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

[Ikki]

I'm not really easy with my list, but I'll put one out:

1) Akram
2) Warne
3) McGrath
4) Garner
5) Lee
6) Waqar
7) Murali
8) Lillee
9) Holding
10) Saqlain Mushtaq

 

[Ikki]

Was just added:

Warne: Australia V Pakistan, 1999 World Cup Final, 4/33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWt8z4fCEW0

 

[oz_fan]

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

 

[Days of Grace]

Top Twenty so far:

Big gap from the top three back to Murali in 4th. Gotta wonder how much further Lee will be up the list if we do this again in five years.

1 Wasim Akram 128
2 Garner 113
3 McGrath 110
4 Muralitharan 77
5 Waqar Younis 68
6 Saqlain Mushtaq 53
7 Pollock 50
8 Hadlee 39
9 Ambrose 35
10 Warne 34
11 Donald 31
12 Lillee 28
13 Bond 17
14 Lee 13
15 Holding 10
16 Marshall 8
17 Imran Khan 6
18 Botham 3
19 Abdul Qadir 1
20 Walsh 1

 

[Ikki]

Really Really surprising Warne is that low. Not only does he sport the kind of figures that should see him up the top but he has a better WC record then most, if not all, up there. His amazing heroics in finals are legend as well.

 

[Migara]

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.

This shows your lack of knowledge about ODI cricket in general. ZIM, SL and few other countries line Canada wer playing ODI's since 1975. So why only talk about Murali? Why don't you reduce wickets taken by Lillie and Thompson against these sides and recalculate their stats too. Too much bias it seems.

 

[Migara]

Really Really surprising Warne is that low. Not only does he sport the kind of figures that should see him up the top but he has a better WC record then most, if not all, up there. His amazing heroics in finals are legend as well.

Warne is not the best ODI spinner. Murali, Saqlain and Kumble are better than him in the ODIs. In tests he and Murali are in seperable.

 

[Goughy]

This shows your lack of knowledge about ODI cricket in general. ZIM, SL and few other countries line Canada wer playing ODI's since 1975. So why only talk about Murali? Why don't you reduce wickets taken by Lillie and Thompson against these sides and recalculate their stats too. Too much bias it seems.

What a bizarre post. Yes, Canada (as East Africa) have played since the 70s but the numbers of games played by the lesser nations was far smaller.

And then to call-out Lillee (or Lillie) shows no clue of Lillees career. Lazy post without any substance.

Lillee played few games against 'minnows' (5 in total) and his average when these games are taken out is an incredible 19.58

Hardly backs up the point that was trying to be made

 

[JBH001]

My ODI list:

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

 

[Perm]

Warne is not the best ODI spinner. Murali, Saqlain and Kumble are better than him in the ODIs. In tests he and Murali are in seperable.

Muralitharan and Saqlain are better than Warne in ODI cricket, definitely. Kumble, however, is nowhere near as good as Warne. Statistically far inferior, in World Cups too.

 

[Migara]

My ODI top ten would be,

1. Wasim Akram
2. Muttiah Muralidaran
3. Waqar Younus
4. Joel Garner
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Saqlain Mushtaq
7. Curtley Ambrose
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Allan Donald
10. Fanie De Villiers

I tried hard to include Walsh, Hadlee and Kapil Dev, but the above ten have done a lot. De Villiers had a short career but he did enough in that career to trouble every single batsman he bowled to, and has a wonderful ER, SR and Average. I also liked to add Gavin Larsen, the master of line and length, but there were many that I rated above him.

 

[Fiery]

My ODI top ten would be,

1. Wasim Akram
2. Muttiah Muralidaran
3. Waqar Younus
4. Joel Garner
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Saqlain Mushtaq
7. Curtley Ambrose
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Allan Donald
10. Fanie De Villiers

I tried hard to include Walsh, Hadlee and Kapil Dev, but the above ten have done a lot. De Villiers had a short career but he did enough in that career to trouble every single batsman he bowled to, and has a wonderful ER, SR and Average. I also liked to add Gavin Larsen, the master of line and length, but there were many that I rated above him.

De Villiers > Hadlee

 

[Migara]

What a bizarre post. Yes, Canada (as East Africa) have played since the 70s but the numbers of games played by the lesser nations was far smaller.

And then to call-out Lillee (or Lillie) shows no clue of Lillees career. Lazy post without any substance.

Lillee played few games against 'minnows' (5 in total) and his average when these games are taken out is an incredible 19.58

Hardly backs up the point that was trying to be made

canada did not play as east africa Zimbabwe was known as east africa. Sri Lanka was also a minnow by then. I took Lillie and Thommo as an example, because they were the main threats for minnow sides during world cups.

Walsh's 5-1 against SL, Kapil Dev's 175 against Zim, Viv RIchards 189 against SL are few examples of minnow bashing. People only get excited about minnow bashing when the talk is about Murali.

Hypocritical!

 

[Ikki]

Warne is not the best ODI spinner. Murali, Saqlain and Kumble are better than him in the ODIs. In tests he and Murali are in seperable.

No chance. How are they better at all? Murali and Warne are the best spinners in ODI. Their overall records are similar but performance in World Cups, especially finals, Warne blows Murali, and most other bowlers, out of the water. You could put Warne at the top of all ODI bowlers, let alone just spinners.

 

[Hoggy31]

Brad Hogg - has a better ODI SR than Shane Warne, true story.

 

[Perm]

You could put Warne at the top of all ODI bowlers, let alone just spinners.

You could, but you'd be wrong .

 

[Josh]

1. Akram
2. Ambrose
3. Hadlee
4. Garner
5. Harvey
6. Lee
7. Holding
8. Vaas
9. Qadir
10. Warne

 

[Josh]

Brad Hogg - has a better ODI SR than Shane Warne, true story.

Yeh he's up there for mine. Not far away at all.

 

[Ikki]

You could, but you'd be wrong .

Why would you be wrong? Any moreso than any other bowler?

 

[Matt79]

Ummm, not nearly enough thought into this for me to be completely happy with it but:
1. McGrath
2. Akram
3. Garner
4. Ambrose
5. Waqar
6. Murali
7. Pollock
8. Lee
9. Bond
10. Lillee

Can't believe I can't find a spot for Warne, and Saqlain's record is also v. good. Plus Hadlee and all the rest.