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Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

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Dan

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Garner.

He had a lethal bouncer, a lethal yorker and facing him would have been like facing an ordinary pacer bowling from a balcony. FMD he would have been horrible to play as a batsman.

The awkward bounce makes him more difficult than Donald, IMO - as good as Donald was.
 
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Reason?
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He was quick enough, especially when he was younger. He was unerringly accurate, bowled from a ridiculous height and gave nothing away. People often think Garner wasn't fast because he kind of loped in and looked like he was in slow motion. But plenty of blokes said he was as fast as his team mates.

Donald was a fine bowler, make no mistake. I just think Garner was bit better.
 
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rvd619323 said:
Garner.

He had a lethal bouncer, a lethal yorker and facing him would have been like facing an ordinary pacer bowling from a balcony. FMD he would have been horrible to play as a batsman.

The awkward bounce makes him more difficult than Donald, IMO - as good as Donald was.
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Garner's height is massively overrated. There were many bowlers of similar heights, notably Ambrose (6' 8") and McGrath (6' 6"). Tremlett, Harmison, Broad, Rankin, Finn are current ones I could think of who are around that height ctgory. If some one argues that he difference of 3 inches in height (5-6 on bowling height) makes such a difference they need to geth their heads checked.
 
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Migara said:
Garner's height is massively overrated. There were many bowlers of similar heights, notably Ambrose (6' 8") and McGrath (6' 6"). Tremlett, Harmison, Broad, Rankin, Finn are current ones I could think of who are around that height ctgory. If some one argues that he difference of 3 inches in height (5-6 on bowling height) makes such a difference they need to geth their heads checked.
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Discounting the possibility that Garner's arms were longer? The height at the head isn't the relevant bit if, like Michael Phelps, he has a few inches longer on his arms than his height and the others have, like normal people, a roughly similar arm-span to their heights. Garner really did look like he some seriously long arms.

Obviously I don't know the story but going on their head-height seems, well, a bit limited. Especially since Garner probably got his arm as vertical as possible when compared to the others.
 
Ikki

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It's very close but I think Donald is very underrated. Was as good as anyone in the 90s. So, I'd pick Donald, just.
 
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Why not? We've had this discussion a billion times. Warne and Murali's stats are basically level when you take into account the fact that Murali played the minnow teams far more often and Warne is a great slip fielder and could hold a bat. At the pinnacle of ODIs (WCs) he was incredible also. What's to laugh about?

As to the discussion; it's very close but I think Donald is very underrated. Was as good as anyone in the 90s. So, I'd pick Donald, just.
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Nah you get out of it too ****. How is this a Murali vs Warne thread?
 
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Unrelated but has anyone seen this film? Feels like I've seen it a million times.
 
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