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Curtly Ambrose vs Dennis Lillee
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DrWolverine
International Regular
Curtly Ambrose
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lillee.
Simply a better wicket-taker and Ambrose doesn't have an advantage over him in terms of conditions where they succeeded.
Simply a better wicket-taker and Ambrose doesn't have an advantage over him in terms of conditions where they succeeded.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
He wasn't getting wickets like Lillee either.
akilana
State Captain
Neither did McGrath
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
McGrath was still up there.
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
Sureeeee
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Great argument.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
rate Both extremely highly here too.
Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
Sir Curtly.
akilana
State Captain
Not like lillee
akilana
State Captain
McGrath is closer to Ambrose than he’s to lillee. Subs will come up with new excuse.
Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
Interesting. But we can't really expect Ambrose or McGrath to take wickets at the same rate as Lillee. They had other decent bowlers to contend with. For Glenn:Warne and Gillespie. For Ambrose: Marshall, Walsh and occasionally Bishop. Lillee never had a constant foil the same way McGrath had Warne or Ambrose had with Walsh.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yes more wicket competition and better SR.
Hungry Llama
U19 Cricketer
Lillee had a great action before he got injured. Probably had greater variations than Ambrose, but he didnt play many matches
outside Oz and England. Ambrose was effective everywhere he played especially in England Oz and Windies although like Lillee
he never played in India. Ambrose was scary to the end, whereas Lillee wasnt the same speed merchant after he injured his back.
Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
More wicket competition? How?