Better ODI bowler::: McGrath or Wasim

[Blaze 18]

Here is the list for whoever is interested.

Genuinely surprised at Zaheer Khan's numbers.

 

[Blaze 18]

and you define higher quality by cleaning up the minnows and ending up with a lower average???? The only big match that Waqar played in his WC career was the 96 WC QF against India and his last two overs went for 40 runs which effectively sealed the match and sent Pakistan crashing out. That is some QUALITY.

Better average = Higher quality.

Madan lal and Roger Binny > Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Here is the list for whoever is interested.

Genuinely surprised at Zaheer Khan's numbers.

Kumble vs Pollock is very very interesting indeed.

 

[smash84]

Better average = Higher quality.

Madan lal and Roger Binny > Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

Thanks blaze for clearing out Teja's statements. This inequality makes a lot of sense indeed

 

[Teja.]

****, I wasn't around/was very young around when the '96 and '92 WC were on and I accidentally looked at the SR instead of the average for the WCS for Wasim and thought it was 36.

I really apologize for this entire pointless debate. Wasim was indeed an exceptional WC bowler.

 

[smash84]

****, I wasn't around/was very young around when the '96 and '92 WC were on and I accidentally looked at the SR instead of the average for the WCS for Wasim and thought it was 36.

I really apologize for this entire pointless debate. Wasim was indeed an exceptional WC bowler.

Ok. Now go and finish your homework like a good boy .....

lol........no wonder you thought Wasim was so ordinary.

 

[vcs]

****, I wasn't around/was very young around when the '96 and '92 WC were on and I accidentally looked at the SR instead of the average for the WCS for Wasim and thought it was 36.

I really apologize for this entire pointless debate. Wasim was indeed an exceptional WC bowler.

Yep, for many of us WC '92 is our first WC so some really strong memories of Wasim's awesomeness there. Still remember watching those balls to Lamb and Lewis live on TV.

 

[smash84]

Yep, for many of us WC '92 is our first WC so some really strong memories of Wasim's awesomeness there. Still remember watching those balls to Lamb and Lewis live on TV.

True. That delivery to Allan Lamb has to be one of the most unplayable deliveries ever to be bowled in an ODI.

 

[Teja.]

I now know how it feels like to be sehwag_fan tbh.

 

[Blaze 18]

True. That delivery to Allan Lamb has to be one of the most unplayable deliveries ever to be bowled in all international cricket. Ever.

Fixed.

 

[vcs]

Better average = Higher quality.

Madan lal and Roger Binny > Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

WAGs. Greatest underdog story ever in cricket, IMHO.

 

[smash84]

Fixed.

You just raised it to a higher pedestal

 

[ankitj]

Kumble vs Pollock is very very interesting indeed.

It's Kumble who is most under-rated. In fact not rated at all!

 

[smash84]

It's Kumble who is most under-rated. In fact not rated at all!

So true. Massively under rated. And an excellent bowler. A lot of fans (at least here) seem to have forgotten that he was such an integral part of the indian bowling attack for so long.

 

[akilana]

So true. Massively under rated. And an excellent bowler. A lot of fans (at least here) seem to have forgotten that he was such an integral part of the indian bowling attack for so long.

it's usually Indian fans(not all) who don't rate Kumble.. the rest rate him highly, IMO.
and playing along with sachins, dravids and sehwags don't help

 

[smash84]

it's usually Indian fans(not all) who don't rate Kumble.. the rest rate him highly, IMO.

I remember the days of Abey Kuruvilla and Debashish Mohanty. The only bowler who seemed to cause discomfort in those days was Kumble.......tbf Mohanty did destroy Pakistan a few times in Toronto and elsewhere..........sigh gone are those good old days........

 

[vcs]

it's usually Indian fans(not all) who don't rate Kumble.. the rest rate him highly, IMO.
and playing along with sachins, dravids and sehwags don't help

I am a huge fan of Kumble. WAG!

 

[vcs]

I remember the days of Abey Kuruvilla and Debashish Mohanty. The only bowler who seemed to cause discomfort in those days was Kumble.......tbf Mohanty did destroy Pakistan a few times in Toronto and elsewhere..........sigh gone are those good old days........

Worst action ever for a fast bowler.. did get some swing though and bowled some decent stuff in Toronto and in the WC in England.

 

[smash84]

Worst action ever for a fast bowler.. did get some swing though and bowled some decent stuff in Toronto and in the WC in England.

lol.....so true......his action was one of the worst.......marginally better than Ata Ur Rehman I suppose.

 

[Contra]

Actually about Kumble can anyone get me his test stats if he had only played till the end of 2007 (the MCG boxing day test against Aus as his last)? I remember he took a major pounding in his last year of cricket which might have made his stats a little worse than they should have been.