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CW's Ranking of Spinners (Tests)

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Cricketer Of The Year
No votes for 3 days but there are enough in to declare Stuart MacGill the next spinner on the list:

Lock 1
Qadir 2
MacGill 8
Harbhajan 2
Vincent 1

The List
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Shane Warne
3. Bill O'Reilly
4. Jim Laker
5. Clarrie Grimmett
6. Hedley Verity
7. Hugh Tayfield
8. Anil Kumble
9. Derek Underwood
10. Lance Gibbs
11. Ravichandran Ashwin
12. Richie Benaud
13. Rangana Herath
14. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
15. Bishen Bedi
16. Nathan Lyon
17. Saqlain Mushtaq
18. Graeme Swann
19. Ravindra Jadeja
20. Subhash Gupte
21. Hugh Trumble
22. Wilfred Rhodes
23. Colin Blythe
24. Johnny Wardle
25. Sonny Ramadhin
26. Erapally Prasanna
27. Stuart MacGill

With just 3 spots remaining in our top 30, there are still plenty of contenders (Qadir, Harbhajan, Briggs, Valentine etc have all attracted votes before) so get voting for the 28th spot.
 

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Cricketer Of The Year
I'll change my vote to Appleyard seeing as a chucker (ie Lock) can't make it. Appleyard was a fine cricketer whose career was ruined by illness and injury.
 

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