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James Anderson vs Dennis Lillee

Who is the better test bowler?


  • Total voters
    48

Howe_zat

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Anderson's had Lillee's career and then some besides.

Thing that keeps Anderson off the top tier is work away from home, fine, but that applies to tons of players and especially Lillee who never took a wicket in India or the West Indies and generally built his record entirely on playing in Australia and England.

In 2012-13 alone, Anderson played at 16 different grounds away from home. Lillee played at 14 in his career.

Away from home in the last 10 years Anderson has 126 wickets at 23. Lillee's away career is 124 wickets at 24.
 

Silver Line

U19 Debutant
Lillee Best 10 years (big 8 minus SL and NZ)

Lillee overall average: 23.4
Lillee overall strike rate: 50.3
Lillee away average: 23.5

Anderson best 10 years (big 8 minus WI)
Anderson overall average: 24.3
Anderson overall strike rate: 57
Anderson away average: 27.8

end this ridiculous thread.
 

Howe_zat

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Lillee Best 10 years (big 8 minus SL and NZ)

Lillee overall average: 23.4
Lillee overall strike rate: 50.3
Lillee away average: 23.5

Anderson best 10 years (big 8 minus WI)
Anderson overall average: 24.3
Anderson overall strike rate: 57
Anderson away average: 27.8

end this ridiculous thread.
If only Anderson had never played a test in India or Australia so his record could be more like Lillee's.

Instead he was out there winning series in 2011 and 2012. How sad.
 

Silver Line

U19 Debutant
But Howe_zat brings a very valid point. Lillee is utter sh**e in asian conditions test or odis. In India he wouldve likely struggled too. Lillee is sus
 

Shady Slim

International Coach
Anderson averages 29.33 in India in his best 10 years mate 🤣🤣
i am a noted anderson detractor but for a pacer who relies mostly on movement rather than raw pace or reverse that's... emintently reasonable? while it's not atg it's pretty damn solid and given he's toured there a couple of times he's had to earn his keep
 

Silver Line

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i am a noted anderson detractor but for a pacer who relies mostly on movement rather than raw pace or reverse that's... emintently reasonable? while it's not atg it's pretty damn solid and given he's toured there a couple of times he's had to earn his keep
Yeh i take it back, nothing insane, but overall in asia he still brings that average to 25 to Lillee’s disadvantage.

hard to tell who’s better honestly, will go with Anderson as Lillee falls under the sus category
 

trundler

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Anderson getting over a quarter of the vote is surprising. Not too long ago Lillee tied with Wasim on here. I don't see more than one or two votes going Anderson's way if he's against Wasim so either this poll has some trolling going on or public opinion on Lillee has swayed massively recently.
 

Coronis

International Coach
Anderson getting over a quarter of the vote is surprising. Not too long ago Lillee tied with Wasim on here. I don't see more than one or two votes going Anderson's way if he's against Wasim so either this poll has some trolling going on or public opinion on Lillee has swayed massively recently.
tbh has there been a poll without trolling lately?
 

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