No bowler in the history of ODIs has bowled as many overs in the death than Wasim and he was a master of it. As stephen mentioned McGrath was so awesome with the new ball.. He was good later on too but Wasim was sheer class in the last 5 overs of the innings. Change of pace, reverse swinging yorkers in both directions.
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I am guessing you are more of a stats only person without watching any of the bowlers bowl.
I'm pretty sure there's a size limit on uploads.
You are assuming here that catches off Wasim and McGrath are of equal difficulty. I can see catches off Wasim's bowling being more difficult to take.
Not quite sure what you mean there, mate.
not just catches, superior fielding makes a HUGEEE difference too. It keeps the pressure on the batsmen and forces them to make mistakes, especially in ODIs. Hence, you get more wickets AND concede fewer runs.
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Don't think he would like that so much considering it would come in with a package deal of the likes of Lee, Bracken etc competing with him for wickets.
Nobody considers McGrath better based on just economy rates.
And Wasim had no competition for wickets from the likes of Waqar, Saqlain, Aaqib and Shoaib Akhtar?
BTW who made it into the Cricinfo ALL TIME XI ahead of McGrath?
I could let the ODI one slide but this I couldn't resist. What "factors" would that be?
And Pakistani fielders weren't as bad as people make it out to be back then either.
Yes you are right Kapil Dev is the greatest all rounder because he made the Icc ALL TIME XI over all others lol.
cricinfo xi was chosen by cricket experts, while icc xi was selected by fans!!
OMG! Ian Chappel is such a cricket expert that he picked Sehwag in his first ever greatest xi!!!
rubbish point Wasim bowled with bowlers of similar quality as Mcgrath did.
The ball coming to the fieldsman faster as he bowled faster and the movement that Akram got with ball and his lesser accuracy meaning that it is harder to predict the areas where the ball will end up. Catches off Akram could also be lower to the ground as he got less bounce. And so on. I can think of numerous reason why more catches would be dropped of one bowler over another aside from the actual talent of the catchers.Not quite sure what you mean there, mate.
Not quite sure what you mean there, mate.
Ah, didn't you guys know that Wasim's deliveries, after taking the edge of the bat, would swing like being attacked by a typhoon just before reaching the catcher
