lohmann
Clarrie Grimmett
Fred Spofforth

 

[kyear2]

Qualified:

Hadlee (1st seed)

Hence my.original.point on how your list intentionally or otherwise has influenced the seedings.

 

[mr_mister]

well the seedings are gone

 

[kyear2]

Should be seeding though. Even if just 8. Can't determine the top 8 or 4 legitimately (as we did with the batsmen) without some seeding.

 

[cnerd123]

Should be seeding though. Even if just 8. Can't determine the top 8 or 4 legitimately (as we did with the batsmen) without some seeding.

Could always announce the frist 8 to be nominated as the 'unofficial top 8' and just carry on the polls as unseeded.