Worst bowler to take n or more wickets in Tests?

[Black_Warrior]

Well I never said he does. The OP asked for a discussion. If you feel he doesn't, go ahead make your arguments. This forum exists precisely for that.

 

[SteveNZ]

And how does Murali make it to the list ?

By the word 'bowler', quite tenuously.

 

[rtramdas]

lol if you think Imran pioneered ball tampering.

i am not sure as to whether ball tampering existed or not, atleast on a large scale before Imran khan's days. But in Imran's days he was the most severe exponent of this treachery act.Several others too might had been involved in this. But as some one who even resorted to bottle tops to alter the condition of the ball regularly and moved on to become one of the so called greats of the game , as some one who passed on the legacy to his two famous disciples who also later went on to be called 'greats' in the times when the game was getting propagated and popularised more and more thru media , Imran
was the most 'impact' candidate for me.

 

[Black_Warrior]

^Your thoughts on the new generation of disciples - Zaheer, Anderson, Lee, Steyn who successfully swing the old ball?

 

[hendrix]

i am not sure as to whether ball tampering existed or not, atleast on a large scale before Imran khan's days. But in Imran's days he was the most severe exponent of this treachery act.Several others too might had been involved in this. But as some one who even resorted to bottle tops to alter the condition of the ball regularly and moved on to become one of the so called greats of the game , as some one who passed on the legacy to his two famous disciples who also later went on to be called 'greats' in the times when the game was getting propagated and popularised more and more thru media , Imran
was the most 'impact' candidate for me.

Your nationalistic agenda is so obvious.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

400 - Kapil Dev

 

[indiaholic]

i am not sure as to whether ball tampering existed or not, atleast on a large scale before Imran khan's days. But in Imran's days he was the most severe exponent of this treachery act.Several others too might had been involved in this. But as some one who even resorted to bottle tops to alter the condition of the ball regularly and moved on to become one of the so called greats of the game , as some one who passed on the legacy to his two famous disciples who also later went on to be called 'greats' in the times when the game was getting propagated and popularised more and more thru media , Imran
was the most 'impact' candidate for me.

Views on Sreesanth?

 

[Black_Warrior]

Views on Sreesanth?

Sreesanth is easy to hate now. Zaheer is the key here, the most loved and appreciated Indian seamer since Kapil Dev and boy he was good with the old ball.

 

[indiaholic]

Nah he is from Mallu land. Who else has played for India from there? Tinu Yohannan?

 

[Black_Warrior]

Dodda Ganesh?

 

[indiaholic]

Nah Karnataka player. Sachin Baby is definitely mallu. Napoleon Einstein sounds like something only Mallu or Tam Brahm parents would do to their kids.

 

[Furball]

A related question would be who is the worst bowler to have a Test match five-fer

Curious bit of trivia is that Basil Butcher, who played 44 Tests, only ever took five Test wickets, all in the one innings in this famous game

Did Mark Butcher not run through Zimbabwe in an innings during Jimmeh's debut series?

 

[Black_Warrior]

A related question would be who is the worst bowler to have a Test match five-fer

Marcus North has a 6fer I believe

 

[Prince EWS]

Marcus North has a 6fer I believe

I don't think he'd be anywhere near the worst to do that though, tbh. Kraigg Brathwaite took over half his First Class wickets in one Test innings.

 

[vcs]

You have to be totally soulless to believe Harbhajan is among the worst to get 400 wickets. He won games for us from impossible situations.

I will love him forever for that 2001 series but he is by far the worst of the 400-plus club.

 

[cnerd123]

I hope rtramdas will elaborate more on how Imran Khan was a ball tamperer and a cheat.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I am sure we've heard it before..if not from rtamdas, then from the English fans throughout the 80s and 90s before Ashes 2005.

Or better just read Botham's autobiography

 

[rtramdas]

^Your thoughts on the new generation of disciples - Zaheer, Anderson, Lee, Steyn who successfully swing the old ball?

were they Imran's disciples? Apart from Steyn who is a genuine great bowler ? Zak, Anderson,Lee all might had swung the old ball a bit.But i don't think any opponents accused them of tampering.

 

[rtramdas]

Your nationalistic agenda is so obvious.

i am an Indian. But i truly have high regard for players like Saeed Anwar,Inzamam etc who are also from PAK . So do your ' nationalistic agenda'
holds in these players case?

 

[rtramdas]

I hope rtramdas will elaborate more on how Imran Khan was a ball tamperer and a cheat.

No, Aamir Sohail, Sarfraz Nawaz,John Reid, Balwinder Sandhu and several others had elaborated it in the past. i am just echoing their sentiments.