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Old 24-09-2005, 11:48 PM in reply to Ernest's post "When was the last time Australia had a..."
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These are the main spin bowlers that had some sort of career in Tests. Usually the careers amounted to less than 20 Test matches. Greg Mathews was the exception because he was a very useful all-rounder with a batting average above 40. Most spinners selected could make some useful lower order runs which helped but Australia relied on their pacemen to take the bulk of the wickets. If you stack Warnes record against those spinners they look positively ordinary by comparison. Stuart MacGill, with his limited opportunities, has still managed to play many more Test matches than most of these names. So far he has played 33 matches - the same number as Greg Mathews.

Legbreak googly
Bob Holland
Peter Sleep
Trevor Hohns
Jim Higgs

Right-arm offbreak
Greg Matthews
Peter Taylor
Gavin Robertson
Ashley Mallett
Tim May
Colin Miller
Bruce Yardley

Slow left-arm orthodox
Darren Lehmann
Tom Hogan
Allan Border
Ray Bright
Last edited by Mike : 25-09-2005 at 02:27 AM.