Peak Imran vs Peak Marshall

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Two bowlers of similar quality

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Very tough, will go Marshall by very very little, cause of his insane WPM in a very competitive attack, and simultaneous domination across conditions(amazing series in Ind, Aus, Eng and Pak).

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

But these two bowlers have the two best peaks ever

 

[subshakerz]

Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.

A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.

Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long

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[HouHsiaoHsien]

Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.

A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.

Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long

A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests

www.espncricinfo.com

Either is fine for me actually. Imran too has a very strong case

 

[srbhkshk]

No bowler has any sort of case against Imran's peak, it's the best by absolute miles.

 

[Slifer]

Peak Imran again. Look Imran had the best peak of modern times. Next.

 

[Slifer]

Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.

A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.

Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long

A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests

www.espncricinfo.com

Same article also makes a case for Brian who we both know you don't rate that highly.....

 

[ankitj]

Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.

A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.

Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long

A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests

www.espncricinfo.com

Classic Anantha. So much blabbering when he could have just posted 2 tables.

 

[ankitj]

Hey, big gap in home vs. away for Imran in the said 27 test peak.

 

[Coronis]

Hey, big gap in home vs. away for Imran in the said 27 test peak.

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[Bolo.]

Hey, big gap in home vs. away for Imran in the said 27 test peak.

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The problem for me with this peak is being out injured for nearly 2 years of it. Marshall has a ton more wickets over similar timeframes, and it's not a scheduling thing.

 

[subshakerz]

The problem for me with this peak is being out injured for nearly 2 years of it. Marshall has a ton more wickets over similar timeframes, and it's not a scheduling thing.

You can do a similar 27 test peak before the injury and he is still ahead of Marshall. I dont see the point though since he was pretty much the same bowler in his bowling prime before and after.

 

[subshakerz]

I think we can quibble on the time frames. I prefer 80 to 88 for Imran and 83 to 89 for Marshall.

I can see a good case for Marshall based on WPM, what gives Imran the real edge to me is back to back awesome series against WI in 86 and 88.

 

[Bolo.]

You can do a similar 27 test peak before the injury and he is still ahead of Marshall. I dont see the point though since he was pretty much the same bowler in his bowling prime before and after.

Na. His average goes up to 18 and he's substantially behind Marshall on wickets if you look pre injury. You need to say that Imrans time out injured should not count against his peak to put him ahead. I can't do that.

I agree that 27 tests is way too short. To Anantha's credit though, there isn't going to be a satisfactory answer, and he at least has found something pretty objective.

 

[h_hurricane]

Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.

A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.

Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long

A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests

www.espncricinfo.com

Hey, you voted for Marshall however.

 

[Slifer]

You can do a similar 27 test peak before the injury and he is still ahead of Marshall. I dont see the point though since he was pretty much the same bowler in his bowling prime before and after.

Umm, you voted for Marshall and I voted for Imran. Twilight zone????

 

[ankitj]

I think we can quibble on the time frames. I prefer 80 to 88 for Imran and 83 to 89 for Marshall.

I can see a good case for Marshall based on WPM, what gives Imran the real edge to me is back to back awesome series against WI in 86 and 88.

Imran 80-88:



Marshal 83-89:

 

[ankitj]

Oh and Imran averaged about 40 with the bat in the same period. 🫡

 

[subshakerz]

Hey, you voted for Marshall however.

I go back and forth. I switched to Imran now. It's close.