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Never mind that- he's not as good as Donald.
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Top 5 modern day greats
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Prince EWS
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Yet you voted for Kallis, somehow.
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Finger slippedYet you voted for Kallis, somehow.
Nah, i had Kallis down then realised I'd completely forgotten about Wasim.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
That's my fault, I didn't notice him on the list. Yes, he'd be in there.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Walsh would probably win you more matches than Tendulkar would. Meaning, a crappy team with Tendulkar vs. crappy team with Walsh, I bet the latter would win more (though probably lose more too).
In any case, it's an unfair comparison to do bowlers and batsman in the same team. When I see a question like this, I automatically think of who I'd pick first if I were building a team. And unless there is a Bradman available, I'll go with a very good fast bowler over a great batsman.
Now, if your criteria is comparing Walsh to other fast bowlers, vs. comparing Tendulkar to other batsmen, then Tendulkar would come out ahead. But that's not the way I thought this poll was. Head to head, I'd take a Walsh in my team over a Tendulkar - yes. Obviously substitute Donald for Walsh too - it was just a mistake that I didn't see him. Donald would replace either Walsh or Waqar (depending if we're talking about the very early Waqar or the more later one).
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Haha, that's the plan. 
Oh, and McGrath is the most underrated player of all time. He should have 100% of the votes TBH.
Oh, and McGrath is the most underrated player of all time. He should have 100% of the votes TBH.
Lillian Thomson
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Makes you wonder how any batsman scores any runs with all these superior Beings coming at them all day.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yea, its a mystery I'd like to solve. My current hypothesis is that the step-and-fetch-it blokes ruin it by taking the ball away just as the real bowlers are about to take another wicket. And I've heard rumors that Irfan Pathan has infiltrated the ranks of the fast bowlers, and is doing a terrible impersonation of a bowler to try to embarrass the profession.
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I'll agree with that.Haha, that's the plan.
Oh, and McGrath is the most underrated player of all time. He should have 100% of the votes TBH.
I'm not sure about Walsh being better than Tendulkar, but a good bowler is certainly of more value to a side than a good batsman for me. A batsman can't win you a test match, they can only make it easier for your bowlers to do it.
silentstriker
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Well, Walsh could bowl all day, and had fantastic longetivity. A true wicket-taking bowler transforms a side. In any case, as I said, if we're doing a relative comparison of Walsh vs. his contemporaries and Tendulkar vs. his contemporaries, then Tendulkar was in a higher tier. But to me, the better player is the one you'd pick first for your team if you had a choice between the two.
G.I.Joe
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Not having good batsmen also makes it far easier for your opposition to beat the pants off you.
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Not getting beaten is secondary to winning IMO.
G.I.Joe
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Thats a very simplistic way of putting it. Its not a perfect analogy, but theres a reason countries have ministries of defence, not ministries of attack. And its not wholly to do with the not wanting to appear war-mongering thing.
ozone
First Class Debutant
Basically this. Although Kallis is desperately unlucky, and I think I might actually have included him when I voted, but either way.
ozone
First Class Debutant
O'Brien unlucky.
