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Waqar Younis vs Rahul Dravid
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nightprowler10
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Dravid had no yorker to speak of, and Waqar couldn't hold a bat. Tough one.
Prince EWS
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These are the best type of comparison thread and you won't change my mind.
Waqar for me this time.
Waqar for me this time.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Very tough.
Waqar clearly in ODIs.
In tests, I would say Dravid slightly based on a better reputation and longer period of worldclass form.
Waqar clearly in ODIs.
In tests, I would say Dravid slightly based on a better reputation and longer period of worldclass form.
BazBall21
International Captain
Waqar vs Miandad for Pakistan's third best cricketer?
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Dravid is like my 15th. Meanwhile these fast bowlers are clearly better than Waqar.
Marshall
Hadlee
Steyn
Mcgrath
Ambrose
Imran
Wasim
Donald
Davidson
Lillee
Trueman
Garner
Pollock
So Dravid.
Marshall
Hadlee
Steyn
Mcgrath
Ambrose
Imran
Wasim
Donald
Davidson
Lillee
Trueman
Garner
Pollock
So Dravid.
trundler
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These guys aren't clearly better than Waqar. Pollock isn't better than Waqar at all.
BazBall21
International Captain
Yeah. I was going to say Waqar is a better bowler than Pollock.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
I like Waqar but he was pretty limited bowler. Couldn't bowl with the new ball for most of his career. Didn't have much in his arsenal apart form that toe crushers.
Though yeah you can rate Waqar > Pollock but others are clearly better.
trundler
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Hard to take 6 wickets per match at your best without the new ball. He was a better old ball bowler than new ball but saying he couldn't bowl with the new ball for most of his career is like saying Dravid couldn't bat against spin. It is massively exaggerating a relative disparity in skill.
Pollock was more limited than Waqar. His decline was more toothless than Waqar's and his peak was less brutal though a larger portion of his career. Garner and Davidson had very short careers and Waqar took as many fifers as both combined in his first ~10 years at a slightly worse average. Lillee and Trueman were HTBs who played exclusively in conditions that suited them.
I'll probably take Lillee and Trueman ahead of Waqar but not the rest. And definitely not Pollock.
OverratedSanity
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Waqar's peak was a bit too short for him to win a comparison like this imo. Pretty ***y peak though.
ataraxia
International Coach
No. Every 'cricketer' comparison is totally awful.
The bowler always wins. At least, I presume that's how I'm meant to vote. Is everyone voting on a different understanding about what the hell the question could be? Do the results actually convey any meaning whatsoever?
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Sadly not here
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Coronis
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No, but none of us have anything better to do.