Imran Khan vs Wasim Akram

[Cricket Bliss]

Marshall would be entertaining to watch I reckon.

Dujon might be the most entertaining Wicket keeper. His reflexes against fast bowling is amazing

 

[subshakerz]

Why is Akram overrated? Outside here Akram is pretty much overrated especially youtube comments rate him as the greatest bowler to breathe! In ODI upto an extent this won’t be an exaggeration but in Tests! Is it because the amount of swing he generated? Akram WPM is barely 4

During his peak he had output up there with any ATG bowler plus his level of talent and the overwhelming number of peers who rate Wasim the best means he gets rated quite high.

 

[kyear2]

Marshall would be entertaining to watch I reckon.

He really was.

 

[kyear2]

Dujon might be the most entertaining Wicket keeper. His reflexes against fast bowling is amazing

There was sometimes murmurs that he used to dive to overcome his poor footwork, but he was just so genuinely athletic and nimble on his feet.

 

[Coronis]

Which is what is different and unique about him.

It's a lot of peer reviews based on how difficult he was to play.

And yet the numbers don’t bear it out.

For example I’m pretty sure Lara has said he was the most difficult.

7 matches against Wasim and he only was dismissed by him twice.

Compared to 3 in 6 for Waqar, 15 in 24 for McGrath, 6 in 10 for Donald

 

[DrWolverine]

Marshall would be entertaining to watch I reckon.

He was before my time

 

[kyear2]

And yet the numbers don’t bear it out.

For example I’m pretty sure Lara has said he was the most difficult.

7 matches against Wasim and he only was dismissed by him twice.

Compared to 3 in 6 for Waqar, 15 in 24 for McGrath, 6 in 10 for Donald

I don't disagree with you.

Was no doubt McGrath gave him the most trouble. Though he got his back a few times as well.

 

[akilana]

The peers that rate Wasim highly only talk about his skills.. skills don't automatically translate into results.

 

[kyear2]

He was before my time

He truly was something to watch.

 

[kyear2]

The peers that rate Wasim highly only talk about his skills.. skills don't automatically translate into results.

Can easily be argued he was the 4th best pacer of his own era.

 

[subshakerz]

And yet the numbers don’t bear it out.

For example I’m pretty sure Lara has said he was the most difficult.

7 matches against Wasim and he only was dismissed by him twice.

Compared to 3 in 6 for Waqar, 15 in 24 for McGrath, 6 in 10 for Donald

Being difficult to face may not be the same as raw effectiveness. But it deserves credit in itself.

 

[Coronis]

Being difficult to face may not be the same as raw effectiveness. But it deserves credit in itself.

“I found him difficult to face but he could almost never get me out” “I found him relatively easier to face but he always got me out”

I prefer option 2

 

[DrWolverine]

Can easily be argued he was the 4th best pacer of his own era.

Not bad since the other three are Top 6-7 of all time

Skills don't automatically translate into results.

True

Like Fed is perhaps the most skilled and most pleasing to watch but ended up as the third best of his era.

 

[Bolo.]

The peers that rate Wasim highly only talk about his skills.. skills don't automatically translate into results.

This is pretty much all peer ratings. Pretty much nobody is rating the most effective players, and are effectively answering a different question to us.

 

[kyear2]

“I found him difficult to face but he could almost never get me out” “I found him relatively easier to face but he always got me out”

I prefer option 2

Always.

 

[Coronis]

Not bad since the other three are Top 6-7 of all time


True

Like Fed is perhaps the most skilled and most pleasing to watch but ended up as the third best of his era.

He did?

 

[kyear2]

Not bad since the other three are Top 6-7 of all time


True

Like Fed is perhaps the most skilled and most pleasing to watch but ended up as the third best of his era.

Did he though?

His era can be argued to have started a bit before the other two.

But beyond that I still rate Fed over Rafa considering how many of Nadal's slams came on clay.

 

[DrWolverine]

He did?

I rate Fed second
But yeah he is third in the most important thing

 

[Coronis]

I rate Fed second
But yeah he is third in the most important thing

I find it hard to classify him in the same era as the other two. Since his peak was before them and he was 5+ years older than both.

 

[kyear2]

I rate Fed second
But yeah he is third in the most important thing

Don't think it can purely be based on that.

Too many of Rafa's titles were on one niche surface for me to rank him above Fed.