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Cummins vs Bumrah

The Better Bowler

  • Bumrah

    Votes: 22 37.9%
  • Cummins

    Votes: 36 62.1%

  • Total voters
    58

subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
The interesting thing is that both Cummins and Bumrah are around 29 years old.

If Bumrah takes around 30 wickets or so a year, he will be around 34 before he can take 300 wickets and join the elite. His pace would be mostly gone by then. That assumes he doesn't get injured and doesnt suffer a loss of form. Cummins by comparison has a headstart and is simply more fit.

So Cummins seems much more likely to have a better career.
 

Arachnodouche

International Captain
Bumrah starts his runup with both hands clasping the ball awkwardly and arms swaying back and forth, and then into his delivery his arms go up stiffly like he is a GI Joe action figure, and then the release is this weird flick from his wrists. Really ungainly.

Compare that to Cummins, who has a classic, balanced, athletic bowling run up and clean, no-nonsense front-on delivery and follow through.
There's perfect rhythm and logic to Bumrah's bowling. Take a piece out and he falls apart.
 

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
Mushtaq Mohammad was allegedly 15 when he made his debut so would be a candidate to be pure. Not that I’m an expert on 1950’s Pakistan culture.
I think Derek Pringle was 24, and a certainty.
 

Tom Flint

International Regular
The interesting thing is that both Cummins and Bumrah are around 29 years old.

If Bumrah takes around 30 wickets or so a year, he will be around 34 before he can take 300 wickets and join the elite. His pace would be mostly gone by then. That assumes he doesn't get injured and doesnt suffer a loss of form. Cummins by comparison has a headstart and is simply more fit.

So Cummins seems much more likely to have a better career.
30 wickets a year isn't very many
 

Adorable Asshole

International Regular
Mushtaq Mohammad was allegedly 15 when he made his debut so would be a candidate to be pure. Not that I’m an expert on 1950’s Pakistan culture.
I think Derek Pringle was 24, and a certainty.
I remember Imran Khan saying he wasn't popular with girls before he got famous.

Though his friends at Oxford say something else.
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
I still maintain, Bumrah will struggle it seems to reach 300 wickets and Cummins will likely end up with the better career.
 

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