Greatest leg spinners by Test nation

Australia: Shane Warne/Clarrie Grimmet
England: Ian Peebles/Walter Robins
Pakistan: Abdul Qadir
India: Chandrasekhar/Kumble
South Africa: Paul Adams
New Zealand: ????
Sri Lanka: Somachandra De Silva/Ajantha Mendis
West Indies: Dinanath Ramnarine


A brief apology to Ian Salisbury who unfortunately did not make the cut - based on reasons beyond me.

Australia: Bill O'Reilly
England: Tich Freeman
Pakistan: Abdul Qadir
India: Fergie Gupte
South Africa: Aubrey Faulkner/Bert Vogler
New Zealand: Jack Alabaster
Sri Lanka: Somachandra De Silva
West Indies: Dinanath Ramnarine/Wilf Ferguson
Zimbabwe: Paul Strang

Tich Freeman was about 5 foot 2 wasn't he?

A foot shorter than O'Reilly by my calculations.


They don't make them like that anymore...

It took a judicious breeding combined with a heavy culling program but there are now no short people in the human population.

Oh you.


I'm not sure if we've discussed this, but are the stocks of legspinners healthy in the countries which regularly produced spinners of this kind? (The Indias, Australias, Pakistans)

Seems not a lot has change in regards to countries which don't necessarily produce leggys by the bagful - England, SAF, NZ & WI.

What is going on?

Great Leg Spinners:

Shane Warne
The Rest.

West Indies: David Holford (at least he could bat, and he was very close to greatness)
New Zealand: Clarrie Grimmett

Windies: Rawl Lewis
NZ: Brooke Walker
Eng: Ian Salisbury
Aust: Bryce McGain

Youngest and Greatest Leg Spinners

Australia: Cameron White
England: Adil Rashid/William Beer
India: Piyush Chawla
Pakistan: Danish Kaneria
South Africa: JP Duminy
West Indies: Gavin Wallace

England: Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet

Merlin wrote:England: Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet

Local lad?

DJ_Smerk wrote:

Merlin wrote:England: Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet

Local lad?

Local'ish .... Eton; Oxford; Middlesex CCC; England.
Invented the googly ... which of course you already knew about... right?!

DJ_Smerk wrote:Youngest and Greatest Leg Spinners

Australia: Cameron White
England: Adil Rashid/William Beer
India: Piyush Chawla
Pakistan: Danish Kaneria
South Africa: JP Duminy
West Indies: Gavin Wallace

Thought he was an offie but could be wrong.

Merlin wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:

Merlin wrote:England: Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet

Local lad?

Local'ish .... Eton; Oxford; Middlesex CCC; England.
Invented the googly ... which of course you already knew about... right?!

Experience holds you above me in that regard, Merls.

Red wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:Youngest and Greatest Leg Spinners

Australia: Cameron White
England: Adil Rashid/William Beer
India: Piyush Chawla
Pakistan: Danish Kaneria
South Africa: JP Duminy
West Indies: Gavin Wallace

Thought he was an offie but could be wrong.

Strange but true, Red. I always had him down for bowling leggies because he was more effective than Harris. Now I realise that a lot of people can bowl with more venom and guile than Paul Harris.