Fast Bowler Survival - 2020 edition

[Gowza]

Tony gray

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Tony gray

Excellent call this

 

[Starfighter]

Nominate Gubby Allen, Ernie Toshack, Arthur Fielder, Frank Foster.

Considering we're going as far as nominating Tony Gray I think that Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle, Michael Kasprowicz, Paul Reiffel, Neil Hawke, Allan Connolly are worth a shout too.

 

[ataraxia]

Billy Bates and Billy Barnes if we're going this far

 

[Starfighter]

Billy Bates and Billy Barnes if we're going this far

Bates was an off spinner.

 

[ataraxia]

Bates was an off spinner.

Yeah, I get confused.

 

[Victor Ian]

Bates was an off spinner.

What about his father?

 

[trundler]

What about his father?

Was the headmaster of a school..

 

[stephen]

Ok I'll kick off the voting when I get a chance.

Thanks for the nominations.

Due to the number of nominations, the first round will be about cutting the numbers down to the top 64.

Each subsequent round will eliminate half the remaining bowlers.

There will be both a winners final and a losers final to determine the top 4 places.

 

[Kirkut]

Andrew Flintoff and Mohammed Shami

 

[stephen]

I am about to start a thread for the first group stage. I will post the results of each round of voting in this thread. Follow and comment in this thread about the results of each round of votes. Post your votes in the voting thread(s).

 

[stephen]

Group A and B Results

The votes have been counted, the results are in. Without further Adeiu, the following bowlers made it to the round of 64:

Group A

Malcolm Marshall
Peter Pollock
Harold Larwood
Frank Tyson
Wes Hall
Charlie Turner
Vernon Philander
Colin Croft

Group B

Richard Hadlee
Allan Donald
Andy Roberts
James Anderson
Mike Procter
Fazal Mahmood
Ian Botham
Ted McDonald

Here are the full results from the two groups, with the average ranking of the player next to them:

Malcolm Marshall	1
Peter Pollock	4.75
Harold Larwood	4.833333333
Frank Tyson	4.916666667
Wes Hall	5.25
Charlie Turner	5.75
Vernon Philander	6.583333333
Colin Croft	7
Ryan Harris	8.333333333
Tom Richardson	8.5
Ernie Toshack	10.33333333
Tony Gray	11.75
Arthur Fielder	12
	
	
	
Richard Hadlee	1.083333333
Allan Donald	2.166666667
Andy Roberts	3.083333333
James Anderson	5.166666667
Mike Procter	5.666666667
Fazal Mahmood	6.25
Ian Botham	6.5
Ted McDonald	9.166666667
Charlie Griffith	9.416666667
Kemar Roach	9.75
Geoff Lawson	10.33333333
John Lever	10.58333333
Mohammad Abbas	11.83333333

 

[stephen]

Seriously, how TF did Ted McDonald get through ahead of Charlie Griffith or Kemar Roach?

 

[NotMcKenzie]

How could one refuse such a beautiful bowling action?


Particularly compared to Griffith's.

 

[stephen]

Group C and D Results

Group C

Glenn McGrath
Dale Steyn
Alan Davidson
Shaun Pollock
Alec Bedser
Bill Johnston
Mitchell Johnson
Manny Martindale

Group D

Curtly Ambrose
Ray Lindwall
Frederick Spofforth
Keith Miller
Maurice Tate
Neil Wagner
Mitchell Starc
Morné Morkel

Here are the full results from the two groups, with the average ranking of the player next to them:

Glenn McGrath	1.111111111
Dale Steyn	1.888888889
Alan Davidson	3
Shaun Pollock	5.111111111
Alec Bedser	5.333333333
Bill Johnston	5.888888889
Mitchell Johnson	6.777777778
Manny Martindale	8
Gubby Allen	9.111111111
Rodney Hogg	9.777777778
Patrick Patterson	11.33333333
Peter Lever	11.66666667
Graham Dilley	12

Curtly Ambrose	1
Ray Lindwall	2
Frederick Spofforth	3.777777778
Keith Miller	3.888888889
Maurice Tate	5.222222222
Neil Wagner	6.666666667
Mitchell Starc	7.555555556
Morné Morkel	7.666666667
Makhaya Ntini	9.666666667
Bruce Taylor	10.11111111
Chris Old	10.33333333
Jasprit Bumrah	10.77777778
Eddie Barlow	12.33333333

 

[stephen]

Personally I always rated Ntini higher than Morkel, so it's a bit sad seeing Ntini edged out by Morkel.

But the shock of the round for me is that Hogg was comprehensively eliminated.

Also, Alan Davidson was ranked at number 3 by every voter in his group. Similarly Ambrose and Lindwall were voted 1 and 2 respectively by everyone in Group D.

 

[stephen]

given Nissar is in I'll toss a nom to Amar Singh. Also Vince van der Bijl, Makhaya Ntini, Morné Morkel, Kemar Roach, Merv Hughes

Due to the numbers involved I've decided to disqualify van der Bijl as he never played tests.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Personally I always rated Ntini higher than Morkel, so it's a bit sad seeing Ntini edged out by Morkel.

But the shock of the round for me is that Hogg was comprehensively eliminated.

Also, Alan Davidson was ranked at number 3 by every voter in his group. Similarly Ambrose and Lindwall were voted 1 and 2 respectively by everyone in Group D.

Morkel edging Ntini out is a surprise for me

 

[Starfighter]

Stephen, there's no excuse as this stage to keep writing 'Curly Ambrose'.

 

[stephen]

Stephen, there's no excuse as this stage to keep writing 'Curly Ambrose'.

Oh my... I had no idea. Copy paste issue from 10 years ago.