The Greatest left-arm fast bowler?

[Days of Grace]

Davo vs. Wasim Akram

Davidson:

44 matches, 186 wickets @ 20.53. Between 1958 and the end of his career he averaged 5 wickets a match @19.00. All this without a class new ball partner.

Wasim:

104 matches, 414 wickets @ 23.62. Has longetivity to his advantage. Had new ball support throughtout his career though.

Who was better?

 

[JBMAC]

Davo vs. Wasim Akram

Davidson:

44 matches, 186 wickets @ 20.53. Between 1958 and the end of his career he averaged 5 wickets a match @19.00. All this without a class new ball partner.

Wasim:

104 matches, 414 wickets @ 23.62. Has longetivity to his advantage. Had new ball support throughtout his career though.

Who was better?

Allan Davidson....just go by averages

 

[Burgey]

Allan Davidson....just go by averages

 

[cadet018]

c'mon ...... it has to be wasim ...... no need to create a thread for tht

 

[sideshowtim]

Nathan Bracken.

 

[Fiery]

Murphy Su'a

 

[haroon510]

Ajit Agraker
lol

 

[Fiery]

Ajit Agraker
lol

^ right-armer

 

[JBMAC]

Other than Davo...Bruce Reid 113 at 24.64

 

[haroon510]

yep... lol i don't know what to say.. if i say wasim people would think i am baise.. if not then it isn't fair to wasim's talent..i voted for wasim but named agerker here just for the heck of it lol..

 

[pasag]

@ Days of Grace, when you create polls, most people prefer public polls, ie you can see who voted for what. The results are generally more meaningful then.

 

[nightprowler10]

I think Davidson was a better overall cricketer, but Wasim was the greatest left arm pacer ever IMO. Don't know if we'll ever see another bowler who could do such things.

 

[Richard]

Davidson has to be one of the most underrated bowlers in history... not merely one of the greatest left-armers but simply one of the best bowlers, full-stop.

He's kind of the opposite to the Lillee situation - because he was so quiet and so unobtrusive (and didn't have to overcome injury) he often doesn't get the credit he deserves while others get more than they should. He did the job mangificently, at a time when many bowlers struggled too.

 

[Days of Grace]

He averaged 19 for the later half of his career, and took a five wicket bag in 32% of the matches he played.

I wonder how fast he was?

 

[Days of Grace]

How good was Bruce Reid b.t.w? Or how good could he have been without the injuries?

 

[The Sean]

He averaged 19 for the later half of his career, and took a five wicket bag in 32% of the matches he played.

I wonder how fast he was?

By all accounts he was quick without being electrifyingly so. Reports I've read generally rate him in the left arm fast-medium bracket, but say he was capable of bowling genuinely fast from time to time, some observers saying that at his quickest he was nearly as fast as Lindwall.

Though there are a few guys on here who would have seen him in action live, so I'd be interested in their thoughts.

 

[adharcric]

Allan Davidson....just go by averages

Cricket is not about stats though, right?

 

[vic_orthdox]

Cricket is not about stats though, right?

Hmmm...

I think he might've been taking the swizzle out of you, adharcric...

 

[The Sean]

Hmmm...

I think he might've been taking the swizzle out of you, adharcric...

And I think adharcric might have been doing the same in return...

 

[vic_orthdox]

And I think adharcric might have been doing the same in return...

I just thought that the first swizzle-take was better.