Worst bowler to get a test six fer?

[mr_mister]

Katich?
Bevan?
Border?
Clarke?

 

[Dan]

Marcus North?

 

[mr_mister]

I didn't include him because he wasn't a left handed spinner... but damn you include him and then throw in Boof(who's best was a 3 fer, but it was critical during that game) and we had some decent part time spinners the last few years. Who was the best out of these six?


Also, I wonder what Clarke's bowling average was against India

 

[Howe_zat]

James Franklin

 

[mr_mister]

Well Clarke averaged mid 30s bowling against India.... no idea he racked up 160 overs against them, assumed it was only those two famous tests where he bowled at them

 

[NZTailender]

Katich?
Bevan?
Border?
Clarke?

Katich and Border were actually pretty good bowlers, Bevan not a bad shout. I wouldn't call them bad by any stretch of the imagination

James Franklin

He was actually good for a time. Hang your head in shame.



Anyway, I'd hazard a guess at Darren Sammy or Mohammad Zahid

 

[ankitj]

Agarkar

 

[mr_mister]

hmmm... I was about to choose Agarkar in the ODI draft thread. Maybe I should go Srinath instead

 

[adub]

Krezja

 

[Zinzan]

Statistically speaking Bangladeshi Manjurul Islam would have to be up there. Once took 6-81, but his 28 test career wickets came at a cost of over 57.

 

[Zinzan]

Also, special mention for Rubel Hossain, who once took a 5-fer, 5-166, but career-wise has 32 wickets @ 75.9

 

[Xuhaib]

Katich and Border were actually pretty good bowlers, Bevan not a bad shout. I wouldn't call them bad by any stretch of the imagination



He was actually good for a time. Hang your head in shame.



Anyway, I'd hazard a guess at Darren Sammy or Mohammad Zahid

Zahid was ever quicker then Akhtar but then a career ending back injury ended his career came back 5 years later played couple of tests but was not the same anymore. His over to Lara is floating around still on youtube he was frighteningly quick.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah Zahid could've been amazing.

 

[Zinzan]

Zahid was ever quicker then Akhtar but then a career ending back injury ended his career came back 5 years later played couple of tests but was not the same anymore. His over to Lara is floating around still on youtube he was frighteningly quick.

I recall him from the late 90s and just watched a couple of clips to remind me. He certainly did look brisk, but Akhtar is one of only 3-4 bowlers in history to have been clocked >160 kms, so it's hard to think Zahid would have got it through any quicker than that.

 

[Riggins]

I didn't include him because he wasn't a left handed spinner...

left handed spinners are less **** than right handed ones, normally.

 

[mr_mister]

left handed spinners are less **** than right handed ones, normally.

i know but I had a pattern/theme going on

 

[vandem]

With our without use of a bottletop ?

 

[Damo833]

Tino Best

 

[Xuhaib]

I recall him from the late 90s and just watched a couple of clips to remind me. He certainly did look brisk, but Akhtar is one of only 3-4 bowlers in history to have been clocked >160 kms, so it's hard to think Zahid would have got it through any quicker than that.

I have met couple on test cricketers from 90's who faced both Shoaib and Zahid both in the nets aswell at FC level and they both conclude Zahid was a shade quicker he also got more disconcerting bounce then Akhtar who was skiddier of the two. Ofcourese its a possibility Shoaib gained a yard or two during his peak in early to mid 00's and may have actually ended up as the faster of the two.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Mo Sami, darn he only got 5 not 6.

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