Jasprit Bumrah vs James Anderson

[PlayerComparisons]

Two bowlers with great records against Australia

 

[sayon basak]

Two bowlers with great records against Australia

Anderson has better records in Australia. Averaging 36 is no joke. So, him.

And his batting.

 

[Coronis]

I’ll wait til Anderson’s career is over before making judgement.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Anderson has better records in Australia. Averaging 36 is no joke. So, him.

And his batting.

Good point. Not many ATG bowlers are as good as Anderson in Aus.

 

[h_hurricane]

Anderson has a higher batting average and a higher bowling average.

 

[subshakerz]

Anderson

 

[Johan]

wait until Bumrah has retired.

 

[subshakerz]

wait until Bumrah has retired.

We dont need to wait that long. He just needs a bigger body of work.

 

[sayon basak]

We dont need to wait that long. He just needs a bigger body of work.

I think he has played more than half of the matches that he'll get in his career.

 

[kyear2]

If one wants to wait to say that one has had a better career, then fine. But there's absolutely no doubt who is the better bowler.

Sorry, this isn't remotely close.

 

[subshakerz]

I think he has played more than half of the matches that he'll get in his career.

Yes so 75 percent should get him ahead of Anderson.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Even if Bumrah has a bad decline he should end up with a sub 24 average

 

[sayon basak]

Even if Bumrah has a bad decline he should end up with a sub 24 average

As he averages 20 now, he has to average 28/29 in his remaining matches to end up with an average of 24 or so.
Really depends on how bad the decline will be. Let's say, he'll average 33+ in his remaining matches (and I'm assuming he has played 50% of the matches in his career), then he would then end up with an average of 26/27.

 

[DrWolverine]

Viv Richards averaged 60 in his first 45 Tests

Viv Richards averaged 43 in his next 76 Tests

Many here still call him as a Top 5 test batsman

 

[PlayerComparisons]

What would Viv’s rating be like if his average dropped one more point? Probably a lot lower I’m guessing

 

[DrWolverine]

What would Viv’s rating be like if his average dropped one more point? Probably a lot lower I’m guessing

I think his average dropped below 50 just before his last match.

 

[subshakerz]

Even if Bumrah has a bad decline he should end up with a sub 24 average

What if he is injured to the point he finishes his career with less than 60 games?

 

[Johan]

Viv Richards averaged 60 in his first 45 Tests

Viv Richards averaged 43 in his next 76 Tests

Many here still call him as a Top 5 test batsman

Viv was averaging 53+ after playing like 120 matches (WSC) for 15 years, doing very well in 83-88. Bumrah is not going to play 15 years so not really compareable cases

 

[govinda indian fan]

If one wants to wait to say that one has had a better career, then fine. But there's absolutely no doubt who is the better bowler.

Sorry, this isn't remotely close.

Who according to you

 

[DrWolverine]

Who according to you

Obviously Bumrah