CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

[TheJediBrah]

Ryan Harris objectively better than both Thomson and McKenzie

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ryan Harris objectively better than both Thomson and McKenzie

I agree

 

[Line and Length]

We've had a week of voting and the tie has been well and truly broken.

The votes:
McKenzie 4
Harris 2
Thomson 7

I declare Thomson the 39th name on CW's list of Test Pace bowlers.

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
34. Ian Botham
35. Stuart Broad
36. Peter Pollock
37. Neil Wagner
38. Jason Gillespie
39. Jeff Thomson

Voting is now open for the 40th (and final spot) on our list. I will then open a thread with the final list and relevant stats.

 

[ataraxia]

Boult

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Would like to vote all of Southee, Bond, and Cowie but Ryan Harris.

 

[Line and Length]

McKenzie

 

[CricAddict]

Mohammed Shami

 

[CricAddict]

Voting is now open for the 40th (and final spot) on our list. I will then open a thread with the final list and relevant stats.

Why not have 50 here as well like the batsmen list?

 

[CricAddict]

Boult Southee Bond Shami Umesh Ishant Zaheer Srinath Harris Damien Fleming Mcdermott Vaas Gough Sarfaraz Streak are some names from the top of my mind that are worth getting into the top 50.

 

[Xix2565]

I'll vote Shami.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Mortaza lol wtf

 

[Line and Length]

Why not have 50 here as well like the batsmen list?

Two reasons.Firstly, voting (and interest) seems to have dwindled. Secondly, there are more batsmen in an average team than there are pace bowlers. We probably could have extended the list of batsmen for many more without too much effort but we need to draw a line somewhere.

 

[CricAddict]

Mortaza lol wtf

He is the all time best pacer for Bangladesh. So, I just thought we will have one representation from the country just for a shortlist.

On second thoughts, have removed his name now. Doesn`t deserve to be named in the same breath as the others in the list.

 

[CricAddict]

Two reasons.Firstly, voting (and interest) seems to have dwindled. Secondly, there are more batsmen in an average team than there are pace bowlers. We probably could have extended the list of batsmen for many more without too much effort but we need to draw a line somewhere.

Yeah if the voters have lost interest, then yes, better to stop.

 

[TheJediBrah]

He is the all time best pacer for Bangladesh. So, I just thought we will have one representation from the country just for a shortlist.

very generous of you

 

[Gob]

Thommo was clearly faster and scarier, but Wagner is better.

Agree

I mean thommo is what? 70 now?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Probably about the same now tbh. I've always thought Wagner bowled more or less what an elderly Thommo would.

 

[bagapath]

Mitchell Starc

 

[trundler]

Loads of moaning in this thread but surely Neil Wagner being a better bowler than Thomson is plainly obvious.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It's all a bit patchy in terms of peaks, longevity and number of Tests etc. Harold Larwood somehow being 25th probably means all bets are off.

Anyway I'm sticking with McKenzie who should have been in many moons ago.