LongHopCassidy
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May well have been discussed before, but let's have a plebiscite anyway.
Leyland's Cricinfo Profile said:If he knew himself to have the measure of the great O'Reilly, who was no paper tiger, he also retained the respect of one master for another. Describing an over of fearsome hostility, he said: "First he bowled me an off-break, then he bowled me a leg-break; then his googly, then a bumper, then one that went with his arm . . . ."
"But that's only five, Maurice. What about the last one ?"
"Oh, that," said Maurice deprecatingly. "That was a straight 'un and it bowled me."
Not sure if serious of VirutheBestWhere's harbhajan Singh? The second highest wicket taker off spinner? And the fourth highest wicket taking spinner of all time. After harbhajan I'd say Kumble bedi or underwood.
O'Reilly and Chandra also bowled 'breaks' yet we have no problem classifying them as leg-spinners. In fact Chandra rarely bowled a leg-spinner but instead relied heavily on the top-spinner delivered from the back of the hand.Barnes is probably the greatest bowler of all time, but he was a medium pace bowler who bowled 'breaks'. He is his own category.