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Sunil Gavaskar

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Not the most timely or diplomatic of statements but a rational one. Murali wasn't a chucker- he could rotate his wrist to an abnormal and freakish degree and so impart greater turn and also turn it both ways.
 
Lesser players than Murali have served bans for a "suspicious" action.Back in my younger days Geoff Cope of Yorkshire and England had at least one such ban .There has been several more in the modern era . Murali definitely stood out more.I'll never be convinced he wasn't over the regulation rotation etc on many occasions.
 
Mr Redknapp said:
He's entitled to his opinion but Murali will always have a cloud over his head about his action.... he chucked it ;)
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I’m not necessarily bothered about his action, but considering he played over half of his cricket on pitches that were more suited to spinners than quicks I always factor that in to my thinking when considering who the best is/was.

For me, Warne was the best spinner the world has ever had, but I wouldn’t have any issue with anyone saying Murali was.

Where I do take issue, is that complete knacker suggesting ‘Indian spinners’ were better. They just weren’t, at all. Kumble was decent, but not a patch on Warne. At all.
 
Parkside said:
Not the most timely or diplomatic of statements but a rational one. Murali wasn't a chucker- he could rotate his wrist to an abnormal and freakish degree and so impart greater turn and also turn it both ways.
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This is true, as is the fact they changed the amount of degrees a bowlers elbow/arm could flex to prevent him being no balled for chucking
brandon said:
I’m not necessarily bothered about his action, but considering he played over half of his cricket on pitches that were more suited to spinners than quicks I always factor that in to my thinking when considering who the best is/was.

For me, Warne was the best spinner the world has ever had, but I wouldn’t have any issue with anyone saying Murali was.

Where I do take issue, is that complete knacker suggesting ‘Indian spinners’ were better. They just weren’t, at all. Kumble was decent, but not a patch on Warne. At all.
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Add in that murali only had vaas as a wicket taking threat for company.
Warne had mcgrath, lee, mcgill,gillespie
 
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scotch said:
Warne had mcgrath, lee, mcgill,gillespie
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Not sure how many times Warne and McGill will have played in the same side, but an attack of McGrath, Gillespie backed by Lee and Warne was phenomenal.

You'd be praying for the 'weak link' of Lee to be bowling at you at 95 mph, to give you some respite from the others :eek:
 
I appreciate the irony at the start of the article, with Sunny saying he was "speechless" at his passing, then saying, in effect, that he was overrated by the rest of the world.
 
brandon said:
I’m not necessarily bothered about his action, but considering he played over half of his cricket on pitches that were more suited to spinners than quicks I always factor that in to my thinking when considering who the best is/was.

For me, Warne was the best spinner the world has ever had, but I wouldn’t have any issue with anyone saying Murali was.

Where I do take issue, is that complete knacker suggesting ‘Indian spinners’ were better. They just weren’t, at all. Kumble was decent, but not a patch on Warne. At all.
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Spot on, Warne was the best in an era of quality test batting line ups.

How many wrist spinners come and go and look average compared to him. It's unfair to compare imo
 
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