James Anderson vs Kagiso Rabada

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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

Fair enough, I stand corrected. Expected for Rabada maybe but surprising for Cummins.

 

[Johan]

Fair enough, I stand corrected. Expected for Rabada maybe but surprising for Cummins.

Anderson has better WPM by a bit and significantly superior average and even better SR, so like, it's safe for me to say Jimmy was much superior in that condition.

 

[Coronis]

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?!

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Behave yourselves.

Yes, Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, Michael Holding and Joel Garner are better than James Anderson

 

[capt_Luffy]

Yes, Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, Michael Holding and Joel Garner are better than James Anderson

Also:
Sydney Barnes and Bill O'Reilly

 

[sledger]

Yes, Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, Michael Holding and Joel Garner are better than James Anderson

Never heard of them. And you can never trust a man called Joel anyway.

 

[sledger]

Also:
Sydney Barnes and Bill O'Reilly

Similarly, you can never trust a person who is named after a place, or after a builder in Fawlty Towers.

 

[Coronis]

Never heard of them. And you can never trust a man called Joel anyway.

dw I understood the point though re: longevity.

Bumrah and Cummins also have even worse availability than Anderson

 

[sayon basak]

Never heard of them.

Not their fault.

 

[sledger]

Not their fault.

Yes it is. It's not my responsibility to go out of my way to learn about third raters. If they want to be taken seriously it is incumbent on them to make me take notice.

 

[sayon basak]

Yes it is. It's not my responsibility to go out of my way to learn about third raters. If they want to be taken seriously it is incumbent on them to make me take notice.

Actually, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for bothering to correct my views

 

[sledger]

Actually, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for bothering to correct my views

You are right to thank me. You are a better person now.

 

[sayon basak]

You are right to thank me. You are a better person now.

I thank you again to accept my gratitude. (Guess I'm a betterer person now)

 

[Thala_0710]

Pollock easily beat Anderson and Pollock vs Rabada was pretty close, but this one is so one sided. I wonder how. With 300+ test wkts to his belt now and him continuously improving his record in Asia, I am now having Rabada over Anderson

 

[Johan]

Pollock easily beat Anderson and Pollock vs Rabada was pretty close, but this one is so one sided. I wonder how. With 300+ test wkts to his belt now and him continuously improving his record in Asia, I am now having Rabada over Anderson

Nostalgia mainly

 

[Thala_0710]

Nostalgia mainly

Nostalgia over Pollock, you mean?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Pollock easily beat Anderson and Pollock vs Rabada was pretty close, but this one is so one sided. I wonder how. With 300+ test wkts to his belt now and him continuously improving his record in Asia, I am now having Rabada over Anderson

Rabada’s WPM: 4.68

Anderson’s WPM: 3.74

I prefer Rabada too

 

[Johan]

Rabada’s WPM: 4.68

Anderson’s WPM: 3.74

I prefer Rabada too

Rabada is sharing wickets with nothing bowlers (par Vernon till like 2018) at home so ofcourse he has a high WPM.

Tho I know what this argument is fueled by.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Rabada is sharing wickets with nothing bowlers (par Vernon till like 2018) at home so ofcourse he has a high WPM.

Tho I know what this argument is fueled by.

Wow Morkel, Philander, Steyn, Jansen, Nortje, Ngidi, Maharaj are nothing bowlers

Rabada actually arguably has more competition for wickets

 

[sayon basak]

Rabada is sharing wickets with nothing bowlers (par Vernon till like 2018) at home so ofcourse he has a high WPM.

Tho I know what this argument is fueled by.

Everybody knows that.

 

[Johan]

Wow Morkel, Philander, Steyn, Jansen, Nortje, Ngidi, Maharaj are nothing bowlers

Rabada actually arguably has more competition for wickets

Philander was terrible in his last two years, Morkel retired two years into Rabada's career, Steyn retired few years into Rabada's career as well, Jansen played 13 tests...Nortje and Ngidi have lower WPMs and matches.

lame argument tbh, you need a better excuse than WPM for Rabada>Anderson.