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Who is/was the ultimate, most proficient and masterful medium-paced-dibbly-dobbler?
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Prince EWS
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Keegan Meth is also quite good. Definitely the slowest specialist seamer I've seen play Test cricket in my lifetime, and far from the worst.
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the big bambino
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Good list but if you mean Bill Edrich he was real quick.
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bagapath
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Alec Bedser?
Looking at vintage footage you notice that Evans stood up to him as if he were a spinner. Sir Alec doesnt seem to run more than ten/ twelve paces and the ball is hurled at no more than 70 miles an hour.
Considering kumble and chandra and underwood bowled at a slightely lower pace but relied more on wrist and fingers to do the swerving and spinning, Bedser probably deserves to be called the greatest medium pace bowler of all time. With 200+ wickets at 4.5 wkt/test and an average under 25, he must be the ultimate workhorse the game has ever seen.
Looking at vintage footage you notice that Evans stood up to him as if he were a spinner. Sir Alec doesnt seem to run more than ten/ twelve paces and the ball is hurled at no more than 70 miles an hour.
Considering kumble and chandra and underwood bowled at a slightely lower pace but relied more on wrist and fingers to do the swerving and spinning, Bedser probably deserves to be called the greatest medium pace bowler of all time. With 200+ wickets at 4.5 wkt/test and an average under 25, he must be the ultimate workhorse the game has ever seen.
AldoRaine18
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Gavin Larsen. If you want someone to slow down the game to a complete halt, call him.
BeeGee
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Scotty Styris is still getting the job done.
NortD 133/4 (17.2 ov, SB Styris 3*, DJ Mitchell 16*, PP Ojha 1/23) - Match over | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
NortD 133/4 (17.2 ov, SB Styris 3*, DJ Mitchell 16*, PP Ojha 1/23) - Match over | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
Agent Nationaux
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Fazal Mahmood
But the greatest has to be Asif (Barnes was a spinner so doesn't count).
Philander also deserves a mention.
But the greatest has to be Asif (Barnes was a spinner so doesn't count).
Philander also deserves a mention.
Are you talking about Danny Morrison? He wasn't a dibbly dobbly bowler. He was an out and out quick.
Migara
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Nah, Vaas took it as far as 2009
I always felt Chris Martin was 3 or 4 Keegan Meth overs away from his maiden Test half-century.
Migara
International Coach
Rasel unfortunately lacked height. A 6 foot Rasel would have been akward with the bounce to amplify the effects of movement he got off the deck.
Indika Gallage was a right handed version of Rasel. 6'2" in height bowled 73 to 78 mph range and moved it off the deck like off breaks and leg breaks. Unfortunately he was cannon fodder on local pitches and continous efforts to be faster got him seriously injured. Should have never tried to hit 80 mph.
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Vaas wasn't really this type of bowler.
Julian87
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How much slower is he than Copeland?