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All time Ashes XI: Bowler.

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Pick a bowler to join Lillee, McGrath, Warne and Botham/Miller.

Poll ended at Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:29 pm

Fred Spofforth
0
No votes
Terry Alderman
1
8%
Sydney (SF) Barnes
0
No votes
Ray Lindwall
0
No votes
Alan Davidson
0
No votes
Bobby Peel
1
8%
Hugh Trumble
0
No votes
Jim Laker
2
17%
Bill O'Reilly
0
No votes
Derek Underwood
0
No votes
Fred Trueman
3
25%
Bill Johnston
0
No votes
Jeff Thomson
1
8%
John Snow
1
8%
Bob Willis
3
25%
 
Total votes : 12

Re: All time Ashes XI: Bowler.

Postby Aidan11 » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:01 pm

Decided it had to be Bob Willis.
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Re: All time Ashes XI: Bowler.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:01 pm

Anderson's record is pretty average in the Ashes, especially if you separate his one good series. Harris hasn't got that many wickets, and his average is only about the same as others who have more. Like a few players, I thought he was very arguably one of the best 15 options, but unlikely to make the team.
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Re: All time Ashes XI: Bowler.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:26 am

Looks like we have a tie between Fred and Bob. Their records are similar in Ashes cricket, in terms of average and SR. Bob has the legend of Headingley 81 in his favour, but in regard to the vote, I'll pick Fred because he got a lot of votes in the previous fast bowler ballot.

Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Bradman
Border*
Waugh
Botham
Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
Trueman
McGrath.

Based on the vote, the touring party includes:
Hutton
Barrington
Miller
Knott
Willis
Laker.

If the XI is 7-4 to the Aussies, the back up is mostly English.

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