Cricketweb decides the greatest bowler ever in a 64 player bracket. Contest thread.

[mr_mister]

thanks Victor

 

[Hurricane]

Id prefer people just take a stab and go with one in these scenarios instead of abstaining

Then I would be flipping a coin in some instances, There was a period of my life where I lived overseas and didn't follow cricket as it wasn't on TV.

 

[mr_mister]

read up on them on cricinfo lol. I haven't seen footage of half of these players beyond a ball or two

 

[Coronis]

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan

Division 2

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly

Division 3

Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi

Division 4

Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham

Division 5

Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate vs Subhash Gupte

 

[AndrewB]

Round 1:

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan

Division 2

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly

Division 3

Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi

Division 4

Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham

Division 5

Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8
Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate vs Subhash Gupte

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan

Division 2

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly

Division 3

Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi

Division 4

Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham

Division 5

Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate vs Subhash Gupte


Where's Sobers?

 

[fredfertang]

Division 1


Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan


Division 2


Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly


Division 3


Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi


Division 4


Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham


Division 5


Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath


Division 6


Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner


Division 7


Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes


Division 8
Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate vs Subhash Gupte

 

[mr_mister]

Lillian were you serious about Sobers? I'm curious as I hear people say his bowling was overrated here

After a bit of consideration I'm thinking Wilfred Rhodes should have made the cut, that's a regret of mine

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Lillian were you serious about Sobers? I'm curious as I hear people say his bowling was overrated here

Not entirely. Although I do think he was a better bowler than some in the list. Probably best not to go there for the sake of the thread.

 

[ankitj]

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar
Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee
Imran Khan

Division 2

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Bill O'Reilly

Division 3

Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose
Bishan Bedi

Division 4

Derek Underwood
Neil Adcock
Bob Willis
Hedley Verity

Division 5

Colin Croft
Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

Division 6

Jim Laker
Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald
Joel Garner

Division 7

Alan Davidson
Keith Miller
Wasim Akram
Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Hugh Tayfield
Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn
Subhash Gupte

 

[mr_mister]

Ok, I'm closing in ~5 hours

Also, I only counted scores for the close matches. The blowouts are still blowouts.

So these matches still hang in the balance. No other match is within 8 points, Underwood and Bedi pulled away in their's

Shoaib leads Bond 18-12
Benaud leads Tyson 16-13
Thomson leads Croft 15-14
Davidson leads Bedser 17-12
Tayfield tying Snow 15-15
Tate leads Gupte 17-12


After talking up how similar Shane Bond and Shoaib Akhtar were, I just learnt they are born about 2 months apart as well ha

 

[CricAddict]

Shane Bond
Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee
Imran Khan

Harold Larwood
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Bill O'Reilly

Richie Benaud
Fred Trueman
Curtley Ambrose
Bishan Bedi

Anil Kumble
Charlie Turner
Bob Willis
Brian Statham

Jeff Thomson
Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

Jim Laker
Fazal Mahmood
Alan Donald
Joel Garner

Alan Davidson
Keith Miller
Wasim Akram
Sydney Barnes

Hugh Tayfield
Muttiah Muralitharan
Dale Steyn
Subhash Gupte

 

[watson]

Don't seem right that England's most iconic fast bowler of the modern era is trailing an off-spinner.

 

[cnerd123]

One of the ATG offspinners tho; arguably South Africa's best ever spinner

 

[mr_mister]

is there even an argument for Tayfield not being SA's best spinner?

I mean Boje was great and all

 

[cnerd123]

is there even an argument for Tayfield not being SA's best spinner?

I mean Boje was great and all

I used 'arguably' instead of making a definite statement as I could totally see someone like Aussie hop in here and try and debate the case of someone like Paul Adams, and I just didn't want to get into that lol.

 

[viriya]

This might sound ridiculous but there's even an argument that Tayfield was the best bowler of the 50s..

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Division 1

Shoaib Akhtar vs Shane Bond
Bert Ironmonger vs Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee vs Shaun Pollock
Ray Lindwall vs Imran Khan

Division 2

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar vs Harold Larwood
Shane Warne vs Wes Hall
Dennis Lillee vs George Lohmann
Mike Procter vs Bill O'Reilly

Division 3

Richie Benaud vs Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman vs Clarrie Grimmett
Johnny Briggs vs Curtley Ambrose
Erapalli Prasanna vs Bishan Bedi

Division 4

Anil Kumble vs Derek Underwood
Charlie Turner vs Neil Adcock
Jason Gillespie vs Bob Willis
Hedley Verity vs Brian Statham

Division 5

Colin Croft vs Jeff Thomson
Andy Roberts vs Waqar Younis
Malcolm Marshall vs Jimmy Anderson
Fred Spofforth vs Glenn McGrath

Division 6

Jim Laker vs Abdul Qadir
Hugh Trumble vs Fazal Mahmood
Peter Pollock vs Alan Donald
Ian Botham vs Joel Garner

Division 7

Alan Davidson vs Alec Bedser
Mohammad Asif vs Keith Miller
Wasim Akram vs Michael Holding
Courtney Walsh vs Sydney Barnes

Division 8

Hugh Tayfield vs John Snow
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Arthur Mailey
Ian Bishop vs Dale Steyn
Maurice Tate Vs Subhash Gupte

 

[viriya]

Arthur Mailey > Muttiah Muralitharan clearly

 

[cnerd123]

Arthur Mailey > Muttiah Muralitharan clearly

Dude can we not please. He's winning the overall vote. Just let it go.