Fast/Seam Bowlers of the 1990s - anyone for a Top Ten?

[Prince EWS]

Keen on seeing these matches in which Srinath took all 20 wickets and scored more runs himself than the entire opposition scored in both innings.

No-one wins matches single-handedly.

 

[Migara]

Keen on seeing these matches in which Srinath took all 20 wickets and scored more runs himself than the entire opposition scored in both innings.

No-one wins matches single-handedly.

Oh, now that must be the meaning of winning single handedly used in cricket literature. Thanks for your piece of wisdom.

 

[weldone]

Srinath and Vaas won matches for their teams single handedly. Cannot recall Streak having that impact as Vaas and Srinath.

Don't remember Srinath winning India a test match 'single-handedly' in the 90s TBH.

Plus the fact that Streak played for Zimbabwe didn't help either (unless you agree with what PEWS is saying, which you clearly don't).

 

[doesitmatter]

Don't remember Srinath winning India a test match 'single-handedly' in the 90s TBH.

Plus the fact that Streak played for Zimbabwe didn't help either (unless you agree with what PEWS is saying, which you clearly don't).

Srinath :

1) against SA
2) 12-14 wickets against Pak..India lost not because of him but the batters completely screwed it


Vaas :

5-fer against NZ in NZ in his debut series(i think) and against WI in 1999 insane # of wickets..

 

[benchmark00]

Srinath was at best a journeyman. Vaas had more claims but was a better ODI bowler than a test bowler for mine.


Surely there are more worthwhile names than the above. Streak doesn't excite me too much either.

 

[benchmark00]

 

[vic_orthdox]

 

[vic_orthdox]

Streak played a pretty darn important role in his country's first ever Test win, for one. Obviously the batting set it up, but they still had to take twenty wickets to win.

 

[doesitmatter]

Kenneth Benjamin was not bad either..

 

[Red]

Agree with most of those names, but streak over Srinath and Vaas is a joke.

No it isn't. Not in the 90s.

Streak more valuable to his team than perhaps any other cricketer in the 90s.

 

[benchmark00]

Value and quality are two entirely different things.

 

[Red]

Value and quality are two entirely different things.

True. But he was valuable to his team because of his quality.

He is forgettable quantity because he's a Zimbo.

 

[benchmark00]

Yeah but the argument is that his quality is made to look more significant because of the lack of quality around him.

For me neither Streak, Vaas or Srinath would make my top ten.

 

[Red]

Yeh, fair enough. In my initial post, I ranked six, then clustered a bunch together in no particular order. I also made the criteria 100+ wickets in the 1990s.

I consider Srinath a decent bowler, nothing more, and Vaas was only marginally better in the era being considered.

If you isolate Streak's figures in the 1990s, they're actually quite impressive.

1. Waqar Younis
2. Allan Donald
3. Curtly Ambrose
4. Wasim Akram
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Shaun Pollock


Then any of Bishop, Walsh, Streak, McDermott, Hughes.

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

SRs of Waqar and Donald are amazing.

 

[MrPrez]

OP:

Gillespie
Pollock

I lol'd.

 

[uvelocity]

Streak doesn't excite me too much either.

crown st mall to disagree

 

[watson]

1. Waqar Younis
2. Allan Donald
3. Curtly Ambrose
4. Wasim Akram
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Shaun Pollock


Then any of Bishop, Walsh, Streak, McDermott, Hughes.

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

SRs of Waqar and Donald are amazing.

What's Dean Headley doing with a Strike Rate of 50.4 over 15 matches against (mainly) Australia and Windies? He wasn't that good was he?

 

[SAURABH BAHUGUN]

Waqar Younis at his peak was by far the best bowler i have seen.He is easily the bowler as well as the cricketer of 1990s.Whenever he used to come for a spell i always felt that Pakistan can win matches even if the opposition had 7 wicket in hands and needed just 30 odd runs for victory.He was very fast and breathtaking to watch.

 

[SAURABH BAHUGUN]

Waqar younis not just the bowler but the cricketer of 1990s

 

[ImpatientLime]

What's Dean Headley doing with a Strike Rate of 50.4 over 15 matches against (mainly) Australia and Windies? He wasn't that good was he?

He had serious ability but was wrecked by injuries. Bowled an absolutely demonic spell at Melbourne in 1998. Was deadly v left handers.