Rank these ODI Opening Pairs

[subshakerz]

How would you rank these ODI opening bowling pairs?

Wasim Waqar
Donald Pollock
McGrath Lee

 

[Johan]

Lee was an ATG ODI pacer imo, 380 @ 23.4 with 4.76 ER, Waqar has 416 @ 23.8 with 4.68 ER

 

[capt_Luffy]

All 3 pretty equal

 

[DrWolverine]

Donald played between 1991-2003.
Pollock played between 1995-2008.
Two contrasting styles.
Two contrasting personalities.
Both of them were truly fire and ice in terms of styles.
Between 1991-2003; Donald had the best average.
Between 1991-2003; Donald had the best strike rate.
Between 1995-2008; Shaun had the best economy.
Both are very different and yet were a perfect combo.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Donald played between 1991-2003.
Pollock played between 1995-2008.
Two contrasting styles.
Two contrasting personalities.
Both of them were truly fire and ice in terms of styles.
Between 1991-2003; Donald had the best average.
Between 1991-2003; Donald had the best strike rate.
Between 1995-2008; Shaun had the best economy.
Both are very different and yet were a perfect combo.

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Throw in de Villiers in the mix and boi is that a formidable line-up!!!

 

[Migara]

McGrath > Akram, Pollock
Lee > Waqar, Donald

 

[ankitj]

Throw in de Villiers in the mix and boi is that a formidable line-up!!!

A certain Craig White Matthews was an important cog in the wheel too.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Donald often bowled 1st change as he couldn't control the new ball so well.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

A certain Craig White was an important cog in the wheel too.

Matthews. White played for England a few years later

 

[ankitj]

Did McGrath and Lee open together that much? It was Fleming, Gillespie and later Johnson/Clarke who shared the new ball with McGrath I thought. Someone gotta lookup

 

[ankitj]

Matthews. White played for England a few years later

Yes Craig Matthews. I knew I was saying something wrong while typing it out.

 

[subshakerz]

Did McGrath and Lee open together that much? It was Fleming, Gillespie and later Johnson/Clarke who shared the new ball with McGrath I thought. Someone gotta lookup

This is ODIs bro

 

[subshakerz]

McGrath > Akram, Pollock
Lee > Waqar, Donald

Lee ain't better than Waqar.

 

[ankitj]

This is ODIs bro

Even in ODIs.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Akram > Mcgrath > Donald
Waqar > Pollock > Lee

 

[Migara]

Lee ain't better than Waqar.

In ODIs he is. Had been brilliant through out his career. Waqar was more than brilliant for 40% of his career and then just ordinary.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

McGrath

 

[subshakerz]

In ODIs he is. Had been brilliant through out his career. Waqar was more than brilliant for 40% of his career and then just ordinary.

He was very good in ODIs even in late 90s early 2000s.

 

[Randomfan]

He was very good in ODIs even in late 90s early 2000s.

I won't call having 5+ ER very good in that era. Literally the second most expensive bowler with 100+ wickets.
If you see 50+ wickets then couple of additional ZIm bowlers show up higher than ER of 5+.

SR of 30 does not help at all when you are so expensive in limited overs with 10 overs to bowl. Actually, 5 bowlers like Waqar bowling 50 overs will be deadly for their own team and not oppostion. Limited over games are won by giving less runs than opposition. With SR of 30, it's not like you can blast out oppositions. I meant you can have 5 waqar bowling for you for 50 overs, oppositing will score 250+ runs and team will lose most games.

ER of bowlers against non-minnows - 100 plus wickets.



ER of pacers with 50 plus wickes.

 

[ankitj]

In ODIs he is. Had been brilliant through out his career. Waqar was more than brilliant for 40% of his career and then just ordinary.

I know Lee took lot of wickets but in my memory he was always leaking too many runs.