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    Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:24am

There haven't been many players in the world who play spin exceptionally well. Who are the players who impressed you in this regard? To me...

Azharuddin, Tendulkar, Sidhu from India,
Richards and Lara from the WI,
Gooch from England,
Hayden, Dean Jones from Aus,
Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas from Pakistan,
Martin Crowe from NZL,
Desilva from Sri Lanka
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I would say Andy Flower of Zimbabwe. 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote cricketluva Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 January 2008 at 10:49am
You guys are obsessed with Andy Flower -  I saw him play a lot of cricket, he wasn't as GREAT as you make it out to be. In fact he came and played for South Australia over here and was a failure.
 
I would add Michael Clarke and Damien Martyn to the Aussie list.

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For me, the three greatest players of spin I have seen are Lara, Tendulkar and Dada.
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Tendulkar, Lara, Steve Waugh, VVS Laxman, Darren Lehmann
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Post Options Post Options   Quote kirankri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 January 2008 at 6:16am
Originally posted by spin wizard

For me, the three greatest players of spin I have seen are Lara, Tendulkar and Dada.
I agree with you on Lara and Tendulkar. But Dada is not a great player of spin. He generally doesn't get beaten in flight. Uses his feet extremely well. But if the ball is turning, gets beaten for turn.
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The way VVS treated Warne with disdain in 2001 in Kolkata was amazing.
Tendulkar could play any sort of bowling anywhere, and Lara also played Murali and Warne well.

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From whatever i have seen i go for
1. Lara
2. Inzi
3. Sachin
4. Flower
5. Kiristen
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Any Indian batsman Smile against any spin bowler in the world on any surface.
huh , so what , That dosen't impress me much !!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote zuhair_abbasi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 January 2008 at 11:24am
You mean ganguly at kenedy against Murali??
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 January 2008 at 4:09pm
Zuhair, how can you rate Inzi better against spin than Sachin. Have you ever seen the way Sachin treats spinners as if they can't bowl?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote TKORL Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 February 2008 at 5:05am
Inzi over Sachin on anything involving batting? haha.


VVS, Sachin, Lara.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote joelza1990 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:28am
Originally posted by geeks99

Any Indian batsman Smile against any spin bowler in the world on any surface.


Yuvraj Singh makes a dogs breakfast of spin bowling
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 March 2008 at 3:47pm
Yuvi doesn't play slow bowling as good as the other Indians.
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I think Michael Clarke has been heralded as a good player of spin...?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote BackFoot Master Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 March 2008 at 11:33pm
I will have go with sachin Tendulkar on this one since Lara has given up his crown.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote punterrulz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 November 2009 at 7:01am
Yes Tendulkar now and before Lara. Clarke is good too. Also Mohammed Yousaf rates a mention possibly.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 November 2009 at 4:36pm
Ah, finally a thread where Ponting name certainly can't be even in the top 3, such a shame eh Punterrulz.
 
This is why I rate Lara and Tendulkar over Ponting because of their supreme skills against spin bowlers.  Ponting is by far the best player of pace i've seen, no pace ever seems to quick for him but Lara and Tendulkar are way, way better players of spin. 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote punterrulz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 November 2009 at 6:29am
Yes wizard certainly agree. Lara could play spin like no other and not far behind him is tendulkar. Pontings one weakness is against quality spin. Clarke plays spin better then punter. Imagine a player who hooked and pulled like punter, drove like tendy and played spin like lara. Maybe he has already existed, bradman!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:26pm
I guess we'll never know Punterrulz.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote milkman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 November 2009 at 12:46am
Bradman? Sobers? Headley? Pollock?
Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote sam_ahmed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 November 2009 at 5:59am
Ponting may not be the best against Spin but after he was heavily criticized for not having performed in India, I think he did superbly well last year and again this year in the ODI's. Surely he has shown that he is good enough to play India in India, and that is what you expect from a champion batsmen. (I'm still not a big fan of his captaincy though!)
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 November 2009 at 1:27pm
Ponting only shone in one test Sam, he hasn't performed in India in tests - played very well in the ODI's.
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