Current number 1 test pace bowler

[Gnske]

I have a soft spot for lefties because I am one

Reported for ISR

 

[Bolo.]

Cummins quite clearly. Bumrah needs more than 14 Tests to be rated.

It would be interesting to travel into the future and see how they rate when their careers are finished.

Depends on how you define right now I guess. Anderson wins easily in terms of career. A shorter period can be used to justify just about anyone else, depending on how short you want to go.

 

[Line and Length]

I interpreted "current" as being still active and I rated them on their most recent form (2-3 years).

If we rated them in terms of career then Anderson definitely wins but we have so much to expect from the others while Anderson's career is in its twilight - in fact night may have fallen.

 

[marc71178]

Philander-Rabada-Cummins since Anderson got good. Anderson has been second to Steyn for most of his career by virtue of longevity, not by being the second best bowler.

So serious revisionism going on here.

 

[trundler]

Depends on how you define right now I guess. Anderson wins easily in terms of career. A shorter period can be used to justify just about anyone else, depending on how short you want to go.

3 inches

 

[honestbharani]

Man I really hope you find some success with online dating, at least for such posting to stop... Go be horny in OT, leave CC alone FFS...

 

[Jack1]

Bumrah

 

[Bolo.]

So serious revisionism going on here.

Nope. Anyone who was following cricket in the early 2010s could tell Philander (and M Johnson/possibly others) was ahead of Anderson. Late 2010s, all the other guys in this poll have clearly been ahead at various times. Maybe there was a time before Rabada came good when Anderson was actually the second best, but it would have been very brief if it happened.

Anderson is clearly the second best bowler of the decade, but it is revisionism to claim he was the second best at any point in time based on this fact.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Last couple of weeks have shown how sensitive a lot of poms are when anyone points out that Anderson isn't actually as good as they think

 

[Adders]

James Anderson test ranking timeline. Now STFU.

 

[Adders]

Nope. Anyone who was following cricket in the early 2010s could tell Philander (and M Johnson/possibly others) was ahead of Anderson. Late 2010s, all the other guys in this poll have clearly been ahead at various times. Maybe there was a time before Rabada came good when Anderson was actually the second best, but it would have been very brief if it happened.

Anderson is clearly the second best bowler of the decade, but it is revisionism to claim he was the second best at any point in time based on this fact.

Behave yourself.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol yeah Anderson was never the best bowler but aside from a brief period around 2013-14 he was always better than Johnson

 

[Bolo.]

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James Anderson test ranking timeline. Now STFU.

Rankings are a lagging indicator when it comes to new players. Takes a while to build points.

Philanders averages by year at the start of his career(2011, when it looks like Anderson hit number 2 for the first time):
12 21 18

Andersons for the same years:
25 30 32

Reeeaal close, but I think Philander might just scrape through.

Behave yourself.

Had this poll been done towards the end of Johnsons glory run, Anderson wouldnt have got a single vote, unless we have some undercover British journalists on CW.

 

[Bolo.]

lol yeah Anderson was never the best bowler but aside from a brief period around 2013-14 he was always better than Johnson

Sure, but we only looking at brief periods in the context of this thread.

 

[trundler]

To be fair you could say a similar thing about a bowler like Wasim. It would go something like Ambrose/Waqar/Donald/McGrath for his career.

 

[mr_mister]

yeah gotta give it to Cumshot

bumrash a close second

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

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James Anderson test ranking timeline. Now STFU.

Very voluptuous looking.

 

[Kirkut]

Pat your back Cummins. Very underrated bowlers him and Hazlenut Wood.