Can Harbhajan break Murali's record?

[Athlai]

The older he gets the more likely he'll be to get rested over less important series.

 

[smash84]

I'm more concerned that he'll be overtaking Ambrose soon

so what.........dread the day when he will overtake McGrath and then Warne muahahahhah

 

[G.I.Joe]

Ambrose should have picked up more wickets if he didn't want to be overtaken.

 

[smash84]

Ambrose should have picked up more wickets if he didn't want to be overtaken.

nah.......400 was fine for the time that he played in.........was looking up some bowling records and came across Fred Trueman..........he was the first to 300 wickets.....but what a master

 

[silentstriker]

People need to get off Cook's bandwagon. I was the first one on it and all of you aren't welcome. I said from when he debuted that he was going to be better than KP, even when KP was looking like Bradman and Cook couldn't score a run.

 

[Bun]

People need to get off Cook's bandwagon. I was the first one on it and all of you aren't welcome. I said from when he debuted that he was going to be better than KP, even when KP was looking like Bradman and Cook couldn't score a run.

nah, it is understandable, english fans are having their first english born and bred batter avging above 50 in decades. so obviously they are going to be terribly excited abt it. like me who literally jizz in my pants seeing our pace bowlers turn it up of late.

cook is a fantastic talent, no doubt about it. I still vividly recollect his coming of age double hundred for essex vs aus in 05. his partnership with bopara really set that summer rolling.

having said that, one swallow doesn't make a summer. if I follow dearest gimh's logic, then ishant will end up with a wicket tally close to that of mcgrath by the time he retires, if not better.

 

[Bun]

adding to the above, I think the next batting superstar will be a b devilliers. I expect him to have pontingesque run in the next 5 or 6 years. it's just pathetic that south africa doesnt get to play so many tests.

 

[akilana]

adding to the above, I think the next batting superstar will be a b devilliers. I expect him to have pontingesque run in the next 5 or 6 years. it's just pathetic that south africa doesnt get to play so many tests.

+1

equally good in ODIs as well.

 

[Dan]

de Villiers won't be the next batting superstar - he already is one.

Will go down as the best Saffa since readmission by the time he retires IMO (alongside Kallis).

 

[Anku31]

Early days doesn't seem the right way to describe a player with 18 Test tons tbf

By early days,I meant to say getting into the ranks of Tendulkar,Lara,Waugh,Dravid.
But i don't doubt his abilities,seriously.

 

[Anku31]

If all goes well for him, he will have played 125 more tests by the time he turns 37.
At his current rate (avg of high 40's to 50), he will have around 15,500 runs by then (end of 2021).

Even that won't help him to get past the Great Tendulkar.

 

[centurymaker]

Even that won't help him to get past the Great Tendulkar.

whatever.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I doubt Harby will get within 200 of it, tbh. Kumble's record is more conceivable, but I struggle to see Harbhajan playing enough cricket. It's quite possible India will produce a new gun slow blower and he'll be shunted to one side.

Interestingly, of the bowlers to have managed 400 wickets, he has the highest average, slowest strike rate and highest economy rate. Fair to say he's comfortably the least accomplished bowler to manage the feat.

 

[smash84]

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Interestingly, of the bowlers to have managed 400 wickets, he has the highest average, slowest strike rate and highest economy rate. Fair to say he's comfortably the least accomplished bowler to manage the feat.

This

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

I'm more concerned that he'll be overtaking Ambrose soon

Well, he's already past Trueman, Lillee, Marshall and Imran Khan. Pretty soon he'd overtake Ambrose and I'd die inside a bit the day he gets to 432 wickets and forges ahead of my greatest fast bowler of all time!

But, what the heck! Record books would tell you who has taken how many wickets. However, cricket lovers know who the real champions are because of their field performances.

 

[smash84]

indeed...........although i don't really understand this love for records by the posters on here

 

[GotSpin]

Well, he's already past Trueman, Lillee, Marshall and Imran Khan. Pretty soon he'd overtake Ambrose and I'd die inside a bit the day he gets to 432 wickets and forges ahead of my greatest fast bowler of all time!

But, what the heck! Record books would tell you who has taken how many wickets. However, cricket lovers know who the real champions are because of their field performances.

If he gets past my man Courtney I'll have a break down

 

[Blaze 18]

The irony in this statement is stinging, considering Australia's selection policy over the last couple of years.

As I said, I wasn't talking about the current Australian selectors per se. In general, Indian greats play on well past their sell-by date, unlike their Australian counterparts. That's got a lot to do with the selectors lacking balls to ask a senior player to quit.