2024 Ranking of Bowlers Poll

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Waqar
Adcock
Holding

 

[Slifer]

Holding
Lindwall
Waqar

 

[capt_Luffy]

Holding
Lindwall
Davidson

 

[honestbharani]

Ashwin
Pollock
Holding

 

[ankitj]

Waqar
Holding
Davidson

 

[Pothas]

Waqar
Davidson
Holding

 

[Majestic]

Ashwin
Kumble
Jadeja

 

[howitzer]

Lindwall
Davidson
Verity

 

[Bitmap]

Lindwall
Holding
Davidson

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Getting harder to separate several players at this point.

Lindwall
Waqar
Verity

 

[shortpitched713]

S. Pollock
Ashwin
Philander

 

[ma1978]

Ashwin
Holding
Lindwall

 

[Nintendo]

Ashwin
Davidson
Waqar

 

[Line and Length]

Time to count the votes for places 16 - 18.
We actually have a tie so I'm using a different countback system, Often the 3 votes are counted (in this case they are equal) but I'm giving it to the player who most members have voted for. In this case Lindwall just edges out Waqar Younis with Holding taking the third spot. This sees Waqar jumping ahead of Holding on the 2022 poll.
26 - Lindwall, Waqar Younis; 24 - Holding; 19 - Ashwin; 18 - Davidson; 7 - S.Pollock; 5 - Cummins; 4 - Laker; 2 - Adcock, Kumble, Verity;
1 - Jadeja, Philander.
Good to see a few current players polling as well as more spinners beginning to appear.
As @Red_Ink_Squid pointed out, it's getting harder to separate players at this stage. I introduced the 3,2,1 system as I realised it was going to be hard to separate highly ranked players when voters were simply giving 3 names (eg Marshall and McGrath would probably appear on nearly every voters' top 3). However, we are at a stage where it might be easier for all concerned to simply nominate the next 3 bowlers you would have on the list (ie revert to a simple vote count). Any objections can be lodged on the recently opened debate site to discuss this poll. I can then consider continuing 3,2,1
Voting for positions 19-21 is now open.

	* = Current player	Tests	Wickets	Average	S.R.	E.R.	WPM
1	M.Marshall	81	376	20.95	46.77	2.69	4.64
2	G.McGrath	124	563	21.64	51.95	2.50	4.54
3	R.Hadlee	86	431	22.30	50.85	2.63	5.01
4	M.Muralitharan	133	800	22.73	55.05	2.48	6.02
5	S. Warne	145	708	25.42	57.49	2.65	4.89
6	Dale Steyn	93	439	22.95	42.39	3.25	4.72
7	C.Ambrose	98	405	20.99	54.85	2.31	4.13
8	Imran Khan	88	362	22.81	53.75	2.55	4.11
9	S.F.Barnes	27	189	16.43	41.66	2.37	7.00
10	B.O'Reilly	27	144	22.60	69.61	1.95	5.33
11	Wasim Akram	104	414	23.62	54.65	2.59	3.98
12	D.Lillee	70	355	23.92	52.02	2.76	5.07
13	A.Donald	72	330	22.25	47.03	2.84	4.58
14	F.Trueman	67	307	21.58	49.44	2.62	4.58
15	J.Garner	58	259	20.98	50.85	2.48	4.47
16	R.Lindwall	61	228	23.03	59.87	2.31	3.74
17	Waqar Younis	87	373	23.56	43.50	3.25	4.29
18	M.Holding	60	249	23.69	50.92	2.79	4.15

 

[Line and Length]

Laker
Verity
Davidson

 

[ma1978]

Post removed

 

[Xix2565]

Ashwin
Cummins
S. Pollock

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Ashwin
Cummins
Davidson

 

[CricAddict]

Ashwin
Pollock
Walsh

 

[Spark]

3-2-1 is good enough for the Brownlow so it's good enough here too imo. The countback is a good enough fallback.