The balls of the century

[Migara]

If it is swing then Vaas has a place.

 

[Daemon]

cracks/footmarks shouldn't count imo

 

[honestbharani]

Rhyno to Cook has to be in the top 3 easily.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If it is swing then Vaas has a place.

wouldn't call that a special delivery at all. Just a standard slow inswinger played horrendously.

2011 Kulasekara in Aus ****s all over that

 

[Flem274*]

it's also noted atg batsman runako morton

 

[Burgey]

Bumrah's slower ball yorker to Marsh should be in there imo, never really seen that take a wicket in Tests apart from maybe Akhtar?

Merv Hughes got Chris Broad with a beauty in the 1989 Ashes.

 

[Migara]

Merv Hughes got Chris Broad with a beauty in the 1989 Ashes.

21st century BTW. Otherwise we will be discussing Gatting delivery

 

[Migara]

cracks/footmarks shouldn't count imo

That will alarm crackos.

 

[OverratedSanity]

cracks/footmarks shouldn't count imo

You mean Starc to Vince wasnt the best ball over bowled?!

 

[stephen]

English batsmen will feature in many of these - Harris, Johnson, Cummins and Warne all with notable balls to remove English batsmen this century.

 

[ankitj]

What a great thread.

 

[stephen]

I can't believe this hasn't been featured yet:

 

[OverratedSanity]

Anyone remember Johnson's off cutter to Pujara? Shame this video doesnt have the slow motion replay. Spun like a genuine slow bowler's off break.

 

[Daemon]

They didn't get a good angle on that unfortunately

 

[stephen]

More fast bowling deliciousness:

And some essential viewing (6:50 is the closest cricket comes to visual perfection):

 

[stephen]

At this point Cummins/Root (7 dismissals from 10 matches) is shaping up to be the new McGrath/Atherton (19 from 17).

 

[Daemon]

Cummins is so ridiculously good. Never expected him to be the incredibly accurate machine he is today.

 

[stephen]

Cummins is so ridiculously good. Never expected him to be the incredibly accurate machine he is today.

He's also patient and intelligent, which is why he's so lethal (but also why he doesn't have huge numbers of big hauls).

 

[TheJediBrah]

Cummins is so ridiculously good. Never expected him to be the incredibly accurate machine he is today.

What is weird is how good he is without ever really swinging it. Pretty much just bowls straight up and down most of the time. But still takes wickets more than Jimmy Anderson who hoops it around corners.

 

[Daemon]

What is weird is how good he is without ever really swinging it. Pretty much just bowls straight up and down most of the time. But still takes wickets more than Jimmy Anderson who hoops it around corners.

Why is it weird when the best ever bowler pretty much did the same