Top 5 Australian Test spinners of all time

2 Clarrie Grimmett

Clarrie Grimmett

From the mid-1920s till the end of his career in 1936, Clarrie Grimmett was the world's foremost spin bowler and there is no doubt that he remains one of the greatest spin bowlers to have ever played the game.

Grimmett was a leg-spin bowler, but what set the Australian apart from many of the spinners of his time was first, his variety and second, the relentless accuracy of a bowling machine that gave nothing away to the batsmen.

He could bowl the basic leg-spin delivery but what made him so dangerous was that he could also slip in the googly and the top spin delivery without much of a change in his question.

Later on in his career, Grimmett added a lethal flipper to his armoury. In the 37 games that he played, Grimmett picked up 216 wickets in those games at an average of 24.21 and was often the architect of many famous Australian victories in that era.