CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

[ataraxia]

Procter

 

[Xix2565]

Rabada

 

[Line and Length]

Hughes was a useful bowler (ave 28.13), but how can you rank him ahead of Tyson (ave 18.56). Hughes was a larger than life character but Tyson was a destroyer in his short career.

Frank Tyson

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Bond

 

[trundler]

Wes Hall

 

[Victor Ian]

Hughes. Having the whole crowd warm up with you >>> 10 runs in average

 

[Line and Length]

Charisma doesn't equal talent.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wes Hall

 

[Victor Ian]

Charisma doesn't equal talent.

true

hughes ==> tyson

I guess we can have a best blokes thread later

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Hall

 

[bagapath]

Time to stop IMO

No 16 should’ve been Ian Botham. Let’s see when he turns up. Then we can stop.

 

[Bitmap]

Hall

 

[The Sean]

Rabada, again

 

[bagapath]

Lord Ian Botham

27 fivefers 4 tenfers

haters can suck it

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Hall

 

[gftw]

Hughes - 1
Proctor - 1
Rabada - 2
Tyson - 2
Bond - 1
Hall - 5
Botham - 1

The List
1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn Mcgrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Curtly Ambrose
5. Dale Steyn
6. Imran Khan
7. Dennis Lillee
8. Fred Trueman
9. Wasim Akram
10. Allan Donald
11. Joel Garner
12. Ray Lindwall
13. Michael Holding
14. Waqar Younis
15. Alan Davidson
16. Shaun Pollock
17. Courtney Walsh
18. Andy Roberts
19. James Anderson
20. Pat Cummins
21. Keith Miller
22. Brian Statham
23. Bob Willis
24. Shoaib Akhtar
25. Harold Larwood
26. Ian Bishop
27. Neil Adcock
28. Wes Hall

The vote for the #29 test pace bowler of all-time begins now.

 

[kyear2]

Really want Tyson and Rabada for the next / last 2 spots.

Rabada 1st

 

[ataraxia]

Bedser (for the last time)

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Bedser I guess

 

[Xix2565]

Rabada ffs