Prince EWS
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Tremlett actually roughed Tendulkar up a bit in his second Test, and had him caught at leg gully for 1.
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Best bowling actions ever
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archie mac
International Coach
Out of the players I watched, it would be close between Hodling and Lillee with Paddles a close third
The old timers seem to think Ted Mcdonald and Colin Blythe had great actions
The old timers seem to think Ted Mcdonald and Colin Blythe had great actions
smash84
The Tiger King
Who is paddles???Out of the players I watched, it would be close between Hodling and Lillee with Paddles a close third
The old timers seem to think Ted Mcdonald and Colin Blythe had great actions
Prince EWS
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Awesome. Greatest bowling performance of all time IMO.
Migara
International Coach
Probably that will be the only time he can boast of that. Now SRT is in murderous form. (I can remember Flintoff once did it to de SIlva and next innings de SIlva came out and smashed Flintoff. Now SRT is much better than de SIlva as a batsman in test matches). I haven't seen many tall bowlers dictating terms to short batsmen, because they just take the lifter out of the game of them.Tremlett actually roughed Tendulkar up a bit in his second Test, and had him caught at leg gully for 1.
Evermind
International Debutant
Can't believe Akhtar is in this thread. Who next, baseball pitchers?
For me:
Bond
Holding (so easy)
Steyn
McGrath also made it look easy, but he bored the crap out of me, for some reason.
I do think that I am partial to the newer bowlers simply because bowling action in general has gotten more economical and more streamlined - they've cut out excess movement scientifically, and I think that's a good thing. But Holding just has that ease to his action that's almost supernatural.
Imran's was decent too, Kapil's was ugly. Never liked Lillee's.
Tait, Thomson, etc are hideous.
For me:
Bond
Holding (so easy)
Steyn
McGrath also made it look easy, but he bored the crap out of me, for some reason.
I do think that I am partial to the newer bowlers simply because bowling action in general has gotten more economical and more streamlined - they've cut out excess movement scientifically, and I think that's a good thing. But Holding just has that ease to his action that's almost supernatural.
Imran's was decent too, Kapil's was ugly. Never liked Lillee's.
Tait, Thomson, etc are hideous.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Is it just the videos I'm watching, or did Holding take a helluva a lot of his wickets by hitting the stumps?
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Carl Hooper - first bowler I learned to imitate. Not the best but quite unique.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Some negativity:
Lillee: a bit over-rated perhaps? Lent himself well to some superb action shots of his bowling but from the TV footage his action was much less attractive than the still shots would suggest.
Lee: springy but lacking a gather - a bowler with only half an action.
Lindwall: 15 degrees?
Walsh: horrible action.
All fine bowlers who I would pay to watch though
Lillee: a bit over-rated perhaps? Lent himself well to some superb action shots of his bowling but from the TV footage his action was much less attractive than the still shots would suggest.
Lee: springy but lacking a gather - a bowler with only half an action.
Lindwall: 15 degrees?
Walsh: horrible action.
All fine bowlers who I would pay to watch though