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Tangentially related but Marshall's highest average against any team is 23, which is part of why many consider him the GOAT.
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DoG's Top 100 Test Bowlers Countdown Thread 100-1
- Thread starter Days of Grace
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trundler
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Barnes is either the Bradman of bowling or extremely lucky.
Borges
International Regular
Hmm... Only 783 quality points for McGrath; that is a bit a of a surprise.
Perhaps the model does not adequately reward his amazing consistency; his troughs were not much lower than his peaks.
I'm fine - actually quite pleased - that Steyn is being rated above McGrath even on pure statistics; I've always rated Steyn higher.
Perhaps the model does not adequately reward his amazing consistency; his troughs were not much lower than his peaks.
I'm fine - actually quite pleased - that Steyn is being rated above McGrath even on pure statistics; I've always rated Steyn higher.
Groundking
International Debutant
Scenes when Steyn comes top of all the fast bowlers.
Amazed Warne managed to be higher up than McGrath, but hey ho.
Amazed Warne managed to be higher up than McGrath, but hey ho.
This benefits Steyn in this analysis. You get more heavily rewarded for a spectacular and a mediocre performance than two excellent ones if I'm understanding correctly.
Steyn should actually be a long way ahead in a lot of categories here. Era adjusted, strike rate, PPI (both through competition for wickets and his explosiveness in individual innings), peak 50.
I feel like Hadlee should be beating Steyn. But the fact that Hadlees team lost so often will count against his PPI, so I'm not sure. Plus there is the fact that from peer comparison I could see Steyn sitting comfortably ahead of Mcgrath in this analysis, but it's hard to picture Hadlee beating Marshall by so much.
Anyway, Warne next is my prediction. His average and SR have to drag him down a fair bit even though he will finish second on career points.
Migara
International Coach
Am I seeing a pattern? Consistent bowlers lack a lot of gold performances, but have tons of silver and bronze ones (Compare to Harbhajan)
Migara
International Coach
Best bowler for sure. Best cricketer, Nah, Kallis / Gilchrist have it on a platter.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
I consider the guy in your Avatar as the best cricketer since 1990. (And Imran the best since 1970)
sunilz
International Regular
If given choice i doubt any one would pick Kallis or Gilchrist over Mcgrath imo.
sunilz
International Regular
Would happily trade Tendulkar for Mcgrath
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well considering I would pick Kallis, that is not true..... but then I'm biased.
Days of Grace
International Captain
Don’t forget that analysis used a different algorithm.
sunilz
International Regular
I feel if SA had Mcgrath they would surely have won atleast 1 WC.
Migara at it again with his well known anti-lanka/Murali bias. Murali easily wins best bowler for me. Maybe best cricketer, but Kallis gives him a run. Not enough longevity from Gilchrist, or he'd have a big claim.
Going further back, Imran takes best cricketer, easily. Best cricket player, I'm not sure. Hadlee, Murali, Kallis, Imran all in with a shout