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Harold Larwood vs James Anderson

Larwood vs Anderson


  • Total voters
    17

Johan

Cricketer Of The Year
so the Greatest English pacer of them all is agreed to be Sydney Francis Barnes, and the number two is obviously Fiery Fred Trueman, so who is the third Greatest English pacer of all time?
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Coronis

Hall of Fame Member
Didn't he have a higher reputation than both Lindwall and Trueman
Mhm. He had one of the great series for a pacer, but outside of that his record is (putting it nicely) poor and inconsistent.

For example in his previous Ashes tour, a marvellous 8/62 in the first test. In the other 4 combined, 10/662.

I think it was truly a shame that he never played for England again but I’m only rating him on what he actually did in tests, not what could’ve been.
 

Johan

Cricketer Of The Year
Mhm. He had one of the great series for a pacer, but outside of that his record is (putting it nicely) poor and inconsistent.

For example in his previous Ashes tour, a marvellous 8/62 in the first test. In the other 4 combined, 10/662.

I think it was truly a shame that he never played for England again but I’m only rating him on what he actually did in tests, not what could’ve been.
yeah truly a bummer that he didn't have a career after bodyline
 

Bolo.

International Captain
Mhm. He had one of the great series for a pacer, but outside of that his record is (putting it nicely) poor and inconsistent.

For example in his previous Ashes tour, a marvellous 8/62 in the first test. In the other 4 combined, 10/662.

I think it was truly a shame that he never played for England again but I’m only rating him on what he actually did in tests, not what could’ve been.
That great series came when he was 30ish and going to start aging out soon, and used tactics that were banned after the series.
 

Coronis

Hall of Fame Member
That great series came when he was 30ish and going to start aging out soon, and used tactics that were banned after the series.
Yeah I know. Still its a what if. He was still impressive in county. Definitely should have made the 36/37 team. Would have been an interesting psychological choice with Bradman’s first series as captain.

Larwood’s 1936 season..

22 matches 119 @ 12.97 SR 34.24 13 5’fers 4 10’fers (topped averages)
 

Bolo.

International Captain
Yeah I know. Still its a what if. He was still impressive in county. Definitely should have made the 36/37 team. Would have been an interesting psychological choice with Bradman’s first series as captain.

Larwood’s 1936 season..

22 matches 119 @ 12.97 SR 34.24 13 5’fers 4 10’fers (topped averages)
His FC record is great in general, and does leave a bit of a 'what if' feeling to his test record. But the what if is not so strong with him given his years of poorish test performances.
 

Coronis

Hall of Fame Member
His FC record is great in general, and does leave a bit of a 'what if' feeling to his test record. But the what if is not so strong with him given his years of poorish test performances.
Yeah I know. I did say he’s overrated and over mythologised earlier
 

the big bambino

Cricketer Of The Year
If you were one of 2 people picking teams and the other guy picked Anderson when he could have had Larwood, you would thank the Lord you were up against such a dumb arse.
 

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