CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

[The Sean]

I'm not sure exactly where he'd come in my personal rankings, but the big surprise omission so far for me is John Snow - I had always thought he was exceptionally highly rated in these parts.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

No need to stop Imo.Spofforth for no.26(are we counting him?? Otherwise adcock.

 

[ataraxia]

Procter

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I'm not sure exactly where he'd come in my personal rankings, but the big surprise omission so far for me is John Snow - I had always thought he was exceptionally highly rated in these parts.

On ability he's England's best fast bowler but a few factors reduced his career to modest proportions. Not quite as modest as Larwood who's presence is rather bonkers.

 

[Line and Length]

I find it interesting. Keep going.

Frank Tyson

 

[palehorse]

Rabada

 

[trundler]

Adcock

 

[Xix2565]

Rabada

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Bond

 

[Bitmap]

Adcock

 

[CricAddict]

Adcock

 

[kyear2]

Ian Bishop

 

[The Sean]

No need to stop Imo.Spofforth for no.26(are we counting him?? Otherwise adcock.

I haven't been counting him as I've been excluding 19th century players from this list (and I would have voted for him about a dozen places ago so wouldn't feel right shoehorning him in now!), but there's no firm rule about it - you can pick him if you want to.

 

[HookShot]

Fred Spofforth

(And yes he was an unambiguous pace bowler, especially in his prime)

 

[Bolo.]

Bishop

 

[srbhkshk]

Bishop

 

[gftw]

Bishop - 4
Spofforth - 2
Proctor - 1
Tyson - 1
Rabada - 2
Adcock - 3
Bond - 1

The List
1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn Mcgrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Curtly Ambrose
5. Dale Steyn
6. Imran Khan
7. Dennis Lillee
8. Fred Trueman
9. Wasim Akram
10. Allan Donald
11. Joel Garner
12. Ray Lindwall
13. Michael Holding
14. Waqar Younis
15. Alan Davidson
16. Shaun Pollock
17. Courtney Walsh
18. Andy Roberts
19. James Anderson
20. Pat Cummins
21. Keith Miller
22. Brian Statham
23. Bob Willis
24. Shoaib Akhtar
25. Harold Larwood
26. Ian Bishop

The vote for the #27 test pace bowler of all-time begins now.

 

[Bolo.]

Tyson

Edit... actually not Tyson. Arguably didnt play enough, even this deep into the voting.

Abstain.

 

[trundler]

Adcock. Already too low.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Bumrah