Third best left arm fast bowler in Tests

[Archer6K]

Who is the third best left arm fast bowler in Tests after Akram and Davidson?

 

[Coronis]

Frank Foster

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Sobers ?

 

[weeman27bob]

Chris Woakes (if you're watching in a mirror)

@Red_Ink_Squid

 

[TheJediBrah]

Irfan

either the Mohammad or Pathan variety

 

[Burgey]

It’s Bill Johnston tbh but his career was so war-shortened and the other guys in the late 40/ and early 50s sides so good that he’s almost completely overshadowed and unrecognised

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Chris Woakes (if you're watching in a mirror)

@Red_Ink_Squid

Below Akram???

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Voted for Wagner, but several are very close.

Bill Voce should be added to the list.

 

[Red]

It’s Bill Johnston tbh but his career was so war-shortened and the other guys in the late 40/ and early 50s sides so good that he’s almost completely overshadowed and unrecognised

He is the most underrated bowler in the history of the game imo

 

[shortpitched713]

Lol at Big Bill Johnston finally getting his shine.

Also I love that nickname.

 

[ataraxia]

Johnston is someone I've pegged as greatly underrated also, lol.

 

[Slifer]

Probably Johnston. But didn't he also bowl spin if I'm not mistaken??

 

[Burgey]

He did yeah. FMD can he be dug up and sent to India asap please.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Another thread where the answer is clearly Mark Ilott.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

John Lever on the other hand. Great record for a seamer in India. Decent record in Australia. Poor record in England. Still should have had more Tests, IMO.

 

[Gob]

Breece Rude

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

It's too early for Marco Jansen to be there , but he definitely has the potential to be great , also Mohammad Amir deserves a mention what happened there was just plain sad , so much freaking potential down the drain .

 

[shortpitched713]

Johnston is someone I've pegged as greatly underrated also, lol.

He's a great draft pickup, for sure.

 

[shortpitched713]

Probably Johnston. But didn't he also bowl spin if I'm not mistaken??

He got a very bad knee injury while bowling, and thus had to switch from mostly pace to basically just spin.

But the thing is, even of the pace bowling I've seen of his, it just looks weird. He bounds in off a shortish "run" and sort of flings it. If he's getting genuine fast medium pace off of that, then he must be a real natural talent, with shoulder muscles/joint strength of a Wasim Akram. He was also known to be rather uncoordinated, and so it doesn't surprise me that he would get injured in the act of bowling, with the combination of bizzare herky action, impressive power in the last business stride of delivery, and probably lack of knowledge of the kinesthetic nightmare that he was putting his body through with that.

 

[shortpitched713]

He got a very bad knee injury while bowling, and thus had to switch from mostly pace to basically just spin.

But the thing is, even of the pace bowling I've seen of his, it just looks weird. He bounds in off a shortish "run" and sort of flings it. If he's getting genuine fast medium pace off of that, then he must be a real natural talent, with shoulder muscles/joint strength of a Wasim Akram. He was also known to be rather uncoordinated, and so it doesn't surprise me that he would get injured in the act of bowling, with the combination of bizzare herky action, impressive power in the last business stride of delivery, and probably lack of knowledge of the kinesthetic nightmare that he was putting his body through with that.

Here's an example. He was supposed to be a quick bowler too mind. I can't imagine any pace bowling coach telling a young quick to rock and twist so heavily on his right leg on that delivery stride, but I guess it worked for him for a while.

Edit: At 1:59, look at where his right foot toes are pointed, straight in the direction of the non-striker!