Your Top Ten One-Day International BOWLERS of all-time

[Days of Grace]

'Ere we go again.

As usual, I will kick off.

1. Wasim Akram. Difficult choice between him and Garner. But Wasim took over 500 wickets in ODIs And also had an E/R of 3.8 when batsmen were beginning to play their shots more. He was successful in all three decades/eras of ODIs that he played in. Well done that lad.

2. Garner. The best pre-1990 bowler by some margin. Don't know what his E/R would be know, but his yorker would still be very effective.

3. Waqar Younis. The most destrutive of all ODI bowlers. 13 five-fors and 14 four-fors proves this. Only let down by economy.

4. Muralitharan. Fantastic E/R for a spinner in ODIs in this era.

5. McGrath. Metronome.

6. Saqlain Mushtaq. Invented the doosra and took 1.7 wickets a match. Simply outstanding for a spinner. I can't believe that he fell from such heights so quickly. What happened to him anyway?

7. Bond. Currently taking 1.87 wickets per match and taking four or more wickets in 15% of matches he has played in; the highest of any bowler. And has bowled his best against the best batting team in the world, which counts for a lot. Here's hoping for a few more years out of him.

8. Pollock. E/R of 3.6. Outstanding but doesn't take so many wickets these days.

9. Ambrose. Outstanding E/R of 3.4 for the era he played in.

10. Lillee. The best attacking bowler of the pre-1990s era. Took 4 or more wickets in 10% of matches he played in.

So, please post your lists. One list per person please. And be serious

Try not to have test performances influence your ratings of ODI bowlers, e.g. Malcolm Marshall should be nowhere near a top 10 ODI bowlers' list.

 

[gettingbetter]

Not sure what 'happened' to Saqlain, but he is qualifying for English citizenship now.

 

[haroon510]

Not sure what 'happened' to Saqlain, but he is qualifying for English citizenship now.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/314299.html

saqi joined surry again aftering withdrawing from susex stating personal reasons...


well i agree with the list.. so no list of mine

 

[Days of Grace]

If you agree with my list exactly, then why don't you just post the same list. That way Wasim will be on 20 points instead of 10.

 

[haroon510]

If you agree with my list exactly, then why don't you just post the same list. That way Wasim will be on 20 points instead of 10.

ok just for u mate

1. Wasim Akram.
2. Garner.
3. Waqar Younis.
4. Muralitharan. Fantastic E/R for a spinner in ODIs in this era.
5. McGrath. Metronome.
6. Saqlain Mushtaq.
7. Bond.
8. Pollock.
9. Ambrose. Outstanding E/R of 3.4 for the era he played in.
10. Lillee.

 

[shortpitched713]

1. Wasim Akram
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Joel Garner
4. Glenn McGrath
5. Shaun Pollock
6. Waqar Younis
7. Richard Hadlee
8. Saqlain Mushtaq
9. Michael Holding
10. Allan Donald

 

[shortpitched713]

'Ere we go again.

As usual, I will kick off.

1. Wasim Akram. Difficult choice between him and Garner. But Wasim took over 500 wickets in ODIs And also had an E/R of 3.8 when batsmen were beginning to play their shots more. He was successful in all three decades/eras of ODIs that he played in. Well done that lad.

2. Garner. The best pre-1990 bowler by some margin. Don't know what his E/R would be know, but his yorker would still be very effective.

3. Waqar Younis. The most destrutive of all ODI bowlers. 13 five-fors and 14 four-fors proves this. Only let down by economy.

4. Muralitharan. Fantastic E/R for a spinner in ODIs in this era.

5. McGrath. Metronome.

6. Saqlain Mushtaq. Invented the doosra and took 1.7 wickets a match. Simply outstanding for a spinner. I can't believe that he fell from such heights so quickly. What happened to him anyway?

7. Bond. Currently taking 1.87 wickets per match and taking four or more wickets in 15% of matches he has played in; the highest of any bowler. And has bowled his best against the best batting team in the world, which counts for a lot. Here's hoping for a few more years out of him.

8. Pollock. E/R of 3.6. Outstanding but doesn't take so many wickets these days.

9. Ambrose. Outstanding E/R of 3.4 for the era he played in.

10. Lillee. The best attacking bowler of the pre-1990s era. Took 4 or more wickets in 10% of matches he played in.

So, please post your lists. One list per person please. And be serious

Try not to have test performances influence your ratings of ODI bowlers, e.g. Malcolm Marshall should be nowhere near a top 10 ODI bowlers' list.

Can't believe you put Bond in your list and left out Hadlee?

 

[bond21]

1. McGrath
2. Lillee
3. Akram
4. Warne
5. Donald
6. Pollock
7. Bond
8. Muralidaran
9. Younis
10. Ambrose

dont quote me on that i cant be bothered trying to remember bowlers from 30 years ago.

 

[haroon510]

1. McGrath
2. Lillee
3. Akram
4. Warne
5. Donald
6. Pollock
7. Bond
8. Muralidaran
9. Younis
10. Ambrose

dont quote me on that i cant be bothered trying to remember bowlers from 30 years ago.

