Muttiah Muralitharan vs Dennis Lillee

[Johan]

I rate Wasim and Lillee at 8 and 9 respectively as pacers (counting Barnes). And I'm pretty certain that the CW consensus aligns with this notion.

personally have Lillee higher

 

[subshakerz]

personally have Lillee higher

Lillee and Wasim are interesting to compare with contradicting advantages and both super high in peer rating.

 

[sayon basak]

personally have Lillee higher

Still it's close right?


This poll demonstrates how close they are in CW.

Wasim Akram vs Dennis Lillee

I have to say, judging pace bowlers on where they didn't play, or didn't play enough is one of the strangest criteria I've ever seen (they could only bowl where they were selected to play). Fun fact: Up until 1985 only 6 pace bowlers had held the prestigious world record for most wkts taken in...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[sayon basak]

Lillee and Wasim are interesting to compare with contradicting advantages and both super high in peer rating.

Both of their peer rating is astronomically high.

Here's one of Wasim's contemporaries saying how good he was.

 

[kyear2]

Despite Lillee being one of the more "dominated at home" ATG pacer. Richards (x2), Sobers, Lloyd et all.

Literally 3 batsmen who were the best if their respective eras, and Lloyd who has a close to an ATG end to his career.

And even then he still kinda held his own.

 

[kyear2]

I would say he held off less his own than most other Top tier pacers. Atleast those 4 got the better of him, as did Pollock ahead 40. The only Great he really troubled was probably Miandad, but his overall Pakistani record wasn't even much good at home.

Gavaskar

 

[sayon basak]

Dennis Lillee, Ian Botham and Fred Trueman are two of the most underrated players on this site

Good job adding Botham there.

 

[Johan]

Good job adding Botham there.

heh

 

[Qlder]

Thos is a pretty silly comparison without knowing pitch conditions.

On a green deck - Lillee
On a dusty spin deck - Murali
On a perfect pitch equal for pace and spin - Lillee

So Lillee wins

 

[subshakerz]

Thos is a pretty silly comparison without knowing pitch conditions.

On a green deck - Lillee
On a dusty spin deck - Murali
On a perfect pitch equal for pace and spin - Lillee

So Lillee wins

What about a batting deck?

 

[subshakerz]

Both of their peer rating is astronomically high.

Here's one of Wasim's contemporaries saying how good he was.

Bro we already ran an entire list of ex players rating Wasim to the sky.

 

[sayon basak]

Bro we already ran an entire list of ex players rating Wasim to the sky.

Nah thought it was a bit funny.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Gavaskar

Oh yeah, 3 matches in which he got him legally Once

 

[DrWolverine]

Sunny faced Lillee in just 3 Tests. He did score a 70 in the third test and helped India win a test against a full strength Australia team at Melbourne.

 

[DrWolverine]

Sunny has scored centuries against Roberts, Holding, Marshall, Garner, Imran, Hadlee, Willis & Thomson. It’s silly to think he would not have done well against Lillee.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Sunny faced Lillee in just 3 Tests. He did score a 70 in the third test and helped India win a test against a full strength Australia team at Melbourne.

Also, Lillee got him twice. The first one was fair, but the dismissal in that 70 had a comically large inner edge given lbw. It was the dismissal following which Sunny famously Walk Out with Chauhan.

 

[subshakerz]

It’s silly to think he would not have done well against Lillee.

Why is it silly if he had a series against him and didn't?

 

[subshakerz]

Also, Lillee got him twice. The first one was fair, but the dismissal in that 70 had a comically large inner edge given lbw. It was the dismissal following which Sunny famously Walk Out with Chauhan.

One of the more pathetic sights on the cricket field.

At least Javed wanted to smack Lillee not run away.

 

[capt_Luffy]

One of the more pathetic sights on the cricket field.

At least Javed wanted to smack Lillee not run away.

Nah. I don't really have any strong feelings about that Walk Off. Aussie cheating umpires don't get talked enough compared to Pakistan. They did worse consistently to Sachin and Lara as well.

 

[MasterBlaster24]

Thos is a pretty silly comparison without knowing pitch conditions.

On a green deck - Lillee
On a dusty spin deck - Murali
On a perfect pitch equal for pace and spin - Lillee
On a asian pitch-murali
So Murali wins
Because Lillee was unproven in Asia.