Best bowler to average over 30 ?

[Sunil1z]

Is it Nathan Lyon ?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Probably Imran Khan

 

[CricAddict]

Ishant Sharma

 

[Sunil1z]

I am also mentioning Matthew Hoggard who was a very good swing bowler .

 

[howitzer]

Prasanna imo.

 

[reyrey]

I'd keep spin and pace separate in this discussion or I'd shift the average higher for spinners to maybe 34 vs 30 for quicks.

Active quicks then it's Woods and Archer.

Retired quicks. Zak Khan and Flintoff

Out of the 4 of them I'd go with Woods, but imagine a pace quartet made up of those 4. Nasty!

 

[howitzer]

I'd keep spin and pace separate in this discussion.

Active quicks then it's Woods and Archer.

Retired quicks. Zak Khan and Flintoff

Out of the 4 of them I'd go with Woods, but imagine a pace quartet made up of those 4. Nasty!

Srinath, Lee and Patterson might also come into the discussion for quicks.

Edit: I'd be tempted to go for Srinath myself for quicks.

 

[howitzer]

Overall though; Prasanna, Lyon and Mankad probably make up my top 3.

 

[reyrey]

Srinath, Lee and Patterson might also come into the discussion for quicks.

Edit: I'd be tempted to go for Srinath myself for quicks.

Definitely guys that deserve a mention. I'd go with Lee from them 3 mostly for how well he did at the end of his career. With Srinath I'd love to have seen how he'd have done with better support/less expectations on him. Patterson at his peak was just terrifying.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Hmmm.... I would go:
Nathan Lyon
Erapalli Prasanna
Abdul Qadir
Ted McDonald
Alf Valentine
Stuart MacGill
Harbhajan Singh
Keshav Maharaj
Vinoo Mankad
Sarfaraz Nawaz

I think if you reduce it 29; many more great bowlers will qualify; I would go:
Anil Kumble
Lance Gibbs
Kapil Dev
B S Chandrashekhar
Chamunda Vaas
Subhash Gupte
Saqlain Mushtaq
Tim Southee
Garth McKenzie
Graeme Swann

Only Lyon will make into this list.

 

[Sunil1z]

Hmmm.... I would go:
Nathan Lyon
Erapalli Prasanna
Abdul Qadir
Ted McDonald
Alf Valentine
Stuart MacGill
Harbhajan Singh
Keshav Maharaj
Vinoo Mankad
Sarfaraz Nawaz

I think if you reduce it 29; many more great bowlers will qualify; I would go:
Anil Kumble
Lance Gibbs
Kapil Dev
B S Chandrashekhar
Chamunda Vaas
Subhash Gupte
Saqlain Mushtaq
Tim Southee
Garth McKenzie
Graeme Swann

Only Lyon will make into this list.

No fast bowlers in first list ?

 

[capt_Luffy]

No fast bowlers in first list ?

McDonald and Nawaz. Spinners tend to average more than fast bowlers.

 

[ataraxia]

Lyon by streets.

 

[Starfighter]

It's obviously Geoff Lawson

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Hmmm.... I would go:
Nathan Lyon
Erapalli Prasanna
Abdul Qadir
Ted McDonald
Alf Valentine
Stuart MacGill
Harbhajan Singh
Keshav Maharaj
Vinoo Mankad
Sarfaraz Nawaz

I think if you reduce it 29; many more great bowlers will qualify; I would go:
Anil Kumble
Lance Gibbs
Kapil Dev
B S Chandrashekhar
Chamunda Vaas
Subhash Gupte
Saqlain Mushtaq
Tim Southee
Garth McKenzie
Graeme Swann

Only Lyon will make into this list.

Shakib could be in the 1st list

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Srinath, Lee and Patterson might also come into the discussion for quicks.

Edit: I'd be tempted to go for Srinath myself for quicks.

Harmison and Hoggard contenders

 

[Pothas]

Hmmm.... I would go:
Nathan Lyon
Erapalli Prasanna
Abdul Qadir
Ted McDonald
Alf Valentine
Stuart MacGill
Harbhajan Singh
Keshav Maharaj
Vinoo Mankad
Sarfaraz Nawaz

Gregory and Constantine worthy of a mention if you are including McDonald.

 

[Pothas]

Harmison and Hoggard contenders

Flintoff over Harmison for me.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Flintoff over Harmison for me.

True but one stage Harmison was no 1 in the world

 

[capt_Luffy]

Gregory and Constantine worthy of a mention if you are including McDonald.

Yes, both of them probably makes top 15.