Ultimate Pacer

[G.I.Joe]

Malcolm Marshall, every time, perhaps add six inches to the height.

So you mean Glenn McGrath?

 

[smash84]

surely deserved a , ****.

_I_

A battle of smilie's with Smileyshah - there can be only one winner in this.

Malcolm Marshall, every time, perhaps add six inches to the height.

So you mean Glenn McGrath?

No, he means Wasim Akram

 

[thierry henry]

bowls in the right areas

 

[sledger]

Brett Lee.

 

[uvelocity]

_I_

GIFSoup

 

[smash84]

GIFSoup

this one deserves a tbh

 

[Migara]

So you mean Glenn McGrath?

As effective as MM, but McGrath's lack of pace doesn't provide that wow feeling that MM generates. If MM was liitle bit more taller would have been electric to watch (not that he's boring to watch)

 

[Eds]

Takes a wicket with every ball he bowls...?

 

[weldone]

Killer instinct of Ambrose, intelligence of Marshall, accuracy of Hadlee, patience of McGrath, conventional inswing of Wasim, conventional outswing of Steyn, reverse swing and yorkers of Waqar, pride of Trueman, humility of Davidson, action of Larwood, pace of Holding, bounce of Garner and longevity and stamina of Walsh will make a pretty special bowler if he turns better and better with every passing match like Imran.

 

[Prince EWS]

Killer instinct of Ambrose, intelligence of Marshall, accuracy of Hadlee, patience of McGrath, conventional inswing of Wasim, conventional outswing of Steyn, reverse swing and yorkers of Waqar, pride of Trueman, humility of Davidson, action of Larwood, pace of Holding, bounce of Garner and longevity and stamina of Walsh will make a pretty special bowler if he turns better and better with every passing match like Imran.

You were beaten by Eds.

 

[weldone]

You were beaten by Eds.

Differences between input variables and output variables, cause and effect, skill and performance etc and etc..

 

[smash84]

Takes a wicket with every ball he bowls...?

Killer instinct of Ambrose, intelligence of Marshall, accuracy of Hadlee, patience of McGrath, conventional inswing of Wasim, conventional outswing of Steyn, reverse swing and yorkers of Waqar, pride of Trueman, humility of Davidson, action of Larwood, pace of Holding, bounce of Garner and longevity and stamina of Walsh will make a pretty special bowler if he turns better and better with every passing match like Imran.

You were beaten by Eds.

awesome qualities posted by weldone though

 

[Agent Nationaux]

The point of this thread was to list one particular skill that you would want above all else. So Weldone which one do you want out of all the ones you mentioned?

 

[weldone]

The point of this thread was to list one particular skill that you would want above all else. So Weldone which one do you want out of all the ones you mentioned?

That's tough. I'll probably choose killer instinct of Ambrose (though not one quality in that list makes a great bowler single-handedly). Ambrose's killer instinct was pretty special - the mentality to completely destroy the opposition when you can. Don't feel like you are winning until you do. Bowl your best delivery when opposition has lost 19 wickets and there are still 300 runs to make in a day. Annihilate them. Don't be happy with a hattrick or a 5fer or an inspired spell. Just destroy...

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Thanks for being the only one to actually contribute to this thread.

 

[kyear2]

Killer instinct of Ambrose, intelligence of Marshall, accuracy of Hadlee, patience of McGrath, conventional inswing of Wasim, conventional outswing of Steyn, reverse swing and yorkers of Waqar, pride of Trueman, humility of Davidson, action of Larwood, pace of Holding, bounce of Garner and longevity and stamina of Walsh will make a pretty special bowler if he turns better and better with every passing match like Imran.

Those would do.
But seriously, they have been many very fast bowlers whos just just good or not even that and one could go one, but the most important skills are accuratcy and intelligence and that combination that made Marshall and Mcgrath great, though Mcgrath's patience and Marshalls speed did help a bit.

 

[Arachnodouche]

yeah McGrath and Marshall, and Ambrose too to a certain extent I guess, possessed timeless qualities that would've troubled virtually any batsman in any era. But especially Marshall and McGrath had immense cricketing intelligence coupled with unswerving confidence in their own abilities, which were pretty monumental to make a fine understatement.