Battle of the Test Bowling

[Sanz]

Murali

 

[TT Boy]

Ambrose.

 

[grecian]

Ambrose.

All performances against England during the nineties need to be considered on a level with Bangladesh and Zim nowadays.

 

[Sanz]

Ambrose.

All performances against England during the nineties need to be considered on a level with Bangladesh and Zim nowadays.

Obviously some (.e.g. Goughy) would disagree and even claim that it was a better batting line-up than the English side of mid-late 80s.

 

[grecian]

Obviously some (.e.g. Goughy) would disagree and even claim that it was a better batting line-up than the English side of mid-late 80s.

TBH, that was a shocking batting line-up too, Lamb, Gatting, Randall, all played many matches whilst averaging very little.

I personally believe Englands batting line-up was fairly poor during both decades.

All the collapses merge into one, in my addled mind. As once said in a comedy show, the phrase England-middle-order-batting-collapse, became one word for a whole generation.

Our performances in the Eighties were fairly poor actually, series losses against, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, all at home I think, and most of them we managed to lose away too, as well. Along with our humiliations against the West Indies.

Just englands obsession with winning the Ashes make people think it was a golden period. In fact the only good result i can think of in the decade, other then beating a poor Aussie side, was when we beat India away.

 

[superkingdave]

to be fair the line up in 98 could have been stronger, in the same summer the top 5 was Butcher, Atherton, Hussain, Stewart, Thorpe.


tough one, but Murali.

 

[cameeel]

Ambrose

 

[aussie]

Tight one, Murali's spell at the oval, one of the best exhibition of spin bowling i've seen, but Ambrose was probably just better its not often a bowler takes 7-1 in a spell, so its Ambrose for me.

 

[Dasa]

Murali.

 

[oz_fan]

Ambrose

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Ambrose.

 

[Steulen]

Murali.

 

[R_D]

Murali.

 

[Laurrz]

Ambrose.. MUCH better batting lineup..

 

[silentstriker]

9-6 to Ambrose

Jasubhai Patel 9/69 v Australia, Kanpur, 1959-60
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1959-60/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_IND_T2_19-24DEC1959.html

vs.

Shane Warne, 7/23 vs Pakistan, GABBA 1994
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/PAK_IN_AUS/PAK_AUS_T1_09-13NOV1995.html

 

[Dasa]

Patel.

 

[Matteh]

Warne

Aus hit 400+ then get Pak out for under 100 because of Warne.

 

[grecian]

Patel, never heard of him before, amazing he only played 7 test matches.

Yet if your going to be a one-bowl-wonder, make it a good un.

 

[marc71178]

Not entirely relevant, but how impressive is that match haul for Davidson, bearing in mind the conditions?

 

[Sanz]

Patel