Best "Every other bowler," thread.

[smssia0112]

Best spinner is obviously Shane Warne, certainly the greatest spinner of all time.

Fast Medium would be McGrath in that era, Pollock also has a good claim.

For the record, Brad Hogg is a fringe player in the WA first class side, he is a one day specialist only.

 

[Hooper]

Its unfortunate he never bowled it in matches.

Lol, I meant Left Arm - It was 6:30 in the morning when I wrote that

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I was choosing from current players. Thats why I excluded many.

 

[Insomniac]

Spinner; Murali. Find me any spinner who's still playing that's better than him and i'll kiss you.

Fast Medium; Stuart Clark. He's bowling like McGrath in his pomp. I would have picked Asif but he's a dirty drug cheat and they don't deserve any mention whatsoever as they are disgraces to sport.

Medium; Tom Smith. Because he plays for Lancs.

Chinaman; Brad Hogg, because there's hardly any out there and no one can pick his wrong 'un.

You're free to have your own opinions, but this thread is about picking your best bowlers, not ambushing somebody you think took drugs.

 

[Will_NA]

You're free to have your own opinions, but this thread is about picking your best bowlers, not ambushing somebody you think took drugs.

He knows he took drugs.

 

[Insomniac]

He knows he took drugs.

Fair enough, but why mention it in this thread? What purpose does that statement have in this thread? Answer that.

 

[Will_NA]

Fair enough, but why mention it in this thread? What purpose does that statement have in this thread? Answer that.

I didn't make the statement.

Matt just believes that someone who took illegal drugs doesn't deserve to be hailed as one of the World's best bowlers.

 

[RoboRocks]

Ok calm down.
This not the thread to have this drugs arguement again.

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Fair enough, but why mention it in this thread? What purpose does that statement have in this thread? Answer that.

They're using it to qualify their reason for not selecting various players, even though they may be near the best in their field. In many peoples eyes the fact he resorted to chemical help (regardless of the reason - ignorance is not a valid defence) cheapens what he has or may achieve in the game.

I think it also shows the ever growing repulsion at the use of drugs in sport and the fact that it's less tolerated (at least) by the general public than in previous times.

However, as my esteemed colleague has mentioned this really isn't the place for a debate on drugs in sport.

 

[Insomniac]

They're using it to qualify their reason for not selecting various players, even though they may be near the best in their field. In many peoples eyes the fact he resorted to chemical help (regardless of the reason - ignorance is not a valid defence) cheapens what he has or may achieve in the game.

I think it also shows the ever growing repulsion at the use of drugs in sport and the fact that it's less tolerated (at least) by the general public than in previous times.

However, as my esteemed colleague has mentioned this really isn't the place for a debate on drugs in sport.

But what I wonder is Shane Warne also took drugs, but hes a legend. (Well, he stopped in the end)

 

[angryangy]

Ok, thread is broke.

In the off chance that the tangent is removed and thread is un-broked, I'd like to say Darren Sammy was comprehensively medium pace (about 75 mph according to the broadcast) when he ran through England in June. 7/66 is numerically the best innings bowling so far this year.

 

[irottev]

Warne, McGrath

 

[legspinner@fred]

In the off chance that the tangent is removed and thread is un-broked, I'd like to say Darren Sammy was comprehensively medium pace (about 75 mph according to the broadcast) when he ran through England in June. 7/66 is numerically the best innings bowling so far this year.

Taking the wickets of every tail ender, in a situation where England should of declared.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Actually no, Andrew Symonds

Steve Waugh used to be actually an all rounder in the first 5-10 years of his career. He used to bowl at the death and won many matches off his bowling.

Mat  	Balls  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	4  	5  	10
Tests 	168 	7805 	3445 	92 	5/28 	8/169 	37.44 	2.64 	84.83 	4 	3 	0
ODIs 	325 	8883 	6761 	195 	4/33 	4/33 	34.67 	4.56 	45.55 	3 	0 	0

 

[evertonfan]

Nevertheless, 7 wickets is 7 wickets.

You're free to have your own opinions, but this thread is about picking your best bowlers, not ambushing somebody you think took drugs.

I'm giving my reasons for not picking him which I think are fair enough. If you have a problem, go sue.