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CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

Line and Length

Cricketer Of The Year
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
I may not agree with the way some of the voting has gone, but this particular post has some many flaws I don't know where to start. Perhaps the fact that there are 34 names on a list purporting to rank the Top 32 sums up the accuracy.
 

jayjay

U19 Cricketer
I may not agree with the way some of the voting has gone, but this particular post has some many flaws I don't know where to start. Perhaps the fact that there are 34 names on a list purporting to rank the Top 32 sums up the accuracy.
Haha my bad, so I used the list that was voted for and then edited it. i just forgot to delete the names no longer needed.

But beyond the editing, any cricket based criticism or did you just wanted to be THAT kid in class?
 

jayjay

U19 Cricketer
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
16. James Anderson
17. Shaun Pollock
18. Makhaya Ntini
19. Ian Botham
20. Bob Willis
21. Shoaib Akhtar
22. Stuart Broad
23. Ray Lindwall
24. Harold Larwood
25. Ian Bishop
26. Brian Statham
27. Wes Hall
28. Kagiso Rabada
29. Frank Tyson
30. Kapil Dev
31. Mohammad Asif
32. Sarfraz Nawaz

Just edited the list and removed the extra names.
Added in Asif at 31.

Open for all cricketing critique...if there's any hanky panky smart mouths I shall strike down with severe vengeance.
 

_00_deathscar

International Regular
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
16. James Anderson
17. Shaun Pollock
18. Makhaya Ntini
19. Ian Botham
20. Bob Willis
21. Shoaib Akhtar
22. Stuart Broad
23. Ray Lindwall
24. Harold Larwood
25. Ian Bishop
26. Brian Statham
27. Wes Hall
28. Kagiso Rabada
29. Frank Tyson
30. Kapil Dev
31. Mohammad Asif
32. Sarfraz Nawaz

Just edited the list and removed the extra names.
Added in Asif at 31.

Open for all cricketing critique...if there's any hanky panky smart mouths I shall strike down with severe vengeance.
This is an even worse list because you've moved Ntini up one. I don't even have anything against the guy - I just find it utterly bizarre anyone thinks he's the 18th/19th best fast bowler of all time.

Also LOL at Dale Steyn down that low. Ntini's own mother would slap you hard for rating Ntini and Dale Steyn so close together.

Subshakerz confirmed.
 

Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
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
16. James Anderson
17. Shaun Pollock
18. Makhaya Ntini
19. Ian Botham
20. Bob Willis
21. Shoaib Akhtar
22. Stuart Broad
23. Ray Lindwall
24. Harold Larwood
25. Ian Bishop
26. Brian Statham
27. Wes Hall
28. Kagiso Rabada
29. Frank Tyson
30. Kapil Dev
31. Mohammad Asif
32. Sarfraz Nawaz

Just edited the list and removed the extra names.
Added in Asif at 31.

Open for all cricketing critique...if there's any hanky panky smart mouths I shall strike down with severe vengeance.
Not enough Kiwis. Bond, Cowie, Wagner, and Southee are all better than Stuart Broad.
Only 1 (Sir Richard) and he's 6th while Wasim is 2nd and ahead of MM! Ntini in the top 20 and no Adcock!!!??

Steyn way too low at 11th. Should be 5th/6th easily.
 

_00_deathscar

International Regular
Not enough Kiwis. Bond, Cowie, Wagner, and Southee are all better than Stuart Broad.
Only 1 (Sir Richard) and he's 6th while Wasim is 2nd and ahead of MM! Ntini in the top 20 and no Adcock!!!??

Steyn way too low at 11th. Should be 5th/6th easily.
You can see his confusion though - this from the same dude that was utterly flummoxed that Ashwin was voted in ahead of Qadir.
 

Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Sarfraz Nawaz???

177 wickets in 55 tests at 32.75?????
32nd best pace bowler of all time????

Perhaps 232nd best.

Look at all the quality Aussie quicks not on your list who are/were better than SN: Cummins, Davidson, Johnson, Thomson, Reid, McDermott, Harris, Clark, Johnson, Starc, McKenzie, Hazlewood etc.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Sarfraz Nawaz???

177 wickets in 55 tests at 32.75?????
32nd best pace bowler of all time????

Perhaps 232nd best.

Look at all the quality Aussie quicks better than SN: Cummins, Davidson, Johnson, Thomson, Reid, McDermott, Harris, Clark, Johnson, Starc, McKenzie, Hazlewood, Starc etc.
Starc twice as good huh?? ?
 

_00_deathscar

International Regular
Sarfraz Nawaz???

177 wickets in 55 tests at 32.75?????
32nd best pace bowler of all time????

Perhaps 232nd best.

Look at all the quality Aussie quicks not on your list who are/were better than SN: Cummins, Davidson, Johnson, Thomson, Reid, McDermott, Harris, Clark, Johnson, Starc, McKenzie, Hazlewood etc.
Seen his **** in the other thread?

Bumrah, who now averages something like 15 at home, has benefited from not playing too many home tests cos of Indian roads.
But Asif, who averages 42 from just 4 tests in Pakistan, is better than Bumrah.
 

PaulLennon

U19 Vice-Captain
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
16. James Anderson
17. Shaun Pollock
18. Makhaya Ntini
19. Ian Botham
20. Bob Willis
21. Shoaib Akhtar
22. Stuart Broad
23. Ray Lindwall
24. Harold Larwood
25. Ian Bishop
26. Brian Statham
27. Wes Hall
28. Kagiso Rabada
29. Frank Tyson
30. Kapil Dev
31. Mohammad Asif
32. Sarfraz Nawaz

Just edited the list and removed the extra names.
Added in Asif at 31.

Open for all cricketing critique...if there's any hanky panky smart mouths I shall strike down with severe vengeance.
What will happen to Pakistanis if bumrah becomes the no 1 Asian bower. The one thing they had over india will be gone hahaha
 

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