Thought Goddard would have qualified so I checked and he only took 123 wickets. Probably why you set 125 as the qualification.
This why Marshall, Hadlee, McGrath is so much better. Davidson was quality, but others have struggled on slow wickets.
Trueman "struggled" in Carribean when he was 23 and put on against godly batting lineups on the flattest pitches known to man just to get slaughtered, his second series he bowled extremely well against another another absurdly strong batting lineup on the same flat pitches and was a deciding factor in England's first series win in West Indies in forever.
So?
funny how Murali would kill to have Fred's stats in Australia and to have Fred's windies stats in India, funny world.
inexperienced and wasn't even a regular in the international side until a few years later
He’d been playing county for multiple seasons and had his test debut a year and a half earlier. Found out the hard way that not everywhere was as easy to bowl as England.
He wasn't a regular even in England until 57, it took him two games to figure out roads of Windies so I think he's fine.
He arguably was never a regular for England....
even Old man Statham outbowls the spinners in India lmao, what was the excuse? SG balls?
Still goes missing on slow wickets. Looks like Lillee is not alone.
even Old man Statham outbowls the spinners in India lmao, what was the excuse? SG balls? broken toenails?
SG began being used for all tests in India in 1994.
I THINK NOT!
