Worst Bowling Team among the test playing nations

[Nishant]

isnt it obvious that bangladesh have the worst bowling attack of all the test playing nations? But, i guess most of u are not considering them in this argument....so in that case,

Pakistan are generally good....but if asif and shoaib are gone for more than just the world cup...its a differnt story.

i think england have huge problems with their attack...its inconsistnet and does have potential but never really expresses it ( a bit like suresh raina of india in terms of batting)

 

[Richard]

Does anyone even understand what we're talking about?

Are we discussing who has the worst Test attack or who has the worst ODI attack of the Test-playing teams (and I think most people would have the sense to read that as "the Test-playing teams minus Bangladesh)?

Given the amount of "without Warney" (who played his last ODI over 4 years ago) talk being mixed-in with "Symonds" (who's taken 11 Test wickets) I'd say some people are a bit confused!

 

[simmy]

Bangladesh and NZ when Bond-less.

 

[Swervy]

We are talking about tests here arent we!!!

its pointless going on about Australia without Warne and McGrath in tests just yet, because we dont actually know how good/bad the Aussie bowling attack will be without either of them playing.

My feeling is though that Australia will still be quite useful on the bowling side of things...although finding a spinner even half as good as Warne has to be a priority.

 

[Richard]

"Finding" one?

He's either there or he isn't - you can't magic a spinner out of thin-air.

 

[Swervy]

"Finding" one?

He's either there or he isn't - you can't magic a spinner out of thin-air.

well you know what I mean...

anyway, finding a replacement will probably take about 50 years

 

[Richard]

Yep - there were a hell of a lot of Sellars and Sincocks between Benaud and Warne.

 

[Pup Clarke]

This is how I'd rank each test bowling attack

1.South Africa - Pollock,Ntini,Steyn,Nel,Kallis
2.Australia - Lee,Clark,Johnson/Tait,Watson,MacGill
3.England - Hoggard,Jones,Flintoff,Panesar
4.Pakistan - Asif,Shoaib,Gul,Kaneria
5.Sri Lanka - Vaas,Malinga,Maharoof,Murali
6.India - Munaf,Zaheer,Sreesanth,Harbhajan/Kumble
7.New Zealand - Bond,Martin,Franklin,Oram,Vettori
8.West Indies - Taylor,Edwards,Collymore,Bravo,Mohammed
9.Bangladesh - Mortaza,Shahadat,Rafique,Razzak

 

[J.J.B.Lewis]

This is how I'd rank each test bowling attack

1.South Africa - Pollock,Ntini,Steyn,Nel,Kallis
2.Australia - Lee,Clark,Johnson/Tait,Watson,MacGill
3.England - Hoggard,Jones,Flintoff,Panesar
4.Pakistan - Asif,Shoaib,Gul,Kaneria
5.Sri Lanka - Vaas,Malinga,Maharoof,Murali
6.India - Munaf,Zaheer,Sreesanth,Harbhajan/Kumble
7.New Zealand - Bond,Martin,Franklin,Oram,Vettori
8.West Indies - Taylor,Edwards,Collymore,Bravo,Mohammed
9.Bangladesh - Mortaza,Shahadat,Rafique,Razzak

@ England above Pakistan & Sri Lanka.Dude,your ranking is really biased.

 

[Swervy]

@ England above Pakistan & Sri Lanka.Dude,your ranking is really biased.

is it really that outrageous?

 

[The Big Cheese]

This is how I'd rank each test bowling attack

1.South Africa - Pollock,Ntini,Steyn,Nel,Kallis
2.Australia - Lee,Clark,Johnson/Tait,Watson,MacGill
3.England - Hoggard,Jones,Flintoff,Panesar
4.Pakistan - Asif,Shoaib,Gul,Kaneria
5.Sri Lanka - Vaas,Malinga,Maharoof,Murali
6.India - Munaf,Zaheer,Sreesanth,Harbhajan/Kumble
7.New Zealand - Bond,Martin,Franklin,Oram,Vettori
8.West Indies - Taylor,Edwards,Collymore,Bravo,Mohammed
9.Bangladesh - Mortaza,Shahadat,Rafique,Razzak

The people suggesting NZ as one of the worst bowling attacks always mention NZ without bond, yet in this list NZ are seventh... with bond. Is that a little strange? Or am i just blindly patriotic?

 

[pup11]

One can't rate the new Aussie test-bowling attack yet because they haven't played a single test match.

 

[luffy]

I don't rate the West Indies bowling attack, they just don't have the big names bowlers as there batters(if that made sense).

 

[Richard]

One can't rate the new Aussie test-bowling attack yet because they haven't played a single test match.

Well I'd say Stuart Clark is pretty well certain to be in said line-up and he's played more than a single Test...

And I'm rather hoping Jason Gillespie and Stuart MacGill might be, too, and they've played more than a few...

 

[Richard]

@ England above Pakistan & Sri Lanka.Dude,your ranking is really biased.

Not really - England's attack isn't always going to include the Plunketts, Mahmoods and Harmisons.