CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

[honestbharani]

Waqar

 

[trundler]

Waqar

 

[ankitj]

Waqar Younis

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Waquar

 

[Bitmap]

Holding

 

[The Sean]

Waqar

 

[OverratedSanity]

Waqar

 

[subshakerz]

I love Waqar but Holding for me. Pretty much equal in reputation but better numbers.

 

[subshakerz]

Which is why peer ratings are taken with a grain of salt and in conjunction with looking at the numbers

In conjunction, yes. Grain of salt, no.

 

[The Sean]

I love Waqar but Holding for me. Pretty much equal in reputation but better numbers.

I might be missing the context of what you mean here, but Waqar took more wickets at a better average and with a better strike rate.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Davidson (difficult pick)

 

[HookShot]

Michael Holding

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Waqar younis.
Close call ,think Andy Roberts was better but seems like holding got better stats.Peak of waqar slightly edges the two.

 

[kyear2]

Waqar younis.
Close call ,think Andy Roberts was better but seems like holding got better stats.Peak of waqar slightly edges the two.

But how could Andy have been better when one was objectively statistically better in every way?

 

[Slifer]

Holding

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Davidson

 

[subshakerz]

I might be missing the context of what you mean here, but Waqar took more wickets at a better average and with a better strike rate.

Waqar feasted on a lot of minnow wickets in his time that Holding didn't, plus Holding succeeded in Australia and India.

 

[Coronis]

But how could Andy have been better when one was objectively statistically better in every way?

Because I saw him and my eyes know best.

 

[subshakerz]

But how could Andy have been better when one was objectively statistically better in every way?

Lillee also ranked Andy Roberts as his no.1 fast bowler. It could be though because he came earlier than the others.

 

[The Sean]

Yeah, Roberts is another bloke whose peer rating has always seemed exceptionally high.