Top 10 Greatest Fast Bowlers of All Time in Tests?

[Slifer]

fwiw (which is not much) here’s the actual 80’s stats

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

stats.espncricinfo.com

I'd assume that part of the difference also has to do with WI not playing against the minnows of their time ie SL.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

mind at least a decade ago we were voting him top-25 cricketers of all time

He probably is. U r forgetting that he was an all rounder.

 

[AndrewB]

I'd assume that part of the difference also has to do with WI not playing against the minnows of their time ie SL.

Their averages in the 80s against each opponent were:
v Aus: WI 34.66 (19 matches)
v Eng: Aus 34.30 (32), WI 37.21 (24)
v Ind: Aus 36.91 (9), WI 34.84 (19)
v NZ: Aus 29.54 (16), WI 31.44 (10)
v PK: Aus 33.47 (17), WI 21.96 (10)
v SL: Aus 51.26 (4)
v WI: Aus 24.15 (19)

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

1.(Barnes)
2.Hadlee
3.Marshall
4.McGrath
5.Trueman
6.Steyn
7.Ambrose
8.Imran
9.Lillee
10.Akram/Lindwall

 

[Adorable Asshole]

1.(Barnes)
2.Hadlee
3.Marshall
4.McGrath
5.Trueman
6.Steyn
7.Ambrose
8.Imran
9.Lillee
10.Akram/Lindwall

Barnes was not a fast bowler.

 

[trundler]

McGrath
Marshall
Hadlee
Steyn
Imran
Wasim
Lillee
Ambrose
Lindwall
Trueman

 

[Coronis]

Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Steyn
Ambrose
Imran
Wasim
Davidson
Trueman
Garner

Top 5 are set, ask me another day and I might have a completely different order in the bottom 5, or different bowlers.

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Barnes was not a fast bowler.

That’s why I bracketed him.He is sort of combination of O’Reilly and Bedser without the Googly and with Off break.

 

[Godard]

Marshall
Mcgarth
Hadlee
Ambrose/Steyn
Imran
Lilee
Wasim
Trueman
Donald

 

[subshakerz]

Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose
Steyn
Lillee
Wasim
Trueman
Donald

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Imran too. Cold peel an orange one handed using only a bottle top.

What about Akram without ball tampering

lol at Aussies talking about ball tampering

 

[BazBall21]

Ambrose’s status on CW seems to have dropped a bit

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol at Aussies talking about ball tampering

I've actually never played cricket for Australia

 

[Migara]

Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose
Steyn
Donald
Wasim
Garner

Bumrah and Cummins may replace bottom two eventually.

 

[Prince EWS]

Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose
Steyn
Donald
Wasim
Garner

Bumrah and Pattinson may replace bottom two eventually.

Pattinson? He's retired lol

 

[Migara]

Pattinson? He's retired lol

It would be cummins. Got the names mixed up.

 

[Coronis]

I’m still not convinced Bumrah is a better bowler than Pattinson tbh.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose
Steyn
Donald
Wasim
Garner

Bumrah and Cummins may replace bottom two eventually.

Why only 9 in the list?

 

[The Sean]

Leaving aside Barnes who belongs in his own fast-medium-spin-whatever category, I reckon mine is something like:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Imran Khan
5. Curtly Ambrose
6. Wasim Akram
7. Dale Steyn
8. Dennis Lillee
9. Ray Lindwall
10. Fred Trueman

Davo, Waqar and Donald desperately close and unlucky to miss out, with honourable mentions for Holding, Garner, Walsh, Anderson, Cummins (but definitely not Anderson Cummins) and – if I am including him – Fred Spofforth.

 

[Xuhaib]

Marshall
McGrath
Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose
Wasim
Steyn
Liliee
Truman
Garner