Top 10 Pace Bowlers Ever

grant28 · 02-12-2006, 03:51 AM

I have made a list of what I think are the top 10 pace bowlers in history.

(No Order)

Glenn McGrath
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Courney Walsh
Curltly Ambrose
Joel Garner
Dennis Lillie
Shaun Pollock
Malcom Marshall
Richard Hadlee

I know this will cause debate, especially people supporting bowlers from their country.

Krishna_j · 02-12-2006, 04:24 AM

Looking at yr list - guess u must mean the last 20 odd years - can't be all time if u did'nt include Imran

SA · 02-12-2006, 04:27 AM

Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Malcom Marshall
Joel Garner
Wasim Akram
Glenn McGrath
Curtley Ambrose
Allan Donald
Waqar Younis
Courtney Walsh

I don't consider bowlers who played before 1960s as "greats" because they almost always bowled on bowling friendly wickets.

aussie tragic · 02-12-2006, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SA

I don't consider bowlers who played before 1960s as "greats" because they almost always bowled on bowling friendly wickets.

Thanks for clearing that up as I always wondered why Bradman, Headley, Sutcliffe, Barrington, Hammond, Hutton & Hobbs had such terrible batting averages. Now I know it was because they all played on pre 1960 bowler friendly wickets

SA · 02-12-2006, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grant28

I have made a list of what I think are the top 10 pace bowlers in history.

(No Order)

Glenn McGrath
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Courney Walsh
Curltly Ambrose
Joel Garner
Dennis Lillie
Shaun Pollock
Malcom Marshall
Richard Hadlee

No bowlers list is complete without Imran Khan whom I consider the best bowler ever.

Lillian Thomson · 02-12-2006, 04:39 AM

There's Marshall, Lillee and Trueman, then the rest, many of whom are of similar pedigree and too close to separate.

SA · 02-12-2006, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aussie tragic

Thanks for clearing that up as I always wondered why Bradman, Headley, Sutcliffe, Barrington, Hammond, Hutton & Hobbs had such terrible batting averages. Now I know it was because they all played on pre 1960 bowler friendly wickets

Exceptions r always there.The number of players averaging above 50 after 1960 r many times more than those who played before 1960

SA · 02-12-2006, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grant28

I have made a list of what I think are the top 10 pace bowlers in history.

(No Order)

Glenn McGrath
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Courney Walsh
Curltly Ambrose
Joel Garner
Dennis Lillie
Shaun Pollock
Malcom Marshall
Richard Hadlee

Dennis"The greentop bully"Lillee is nowhere near an alltime great.He used to get truckloads of wickets on bowling friendly wickets of Australia but failed miserably in Subcontinent.

silentstriker · 02-12-2006, 06:48 AM

1. Glenn McGrath
2. Malcom Marshall
--------------------------
3. Trueman
4. Ambrose
5. Barnes
6. Hadlee
7. Imran
8. Lillee
9. Lindwall
10.Donald

My top ten list changes like every other day, but thats the gist of it. The first two are solid though.

nightprowler10 · 02-12-2006, 06:56 AM

Waqar Younis
Imran Khan
Malcolm Marshall
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
Keith Miller
Michael Holding
Fazal Mahmood
Richard Hadlee

Glenn McGrath/Mohammad Sami

Turbinator · 02-12-2006, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silentstriker

1. Glenn McGrath
2. Malcom Marshall
--------------------------
3. Trueman
4. Ambrose
5. Barnes
6. Hadlee
7. Imran
8. Lillee
9. Lindwall
10.Donald

My top ten list changes like every other day, but thats the gist of it. The first two are solid though.

No Indians in there! SS, I am not liking this! Not including an Indian in the top ten pace bowlers list is an insult to Indian cricket!

silentstriker · 02-12-2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Turbinator

No Indians in there! SS, I am not liking this! Not including an Indian in the top ten pace bowlers list is an insult to Indian cricket!

But including one would be an insult to the intelligence of all Indians, therefore I did the right thing.

Slifer · 02-12-2006, 11:54 AM

Mines:

Marshall/Mcgrath/Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose
Trueman
Donald
Wasim
Garner
Lindwall

Mines changes fairly frequently as well but my top three remains the same

PhoenixFire · 02-12-2006, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silentstriker

1. Glenn McGrath
2. Malcom Marshall
--------------------------
3. Trueman
4. Ambrose
5. Barnes
6. Hadlee
7. Imran
8. Lillee
9. Lindwall
10.Donald

My top ten list changes like every other day, but thats the gist of it. The first two are solid though.

I swear it said the top ten pace bowlers of all time, not medium pace trundlers.

adharcric · 02-12-2006, 03:37 PM

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Fred Trueman
5. Sydney Barnes
6. Curtley Ambrose
7. Dennis Lillee
8. Imran Khan
9. Allan Donald
10. Wasim Akram

02-12-2006, 03:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
grant28 School Boy/Girl Captain Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 146	Top 10 Pace Bowlers Ever I have made a list of what I think are the top 10 pace bowlers in history. (No Order) Glenn McGrath Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Courney Walsh Curltly Ambrose Joel Garner Dennis Lillie Shaun Pollock Malcom Marshall Richard Hadlee I know this will cause debate, especially people supporting bowlers from their country.

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Krishna_j U19 12th Man Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: BANGALORE Posts: 205	Looking at yr list - guess u must mean the last 20 odd years - can't be all time if u did'nt include Imran Last edited by Krishna_j; 02-12-2006 at 11:59 AM.

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nightprowler10 Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Madhouse on Madison Posts: 13,389	Waqar Younis Imran Khan Malcolm Marshall Wasim Akram Curtly Ambrose Keith Miller Michael Holding Fazal Mahmood Richard Hadlee Glenn McGrath/Mohammad Sami __________________ Can't decide on a signature? Why not Zoidberg? (\/) (;,,;) (\/) RIP Craigos

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Slifer State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,331	Mines: Marshall/Mcgrath/Hadlee Imran Ambrose Trueman Donald Wasim Garner Lindwall Mines changes fairly frequently as well but my top three remains the same __________________ Cause Slifer said so.........!!!!

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adharcric International Coach Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 10,898	1. Malcolm Marshall 2. Glenn McGrath 3. Richard Hadlee 4. Fred Trueman 5. Sydney Barnes 6. Curtley Ambrose 7. Dennis Lillee 8. Imran Khan 9. Allan Donald 10. Wasim Akram Last edited by adharcric; 02-12-2006 at 03:41 PM.

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SA Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Can u guess? Posts: 93	Imran Khan Richard Hadlee Malcom Marshall Joel Garner Wasim Akram Glenn McGrath Curtley Ambrose Allan Donald Waqar Younis Courtney Walsh I don't consider bowlers who played before 1960s as "greats" because they almost always bowled on bowling friendly wickets.

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Lillian Thomson International Captain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: england Posts: 5,638	There's Marshall, Lillee and Trueman, then the rest, many of whom are of similar pedigree and too close to separate.

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