Is imran overated as bowler

[govinda indian fan]

Feel many on cw are overating imran the bowler. He has drawbacks such as ball tampering and biased home umpires without which he would have averaged 25-26. Imo wasim>imran

 

[trundler]

No. And Kapil wasn't better than Botham either.

 

[DrWolverine]

No

 

[capt_Luffy]

Nah Imran is rated fine

 

[subshakerz]

No he is underrated if anything.

Best bowler in World Series Cricket.

Best Bowler against the mighty WI.

I can guarantee you if he played in an ATG XI versus a Martian XI he would be one of those delivering MoS performances outside Bradman.

 

[subshakerz]

Every team of his era had biased umpires and tampered with the ball. It's just an assumption that he benefitted especially from it but nobody docks points from the others.

 

[sayon basak]

Feel many on cw are overating imran the bowler. He has drawbacks such as ball tampering and biased home umpires without which he would have averaged 25-26. Imo wasim>imran

Many?? Who?? You just saw one man rating him in the top 7, which is infact very much a fair rating. If you really think that's enough to declare him as overrated and start a thread about it, then I don't know what to say.

 

[DrWolverine]

Imran Khan is often rated among Top 6-10 fast bowlers in test cricket and that seems perfectly fine

 

[Coronis]

Oh good this seems like a nice calm thread

 

[subshakerz]

Imran Khan is often rated among Top 6-10 fast bowlers in test cricket and that seems perfectly fine

I have him at 5 but yes he is normally in the 6 to 10 best pacers.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

@kyear2

 

[capt_Luffy]

Btw Kapil was a better bowler than Botham

 

[sayon basak]

@kyear2

You're doing God's work.

 

[subshakerz]

Btw Kapil was a better bowler than Botham

Slightly perhaps.

 

[sayon basak]

Btw Kapil was a better bowler than Botham

That's not controversial at all; in fact, that's the right choice.


Come up with something better.

 

[Silver Silva]

Feel many on cw are overating imran the bowler. He has drawbacks such as ball tampering and biased home umpires without which he would have averaged 25-26. Imo wasim>imran

No, Imran Khan is a very important part of cricket history

 

[Johan]

Oh dear, this will be fun.

just for the record, I do see Imran as a top 15 bowler of all time, but if someone has Lillee or Holding or Donald higher, I wouldn't mind, it's very easy to see why one can come to such a conclusion.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Imo wasim>imran

This is a terrible opinion that only casuals have no offense

 

[subshakerz]

Oh dear, this will be fun.

just for the record, I do see Imran as a top 15 bowler of all time, but if someone has Lillee or Holding or Donald higher, I wouldn't mind, it's very easy to see why one can come to such a conclusion.

Imran is easily top ten.

 

[Johan]

Imran is easily top ten.

I did place Imran at 10th in the list I dropped like 30 mins back

Marshall>McGrath>Hadlee~Barnes>Ambrose>Steyn>Warne>Murali>O Reilly>Imran