Actualy i am surprised to see that u have named less Aus players than any other post of urs.. lol

 

[Evermind]

1. McGrath
2. Lillee
3. Akram
4. Warne
5. Donald
6. Pollock
7. Bond
8. Muralidaran
9. Younis
10. Ambrose

dont quote me on that i cant be bothered trying to remember bowlers from 30 years ago.

i thought murali's a chucker!!!! what's going on maaaaaaaaaaaan?????????

 

[Ikki]

I'm having trouble making this list. I don't see why Akram is such an automatic #1 to be honest. Definitely up there, but his WC record for me should be much better.

I can't decide between Warne, McGrath, Murali, Akram and Garner. I'd love to hear more detailed arguments for/against these guys.

 

[Francis]

Akram's pretty clearly the best one-day bowler ever in my opinion.

I'm suprised people don't talk more about Murali taking wickets off lesser sides ala Bangladesh when it comes to ODI's. People beat that horse deader than dead when talking about his performances in Tests, but there's a far greater disparity between Murali's performances against New Zealand, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe than there is against the rest in ODI's. Take those three sides out of the Murali ODI equation and his figures change far more drastically than most people realise.

 

[Ikki]

Akram's pretty clearly the best one-day bowler ever in my opinion.

I'm suprised people don't talk more about Murali taking wickets off lesser sides ala Bangladesh when it comes to ODI's. People beat that horse deader than dead when talking about his performances in Tests, but there's a far greater disparity between Murali's performances against New Zealand, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe than there is against the rest in ODI's. Take those three sides out of the Murali ODI equation and his figures change far more drastically than most people realise.

It's still an awesome record, though.

 

[Days of Grace]

I guess in ODIs Murali only gets 10 overs against the minnows, whearas in Tests he can bowl as much as he wants. So, he can't dominate minnows as much as he does in Tests.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Akram's pretty clearly the best one-day bowler ever in my opinion.

I'm suprised people don't talk more about Murali taking wickets off lesser sides ala Bangladesh when it comes to ODI's. People beat that horse deader than dead when talking about his performances in Tests, but there's a far greater disparity between Murali's performances against New Zealand, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe than there is against the rest in ODI's. Take those three sides out of the Murali ODI equation and his figures change far more drastically than most people realise.

It's slightly different filtering stats in ODI's. If you insist on taking out Bangladesh then you have to research all World Cup Matches and remove stats from all bowlers taken against teams like Kenya, Holland, UAE, Scotland, Ireland, Bermuda, Canada and a few others. Some of these have temporary official ODI status and play outside of the World Cup as well.

 

[JBMAC]

1. McGrath
2. Warne
3. Lillee
4. Akram
5. Hadlee
6. Bond
7. Pollock
8. Botham
9. Donald
10. Waqar Younis

 

[BhupinderSingh]

1. Wasim Akram
2. Allan Donald
3. Joel Garner
4. Waqar Younis
5. Richard Hadlee
6. Glenn McGrath
7. Saqlain Mushtaq
8. Curtley Ambrose
9. Muttiah Muralitharan
10. Shaun Pollock

 

[BhupinderSingh]

'Ere we go again.

As usual, I will kick off.

1. Wasim Akram. Difficult choice between him and Garner. But Wasim took over 500 wickets in ODIs And also had an E/R of 3.8 when batsmen were beginning to play their shots more. He was successful in all three decades/eras of ODIs that he played in. Well done that lad.

2. Garner. The best pre-1990 bowler by some margin. Don't know what his E/R would be know, but his yorker would still be very effective.

3. Waqar Younis. The most destrutive of all ODI bowlers. 13 five-fors and 14 four-fors proves this. Only let down by economy.

4. Muralitharan. Fantastic E/R for a spinner in ODIs in this era.

5. McGrath. Metronome.

6. Saqlain Mushtaq. Invented the doosra and took 1.7 wickets a match. Simply outstanding for a spinner. I can't believe that he fell from such heights so quickly. What happened to him anyway?

7. Bond. Currently taking 1.87 wickets per match and taking four or more wickets in 15% of matches he has played in; the highest of any bowler. And has bowled his best against the best batting team in the world, which counts for a lot. Here's hoping for a few more years out of him.

8. Pollock. E/R of 3.6. Outstanding but doesn't take so many wickets these days.

9. Ambrose. Outstanding E/R of 3.4 for the era he played in.

10. Lillee. The best attacking bowler of the pre-1990s era. Took 4 or more wickets in 10% of matches he played in.

So, please post your lists. One list per person please. And be serious

Try not to have test performances influence your ratings of ODI bowlers, e.g. Malcolm Marshall should be nowhere near a top 10 ODI bowlers' list.

Why no threads about alltime allrounders?

 

[shortpitched713]

Take those three sides out of the Murali ODI equation and his figures change far more drastically than most people realise.

Why would you take New Zealand out of his record?

I can't think of any rational reason to do such a thing.

 

[Fusion]

Like usual, my list would probably change if I did it tomorrow. But here it is for now:

1. Akram
2. Muralitharan
3. Garner
4. McGrath
5. Younis
6. S. Mushtaq
7. Donald
8. Ambrose
9. Lilliee
10. Hadlee