subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
How likely is Cummins to end as an ATG top 10 pacer?
Even if he has a great Ashes in Eng and a great series in India before career end?Not at all.
Top 10?Even if he has a great Ashes in Eng and a great series in India before career end?
Let's leave aside Bumrah for now.Top 10?
Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Steyn
Ambrose
Imran
Lillee
Donald
Garner
Lindwall
Holding
Bumrah
Trueman
Garner
Davidson
Cummins
Pollock
fixedTop 10?
Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Steyn
Cummins
Ambrose
Imran
Lillee
Donald
Garner
Lindwall
Holding
Bumrah
Trueman
Garner
Davidson
Cummins
Pollock
You have Garner twice. I guess one of them is ignoring his batting?Top 10?
Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Steyn
Ambrose
Imran
Lillee
Donald
Garner
Lindwall
Holding
Bumrah
Trueman
Garner
Davidson
Cummins
Pollock
Don't think he has accomplished enough to be ahead of Donald or even Trueman.Yeah I think he's probably already there.
When you exceed 12 inches you get named twiceYou have Garner twice. I guess one of them is ignoring his batting?
Way ahead of Trueman for me but I do rate Trueman lower than most.Don't think he has accomplished enough to be ahead of Donald or even Trueman.
Don't think Cummins is ahead of Lillee.Way ahead of Trueman for me but I do rate Trueman lower than most.
My takes on Australian pitches in the 2010s lead me to rate Smith lower than practically everyone but also Cummins quite a bit higher.
I'm also not a Lillee fan which opens up a spot most people have locked in.
Cummins > Hoggard > Lillee.Don't think Cummins is ahead of Lillee.
Donald is a high ****ing bar. We talk about him here like he is some mythical low sample size 19th century bowler.Let's leave aside Bumrah for now.
Why cant Cummins make it past Donald, Garner and Lindwall?
Um both can make it easily.Main competition for Cummins to enter top ten is Bumrah. It can be only one of them in the top ten for me.
Donald is a high bar but based on his trajectory, Cummins just needs quality series in England and India or SL to make a case to be better than him.Donald is a high ****ing bar. We talk about him here like he is some mythical low sample size 19th century bowler.
Cummins had ordinary year or so. Needs a bit of revival. I wouldn't easily put him past Donald. Maybe it's my nostalgia. Compare Donald's strike rate with Akram, Ambrose and McGrath. He was a very potent and incisive bowler.Donald is a high bar but based on his trajectory, Cummins just needs quality series in England and India or SL to make a case to be better than him.
Donald underperformed against Australia which sort of holds him back for me. Cummins fixing his Eng record and showing some form in the SC would be enough to give him a nod.Cummins had ordinary year or so. Needs a bit of revival. I wouldn't easily put him past Donald. Maybe it's my nostalgia. Compare Donald's strike rate with Akram, Ambrose and McGrath. He was a very potent and incisive bowler.