James Anderson vs Kagiso Rabada

[sayon basak]

Bumrah’s WPM: 4.47
Cummins’ WPM: 4.34

Really surprising to see Cummins go below Bumrah. His wpm was Steyn territory, whereas Bumrah's was somewhere around 4.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Really surprising to see Cummins go below Bumrah. His wpm was Steyn territory, whereas Bumrah's was somewhere around 4.

Yea Cummins WPM before 2023 was 4.57.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Unsurprisingly, Pollock and Anderson have the highest SR’s here. McGrath’s is also significantly higher, but he bowled a lot more comparatively.

Overs per match (decimals are number of balls 1-5)

McGrath - 39.2
Pollock - 37.3
Anderson - 35.3
Cummins - 33.5
Steyn - 33.2
Bumrah - 32.4
Rabada - 30.4

Tbf mcgraths SR would probably drop if he was playing today. Batsmen score more quickly these days.

 

[sayon basak]

Yea Cummins WPM before 2023 was 4.57.

As far as I can remember, it was 4.727 before 2022. at that time bumrah had played 30 matches and picked 128 wickets, which would interpret into a wpm of 4.25 (numbers could be different tho, these are from my memory)

 

[capt_Luffy]

As far as I can remember, it was 4.727 before 2022. at that time bumrah had played 30 matches and picked 128 wickets, which would interpret into a wpm of 4.25 (numbers could be different tho, these are from my memory)

Precised memory to the 3rd decimal place..... Are you a Math major?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Ashwin’s WPM: 5.17

 

[sayon basak]

Precised memory to the 3rd decimal place..... Are you a Math major?

Only if you could see my math exam papers.
(Seriously I think it's easier to memorize numbers than to make a top 50 indian pace bowlers list)

 

[sayon basak]

Ashwin’s WPM: 5.17

Home wpm 6.032
Away wpm 3.821

 

[Johan]

Tbf mcgraths SR would probably drop if he was playing today. Batsmen score more quickly these days.

Counterpoint, there are less ATG Batsmen going around (only Smith and Root really) so he would've a better time, countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka (bar recently), West Indies and India all have weaker battings.

think he'd be even better statistically today.

 

[sayon basak]

Counterpoint, there are less ATG Batsmen going around (only Smith and Root really) so he would've a better time, countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka (bar recently), West Indies and India all have weaker battings.

think he'd be even better statistically today.

What he means is that his strike rate would decrease due to batsmen giving their wickets away more frequently due to faster run scoring tendency. Your argument just strengthens his point.
Lower SR= better

 

[Johan]

What he means is that his strike rate would decrease due to batsmen giving their wickets away more frequently due to faster run scoring tendency. Your argument just strengthens his point.
Lower SR= better

Ohhhhhh that's true

 

[OverratedSanity]

Really surprising to see Cummins go below Bumrah. His wpm was Steyn territory, whereas Bumrah's was somewhere around 4.

Bumrahs WPM is so impressive because throughout his career he's exclusively played in 5 bowler lineups.

 

[Thala_0710]

Bumrahs WPM is so impressive because throughout his career he's exclusively played in 5 bowler lineups.

This also while playing a lot in IND where Ashwin and Jadeja tend to eat opposite batsmen alive

 

[_00_deathscar]

I don't know

like by raw skill I can see it but Rabada and cummins have been very unimpressive outside their natural habitat tbh (aus/Sa) so I don't know if I think Rabada is better, I def think Cummins more skillful but kinda feel like he won't have a superior career

Yea cos Anderson is SO impressive outside his natural habitat. The actual ****?

 

[Johan]

Yea cos Anderson is SO impressive outside his natural habitat. The actual ****?

he outperforms either pretty heavily in Asia, especially in the last 14 or so years of his career

 

[sayon basak]

Rabada and cummins have been very unimpressive outside their natural habitat tbh (aus/sa)

We are treating them as completely different species now?

 

[Johan]

We are treating them as completely different species now?

Hm

 

[_00_deathscar]

he outperforms either pretty heavily in Asia, especially in the last 14 or so years of his career

At a meagre 2 WPM or something silly yea…

 

[Johan]

At a meagre 2 WPM or something silly yea…

Rabada – 2.2 WPM (35 avg with 71.7SR)
Cummins – 2.81 WPM (29.8 avg with 63 SR)
Anderson (post 2010) – 2.96 WPM (24.8 avg with 60.7 SR)

include full careers and Anderson's WPM is still ~ Cummins

 

[sledger]

Is a bowler who's played fewer test matches than Matthew Hoggard better than a bowler who played at the top level for more than twenty years and amassed over 700 wickets?!



Behave yourselves.