Who is the greatest test fast bowler of all time?

[Red_Ink_Squid]

@Nintendo - which one would win a rap battle?

 

[h_hurricane]

Giving the under-rated King Curtly a vote as I always felt he was as good as any one else. The only bowler in the 400 wicket club to average sub 21.

 

[andruid]

Bart King

 

[Socerer 01]

gotta applaud op for finding creative ways to bypass the dead subforum that temporarily halted his activities

and i petition the mods to move these to the comparisons subforum too, having more than 2 options suddenly doesn’t make these threads worthy of the main forum

 

[Slifer]

An average of 18 then 13 a year later against a world class English line-up featuring the likes of Sutcliffe, Walters, Hammond, Leyland, Hendren and Jardine is pretty impressive.

Not sure what went wrong in 1939, injury perhaps?

Really nice bowling action, probably an under-rated fast bowler.

Series	Mat	O	M	R	W	5w	10w	Best	Avg	S/R	E/R
1933 England v. West Indies​	3​	72.3​	9​	251​	14​	2​	0​	5/73​	17.93​	31.07​	3.46​
1934-1935 West Indies v. England​	4​	100.3​	23​	239​	19​	1​	0​	5/22​	12.58​	31.74​	2.38​
1939 England v. West Indies​	3​	71.1​	8​	314​	4​	0​	0​	2/34​	78.50​	141.75​	3.32​
Overall (3)​	10​	244.1​	40​	804​	37​	3​	0​	5/22​	21.73​	43.38​	3.01​

Haha funny...

 

[Socerer 01]

to whoever moved it here, you deserve a raise

now let every thread started by a certain user be automoved here

 

[HookShot]

Joel Garner at No.7 and above Imran, Donald and Holding is an interesting take.

OK, now the tough bit, my top-10. Cue the music and sharpen the knives!
1 Malcolm Marshall
2 Curtly Ambrose
3 Glenn McGrath
4 Dennis Lillee
5 Richard Hadlee
6 Wasim Akram
7 Joel Garner
8 Imran Khan
9 Allan Donald
10 Michael Holding

Who is the greatest fast bowler of the past 40 years?

Recently on Twitter I was asked who I thought the best fast bowler was since 1970. It got me thinking, so here is what…

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[ataraxia]

Joel Garner at No.7

thankfully he can bat, otherwise he'd be getting major nosebleeds

 

[Prince EWS]

thankfully he can bat, otherwise he'd be getting major nosebleeds

Yeah Garner at 7 for his batting.

 

[Line and Length]

Joel Garner at No.7 and above Imran, Donald and Holding is an interesting take.

Who is the greatest fast bowler of the past 40 years?

Recently on Twitter I was asked who I thought the best fast bowler was since 1970. It got me thinking, so here is what…

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... and no Steyn.

 

[Coronis]

... and no Steyn.

Of the current quicks, Dale Steyn is the only contender, but having said that I am leaving him out as he is still going around. I am limiting my selections to players have finished their careers.

Keep in mind this was written 10 years ago.

 

[Line and Length]

Geoff Boycott has 3 of the contenders in his ATG XI. Here's what he has to say about his picks.

 

[Chrish]

Love Boycott.. Annoying little prick but always a great listen.

 

[CartyDurham]

The one single English player on that list is hundreds of wickets behind Anderson and Broad

the past is not always the best

 

[Coronis]

The one single English player on that list is hundreds of wickets behind Anderson and Broad

the past is not always the best

Corned beef is getting very stale.