Every bowler had their advantages. Is this not true?
Yes the workload is different. I used to have your point of view but realised that there is the wear and tear of travel and side games that go with international tours. You are literally trying to keep your bowling game ready for a much longer time.
When it's the same amount of matches with more rest in-between tours? Where you body gets a chance to recover?
McGrath is 13 years.
Yeah but some advantages are bigger than others and we recognize that and factor that in.
Who's numbers so I not take at face value?
Sorry I checked McGrath and Steyn are 15 years. Yeah Lillee is 13.
If it's give and take, what are you taking from Marshall?
Including missed years as well.
Did Imran get a boost from his home umpires and rampant ball tampering?
The strain of preparing for international games is more though.
Yes never denied that. But so did all of that era.
tbf, you also get to play the same amount during a time when your body is at its peak physically or when you’re simply having a good run of form.
Based on that Marshall is 12 years though.
Again, you don't say this when you point out Murali/Steyn/Hadlee had helpful home conditions. You just.... say those things without encasing it in a "every bowler has a built in advantage" qualifier, which you only bring out when talkin g about Marshall (or sometimes McGrath).
The only fast bowler who i can think of who had a lengthy career and was a longish wolf os Hadlee. And he and Sir Richard were of similar quality with different MOs. So i could see him doing similarly to Hadlee, with a worse econ, similar wpm and average but better SR.
