CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

[harsh.ag]

Cummins after Roberts imo

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Will be a travesty if Larwood doesn't make the top 20.

Larwood

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Proctor

 

[Bitmap]

Roberts

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Harold larwood

 

[morgieb]

You know, this is a tough one. I actually think in terms of sheer quality he's 100% one of the top 10 I've ever seen. Not sure whether to rank him high or just ignore him entirely because his career is pretty short so far.

It's worth noting that Alan Davidson was #15 despite him only being a regular for five and a half years (1957/58 - 1962/63). That's not much longer than Cummins. And their quality was pretty similar.

 

[Daemon]

Cummins passes the eye test and is obviously a phenomenal bowler. His record is also pretty insane even when compared against the top bowlers during his career.

Points against him atm are only that:

- Very friendly bowling era
- Only 5 years of cricket
- Comfortably ahead of his peers (except maybe Rabada) but not exactly out of reach

Hard to put him ahead of guys like Roberts for now imo

For reference:

 

[Bolo.]

Roberts. Last of the ATGs in my eyes. After him we have to start picking between a quality drop and a longevity one.

 

[kyear2]

Yeah, I suppose there's an element of probability to it, it's just that I think there's a very high chance he easily ends up above some of the bowlers above him in the list and little chance he doesn't.

This is a very valid point..

 

[gftw]

Roberts - 9
Anderson - 2
Cummins - 1
Larwood - 2
Proctor - 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

The vote for the #19 test pace bowler of all-time begins now.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

James Anderson

 

[ataraxia]

Anderson
Cummins

.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Bob Willis

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Larwood

 

[CricAddict]

Anderson

 

[Slifer]

Fazal.

 

[The Sean]

Fazal.

Great bowler, but one for the medium-pacers alongside Barnes, Bedser, Johnston etc?

 

[ankitj]

James Anderson

 

[Line and Length]

Anderson

 

[srbhkshk]

Pat Cummins