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Who is the best pace bowler of all time?

BhupinderSingh

BhupinderSingh

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Days of Grace said:
Those are based on my ratings. Yes, I could do a top 20 or a top 30 easily. But, I couldn't be bothered.

And I didn't know that Graeme could roll his arm over so well.
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Do your ratings again by exclusing those 20 matches Imran Khan played as a specialist batsman.I think he will be at top after that.
 
BhupinderSingh

BhupinderSingh

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Richard said:
That's certainly not impossible (though when said by Shoaib\BhupinderSingh should always be taken with a pinch o' the ole' salt) however. I'd probably not quite rate him in Marshall's league, nor Hadlee's, but it's not a far-out thing.
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Imran Khan>Richard Hadlee easily
 
Fusion

Fusion

Global Moderator
BhupinderSingh said:
IMO,Imran Khan is hugely underrated as a bowler.
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Agree with that, though I don't think he's the best ever. My ranking of the top 5:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Imran Khan
4. Curtly Ambrose
5. Dennis Lillee

(With all due apologies to Wasim and McGrath, who would be right behind Lillee in my list).
 
BhupinderSingh

BhupinderSingh

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Fusion said:
Agree with that, though I don't think he's the best ever. My ranking of the top 5:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Imran Khan
4. Curtly Ambrose
5. Dennis Lillee

(With all due apologies to Wasim and McGrath, who would be right behind Lillee in my list).
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Dennis Lillee was great but don't think he was better than Wasim & McGrath.I'm saying this because Lillee has a very poor record in Asia.Other than that,there's hardly anythinh which separates these 3 IMO.
 
E

Engle

State Vice-Captain
Imran beat out Hadlee in every Test series they played against each other. (3)
And performed better in the MCC XI vs ROW XI
 
E

Engle

State Vice-Captain
Fiery said:
So? A few games doesn't make him the better bowler overall
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These were 3 series.
Agree that one cannot take this as the decider.
One can only accumulate relevant factors, and this IMO is relevant.

Now, just out of curiosity, I compared Imran vs Marshall in the 4 series they played together.
Marshall 50 wkts @ 20.7
Imran 44 wkts @ 15.54. Even conceding 6 years of age. Very commendable indeed.
 
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