Do you prefer watching a paceman or a spinner rip through a side?

[kiwiviktor81]

And do you think this is because what you bowl yourself? I bowled wide of the crease with swing so I always liked watching Akram do what he did, and couldn't appreciate Warne as much as my fellows beause I just had no clue how he did it. Watching Akram was like watching a magician; watching Warne was like walking a classic movie in another language.

This didn't change over the years as I came to watch Bond, and we still never developed a spinner who could truly bamboozle a side, as Murali did to us on several occassions.

 

[Eds]

As much as I love spin bowling (and I do prefer it to fast bowling, in general) - watching a fast bowler rip through a lineup is one of the best things in cricket.

EDIT: The title question is different to the poll title. WAC.

 

[Flem274*]

Any really, but I voted medium pacer because it's the funniest. Nothing like the commentators getting outraged that someone bowling slow makes batsmen look like idiots.

 

[Hurricane]

Reminds me of these threads

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cri...y-pace-attack-facing-quality-spin-attack.html

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cri...ity-seam-attack-swing-attack-pace-attack.html

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cri...-quality-off-spin-attack-leg-spin-attack.html

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/tes...lity-heart-attack-fart-attack-art-attack.html

 

[Athlai]

Sort of depends on situation and the men involved. For the most part I'd say a pace bowler running through a team is a lot more enjoyable to watch. The shattering of the stumps, the sound of a big edge.But a real joy you get from the spinner is the men around the bat and seeing the batsman be outwitted, a more cat and mouse period of play.

 

[smash84]

the last one is the best ....lol

 

[smash84]

nothing more awesome in cricket than a fast bowler destroying the stumps

Shoaib Akhtar Stump Shatterring Collection - YouTube

 

[Athlai]

nothing more awesome in cricket than a fast bowler destroying the stumps

Shoaib Akhtar Stump Shatterring Collection - YouTube

A batsman trying to reverse sweep a spinner right into a close fielder is pretty good too.

 

[Shri]

A spinner bowled the ball of the century, not a pacer. Spinners > pacers./bias

 

[Athlai]

South Africa Vs Sri Lanks Day 2 2nd Test 2011 Part 2 - YouTube

20 seconds in.

 

[ankitj]

nothing more awesome in cricket than a fast bowler destroying the stumps

Shoaib Akhtar Stump Shatterring Collection - YouTube

Watching a batsman getting stumped on a big turner or the wrong 'un is right up there for me.

 

[smash84]

agree with the wrong un part.....what happened to your avatar?

 

[fredfertang]

On the assumption its through no fault of the pitch I'd rather watch the quick man run through a side. If its a poor wicket though the spinner is more interesting

 

[ankitj]

agree with the wrong un part.....what happened to your avatar?

In anticipation of the Sydney test, remembering the last Sydney test..

 

[howardj]

I love the chaos of a spinner ripping through a lineup.

Keeper and fieldsmen in around the bat, batsmen lunging forward cluelessly.

It's so congested and chaotic.

 

[Spikey]

A batsman trying to reverse sweep a spinner right into a close fielder is pretty good too

Yep. The lasting memory of 2011 for me.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

nothing more awesome in cricket than a fast bowler destroying the stumps

Shoaib Akhtar Stump Shatterring Collection - YouTube

Smiley bang on as always.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Like it either either way. True spinning tracks are rarer, so maybe a slight bias towards the spinners.

 

[ankitj]

Watching a batsman getting stumped on a big turner or the wrong 'un is right up there for me.

This is what I mean (though not an international match). Kohli

Muttiah Muralitharan to Virat Kohli - YouTube

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The paceman is better, especially a home bowler when the crowd get into it and are roaring as he charges in to bowl. Broad at Trent Bridge v India this year was a classic example of the excitement that builds when a paceman is ripping through a side.