Greater cricketer: Wasim Akram or Jacques Kallis

[BazBall21]

An ATG bowler who can bat vs an ATG bat who bowls. Another Kallis thread.

 

[trundler]

Do I have to or nah

 

[BazBall21]

Do I have to or nah

No you do not

 

[ataraxia]

Tough one. Wasim lost matches by match-fixing but also won a few, and Kallis drew matches through boring his opponents to death. ofc Wasim would have been comfortably better than Kallis were Kallis in his team as Kallis would have took all the slip catches.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

taken

 

[mr_mister]

Wasim averages 15 with Tubby, Junior and Warne in his slip cordon

 

[anil1405]

Wasim averages 15 with Tubby, Junior and Warne in his slip cordon

Kallis strike rate would be 70+ under a team management that encouraged attacking cricket.

 

[mr_mister]

Kallis strike rate would be 70+ under a team management that encouraged attacking cricket.

Is that the same team management that allowed Herschelle Gibb and ABDV to employ an attacking style?

 

[anil1405]

Is that the same team management that allowed Herschelle Gibb and ABDV to employ an attacking style?

Is that you falling prey to their white ball cricket reputation and considering them to be the same in test cricket?

 

[subshakerz]

 

[subshakerz]

Wasim averages 15 with Tubby, Junior and Warne in his slip cordon

Not without gouging the ball out he doesn't.

 

[anil1405]

Wasim averages 15 with Tubby, Junior and Warne in his slip cordon

Hence proved..... Akram > McGrath

 

[Migara]

An ATG bowler who can bat vs an ATG bat who bowls. Another Kallis thread.

Kallis with ball > Wasim with bat
Kallis with bat is comparable to Wasim with ball.

So Kallis.

 

[Red]

Kallis was one of the most boring cricketers ever.

Wasim wasn’t.

So, Wasim

 

[Everton Seymour]

Wasim Akram from a pure influence perspective, a superstar on and off the pitch .

 

[trundler]

Kallis with ball > Wasim with bat
Kallis with bat is comparable to Wasim with ball.

So Kallis.

Kallis's bowling is a non factor once you take minnows out. It's roughly as good as Wasim with bat. Meh. Wasim with ball is better than Kallis for sure. So Wasim.

 

[Coronis]

Kallis's bowling is a non factor once you take minnows out. It's roughly as good as Wasim with bat. Meh. Wasim with ball is better than Kallis for sure. So Wasim.

254 wickets @ 35.38 vs 2898 runs @ 22.64… I know which one I’d prefer. Also Kallis >>> Wasim as a fielder.

 

[BazBall21]

Had a feeling Pollock would demolish Kapil but this being one-sided has surprised me. Akram doesn’t fare well too well on CW though. Wonder if Pollock could beat him.

 

[trundler]

254 wickets @ 35.38 vs 2898 runs @ 22.64… I know which one I’d prefer. Also Kallis >>> Wasim as a fielder.

1.5 wickets per match. Wasim has hundreds against quality oppositions. Averages are meaningless for low order players/players who don't take enough wickets. TIL Ross Taylor is the greatest bowler of all time.

 

[Coronis]

1.5 wickets per match. Wasim has hundreds against quality oppositions. Averages are meaningless for low order players/players who don't take enough wickets. TIL Ross Taylor is the greatest bowler of all time.

Yes those hundreds are quite quality. That deadly Aussie attack of Hughes, Taylor, Campbell and Rackemann. Zimbabwe which you have no problem removing from Kallis’ record. 90’s Murali and Vaas.