Oh ok, guess I missed that part. My bad...In somewhat fairness to him, he did name a sure top 7 and said the others were tricky.
Think the 7 were
Lillee
Akram
Marshall
McGrath
Ambrose
Steyn
Hadlee
Though none of us would have that exact top 7, hard to argue with the list. And he did say it wasn't in order. ??
I think I would tbhIn somewhat fairness to him, he did name a sure top 7 and said the others were tricky.
Think the 7 were
Lillee
Akram
Marshall
McGrath
Ambrose
Steyn
Hadlee
Though none of us would have that exact top 7, hard to argue with the list. And he did say it wasn't in order. ??
Warne is about my age, and if you grew up in Aus in the 70s and 80s it's pretty understandable you'd fanboy hard over Thommo. Especially pre-shoulder injury Thommo. He was a force of nature. Honestly think no one liked facing him, not even Viv.
Yeah but frankly he's probably not even top 20 from the last 30 years or so.
Well he played his last Test 36 years ago, so that's probably fair.
My top 5 are all there.
Precisely...???
Swap Ambrose and Steyn and Lillee and Akram and that's my ranking
I won't
why
We have a lot to talk about
Whereas Marshall’s performances against his great West Indian team are legendary.
You should be thankful I didn't decide to be edgy and sneak Jimmy Anderson into 10th. I considered it.
Walsh at 9? He was a fine player, but I'd probably put him 6th among West Indian pace bowlers behind Marshall, Ambrose, Garner, Holding, and Roberts.
What about Wes Hall
Yeah, I thought about Hall as well. Quality bowler.
Except the Australian batting lineup of the late 90s and early 00s were significantly better than the WI batting lineup of 80s. Even the Australian batting lineup of the 80s were on par with the WI batting linneups of the 80s. Though this only makes Hadlee even more impressive to me.Whereas Marshall’s performances against his great West Indian team are legendary.
