Best players of spin bowling
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Topic: Best players of spin bowling
Posted By: kirankri
Subject: Best players of spin bowling
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:24am
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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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Posted By: canadiancricket
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:34am
| I would say Andy Flower of Zimbabwe. |
Posted By: cricketluva
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 10:49am
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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. ------------- See you later Gilly! Thanks for the memories! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 5:40pm
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For me, the three greatest players of spin I have seen are Lara, Tendulkar and Dada. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: joelza1990
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 2:55am
| Tendulkar, Lara, Steve Waugh, VVS Laxman, Darren Lehmann |
Posted By: kirankri
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 6:16am
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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Posted By: cricketluva
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 10:59am
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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. ------------- See you later Gilly! Thanks for the memories! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 11:10am
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From whatever i have seen i go for
1. Lara
2. Inzi
3. Sachin
4. Flower
5. Kiristen
6. Saeed ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: geeks99
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 11:12am
Any Indian batsman  against any spin bowler in the world on any surface.------------- huh , so what , That dosen't impress me much !! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 11:24am
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You mean ganguly at kenedy against Murali?? ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 4:09pm
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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? ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: TKORL
Date Posted: 24 February 2008 at 5:05am
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Inzi over Sachin on anything involving batting? haha.
VVS, Sachin, Lara. |
Posted By: joelza1990
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:28am
Yuvraj Singh makes a dogs breakfast of spin bowling |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 3:47pm
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Yuvi doesn't play slow bowling as good as the other Indians. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: samhache
Date Posted: 05 March 2008 at 1:16am
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I think Michael Clarke has been heralded as a good player of spin...? ------------- Warriors!! |
Posted By: BackFoot Master
Date Posted: 05 March 2008 at 11:33pm
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I will have go with sachin Tendulkar on this one since Lara has given up his crown. ------------- August 16th 2009, my team Youth Combine was crowned CHAMPION once more |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date Posted: 17 November 2009 at 7:01am
| Yes Tendulkar now and before Lara. Clarke is good too. Also Mohammed Yousaf rates a mention possibly. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date 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. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: punterrulz
Date 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! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 4:26pm
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I guess we'll never know Punterrulz. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 12:46am
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Bradman? Sobers? Headley? Pollock?
------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 5:59am
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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!) ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 November 2009 at 1:27pm
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Ponting only shone in one test Sam, he hasn't performed in India in tests - played very well in the ODI's. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |