James Anderson vs Clarrie Grimmett

[PlayerComparisons]

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[sayon basak]

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The silence is getting louder with this polls.

 

[a massive zebra]

Anderson is very overrated by casuals, Grimmett is very overrated by nerds.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Top 25 seamer vs top 5 spinner

Interesting

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Anderson wouldn't be able to get away with his Ashes record in Grimmett's day

 

[BazBall21]

Top 25 seamer vs top 5 spinner

Interesting

Southee still above him in that list?

 

[Coronis]

Anderson is very overrated by casuals, Grimmett is very overrated by nerds.

Outing yourself as a casual?

 

[a massive zebra]

Anderson wouldn't be able to get away with his Ashes record in Grimmett's day

Erm, Grimmett's Ashes record is barely better.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Southee still above him in that list?

I know Southee is slow, but he's no spinner.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Anderson at least has the 10/11 ashes tbf. Not like he’s done nothing in away ashes like Root/Warner.

 

[the big bambino]

Erm, Grimmett's Ashes record is barely better.

but it is better. As is his overall record. Yet there you are voting for the other guy.

 

[Coronis]

Erm, Grimmett's Ashes record is barely better.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Clarrie Grimmett played 0 tests in his homeland, while Clouderson played 106 tests in his homeland.

 

[howitzer]

Anderson is very overrated by casuals, Grimmett is very overrated by nerds.

I've been rating Grimmett too low.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

I think the only spinners better than Jimmy are Murali, Warne, and maybe O’Reilly

 

[sayon basak]

I think the only spinners better than Jimmy are Murali, Warne, and maybe O’Reilly

I am not sure if Laker was better than Grimmett.

 

[a massive zebra]

What is funny about that? Grimmett's Ashes record is slightly better ~ a little better ~ barely better

 

[sayon basak]

What is funny about that? Grimmett's Ashes record is slightly better ~ a little better ~ barely better

I learned more English reading this comment than attending any of my college classes.

 

[Coronis]

What is funny about that? Grimmett's Ashes record is slightly better ~ a little better ~ barely better

Lemme see. One played his entire Ashes career against teams with multiple top 25 (being generous with how low some rate Sutcliffe) batsmen. One played the majority of his Ashes career against transitioning batting attacks. (Two top 25 batsmen in total, only together in one series where one was on his last legs and the other was picked as a bowling allrounder)

One averages 3.5 less than the other, considering pacers generally average less than spinners quite easily, is quite significant.

One has 106 wickets and 11 5’fers in 22 matches. One has 117 wickets and 5 5’ters in 39 matches.

One of them contributed 43 wickets and 5 5’fers in 7 match wins. One of them contributed 48 wickets and 3 5’fers in 11 match wins.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Yeah, Grum's Ashes record is perfectly good given era and opposition strength. In fact, it's the best mid Wars for anyone bar O'Reilly.