CW's Ranking of Pace Bowlers (Tests)

[The Sean]

Keith Miller

 

[Line and Length]

Why Willis?
There may be more consistent bowlers but his devastating 8-43 in the 1981 Ashes is regarded as one of the all-time best Test bowling performances by a fast bowler.

 

[subshakerz]

Why Willis?
There may be more consistent bowlers but his devastating 8-43 in the 1981 Ashes is regarded as one of the all-time best Test bowling performances by a fast bowler.

Sarfraz Nawaz has a better one.

 

[MartinB]

Keith Miller

 

[ankitj]

Edit: Keith Miller

Forgot about him. Should be in now.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Miller

 

[Daemon]

just throwing up some names to think about besides the ones being voted for

Hazelwood
Bishop
Southee
Kapil
Adcock
Bond
Amar Singh
Morkel
Akhtar
Broad
Gillespie

 

[ataraxia]

Miller

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Forgot about Miller. Change my vote

 

[Shady Slim]

just throwing up some names to think about besides the ones being voted for

Hazelwood
Bishop
Southee
Kapil
Adcock
Bond
Amar Singh
Morkel
Akhtar
Broad
Gillespie

big vern also ought to be on this list

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Makhaya Ntini was as good a bowler as most of that lot.

 

[Line and Length]

Sarfraz Nawaz has a better one.

I can't argue with that ... and admired his efforts.
However, Willis has an average of 25.2, 3.6 wpm and 16 fivefers.
On those figures it's hard to understand "Why Willis?"
Sarfraz averaged 32.7, 3.2 wpm and 5 fivefers.

Having said all that, I overlooked Miller who was one of my boyhood heroes.

 

[harsh.ag]

Shoaib

 

[_00_deathscar]

Makhaya Ntini was as good a bowler as most of that lot.

No

 

[gftw]

Willis - 3
Bedser - 1
Hall - 1
Miller - 6
Shoaib - 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

The vote for the #22 test pace bowler of all-time begins now.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Bumrah

I reckon he will end up high on this list as well by the time he's done like Cummins.

 

[Line and Length]

Willis

 

[CricAddict]

Willis

 

[The Sean]

I voted for Miller on personal preference and to get him on the radar - I wasn't expecting such immediate support as to get him voted in straight away. Between this and Trumper finally getting over the line in the batsmen's list, this has been a banner weekend.

 

[The Sean]

There seems to be an accepted code - based on the voting so far - that the next two England fast bowlers are Willis and Larwood, followed by Statham and Snow.

To offer what is clearly an unpopular opinion, I don't think Stuart Broad suffers by comparison with any of them. On the basis of epic match-turning or match-winning spells he stands alongside almost anyone.