How much more valuable is a top bowler over a top bat?

[ma1978]

Maybe NZ recently.

Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, BJ Watling say hello

 

[PlayerComparisons]

NZ batting lineup looks very strong atm

 

[Migara]

It is 50-50. because there are 6 batsmen for 4 bowlers, individual wise bowlers are more valuable for the team, because they can make a bigger impact per player than batsmen.

 

[Slifer]

Essentially Australia of the 80s or NZ of the 80s. Australia generally had one atg batsman and not much else. Nz had one atg bowler and not much else. My memory is sketchy but I believe NZ generally did better. No?


Anyway, as much as I favor bowlers, they do need runs on the board however small. So I'll go 55-45 in favor of bowlers.

 

[Xix2565]

I feel like people overlook that when batters bat/bowlers bowl they do affect each other and that the effect a bowler has is going to be more impactful (how much can be debated) because it's their quality that is going to make batting easier or difficult, along with other general factors affecting everyone like the pitch and ball condition for example. It's going to be easier playing against Agarkar and Balaji vs Shami and an older Ishant.

 

[shortpitched713]

This is all nonsense as I believe a team needs both an ATG bat and bowler in the side to do really well.

But since most seem to think a bowler is more important, how come Australia could still do well when Warne and McGrath retired in the same Test. So not one, but two world ranked ATG bowlers left at same time but Australia still did well without them?

I guess that proves Ponting could carry the team by himself once his two ATG bowlers left

Cuz Stuart Clark is an underatws legend.

You replace him with, say Chris Martin, then Australia don't get those results.

Also, Australia never really got tonthat same level of invincibility again after the retirement of McWarne.

 

[kyear2]

Essentially Australia of the 80s or NZ of the 80s. Australia generally had one atg batsman and not much else. Nz had one atg bowler and not much else. My memory is sketchy but I believe NZ generally did better. No?


Anyway, as much as I favor bowlers, they do need runs on the board however small. So I'll go 55-45 in favor of bowlers.

Exactly