PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Two bowlers with impressive strike rates
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Fred Trueman vs Waqar Younis
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sayon basak
International Debutant
This is very close. Trueman just.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Yeah, the same. Only due to greater useful longevity of Truemam compared to Waqar.
sayon basak
International Debutant
I actually have them as my 9th and 12th best bowler of all time.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Trueman is an ATG. Waqar is not
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Wasim vs Trueman more interesting
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Highly debatable
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Which one?
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Waqar is near ATG for me btw, so not like Trueman is ahead by a lot, but by a reasonable margin
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Trueman and Waqar being in different tiers. Trueman missing around half of the matches, should really not get whole longevity points in any shape.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Fair point. Trueman is not a top tier ATG, but an ATG. Waqar is slightly below that, and a near ATG
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Trueman and Lillee are basically equal for me
Akram a bit better than both
Akram a bit better than both
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Correct.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Waqar picked up 19 5-fers in his first 33 Tests and 3 in the next 54. Scarcely believable fall from greatness...you'd think even as a newly-minted trundler with a bum back he'd have retained enough nous to remain somewhat incisive.
@trundler could probably do with a windfall tbf.
No. Wasim is comfortably ahead here.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
He’s ahead for me too, but he’s like number 9 for me and Trueman 11.
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah, I think Trueman is a bit overrated. He is not 14 for me.
Reckon he'd make my top 14 tbh but not by much. Being outplayed by peak Davo when they were playing together is a big red flag in his status though imo. It's not like Australia had a real batting advantage over England in those series'.
