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CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

jayjay

U19 Cricketer
Just to add, this is how I would rank the top 32:

The List
1. Glenn McGrath
2. Wasim Akram
3. Malcolm Marshall
4. Imran Khan
5. Dennis Lillee
6. Richard Hadlee
7. Curtly Ambrose
8. Allan Donald
9. Waqar Younis
10. Michael Holding
11. Dale Steyn
12. Joel Garner
13. Andy Roberts
14. Fred Trueman
15. Courtney Walsh Alan Davidson
16. James Anderson
17. Courtney Walsh
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Makhaya Ntini
20. Ian Botham
21. Bob Willis Keith Miller
22. Shoaib Akhtar Brian Statham
23. Stuart Broad
24. Ray Lindwall
25. Harold Larwood
26. Ian Bishop
27. Brian Statham
28. Wes Hall
29. Kagiso Rabada
30. Frank Tyson
31. Kapil Dev
32. Sarfraz Nawaz
 

_00_deathscar

International Regular
Just to add, this is how I would rank the top 32:

The List
1. Glenn McGrath
2. Wasim Akram
3. Malcolm Marshall
4. Imran Khan
5. Dennis Lillee
6. Richard Hadlee
7. Curtly Ambrose
8. Allan Donald
9. Waqar Younis
10. Michael Holding
11. Dale Steyn
12. Joel Garner
13. Andy Roberts
14. Fred Trueman
15. Courtney Walsh Alan Davidson
16. James Anderson
17. Courtney Walsh
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Makhaya Ntini
20. Ian Botham
21. Bob Willis Keith Miller
22. Shoaib Akhtar Brian Statham
23. Stuart Broad
24. Ray Lindwall
25. Harold Larwood
26. Ian Bishop
27. Brian Statham
28. Wes Hall
29. Kagiso Rabada
30. Frank Tyson
31. Kapil Dev
32. Sarfraz Nawaz
Ntini will struggle to be in the top 19 South African pace bowlers in about 50 years time, nevermind the 19th best pace bowler of all time.
 

gftw

U19 12th Man
Wagner - 1
Cowie - 1
Broad - 2
Southee - 1
Bumrah - 5
Botham - 4
Ntini - 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
29. Kagiso Rabada
30. Frank Tyson
31. Kapil Dev
32. John Snow
33. Jasprit Bumrah

The vote for the #34 test pace bowler of all-time begins now.
 

Nikhil99.99

U19 Cricketer
Just to add, this is how I would rank the top 32:

The List
1. Glenn McGrath
2. Wasim Akram
3. Malcolm Marshall
4. Imran Khan
5. Dennis Lillee
6. Richard Hadlee
7. Curtly Ambrose
8. Allan Donald
9. Waqar Younis
10. Michael Holding
11. Dale Steyn
12. Joel Garner
13. Andy Roberts
14. Fred Trueman
15. Courtney Walsh Alan Davidson
16. James Anderson
17. Courtney Walsh
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Makhaya Ntini
20. Ian Botham
21. Bob Willis Keith Miller
22. Shoaib Akhtar Brian Statham
23. Stuart Broad
24. Ray Lindwall
25. Harold Larwood
26. Ian Bishop
27. Brian Statham
28. Wes Hall
29. Kagiso Rabada
30. Frank Tyson
31. Kapil Dev
32. Sarfraz Nawaz
Miller being ahead of lindwall makes this list totally irrelevant for me.Not a chance that Miller was as good as lindwall.
 

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