Best bowler among the rest

[Migara]

Who's the best bowler from a non - test playing country at the moment?

Boyd Rankin comes immediately to the mind, and is a class act. There may be other bowlers from non-test sides who look impressive. But my pick is Hamid Hassan from Afganistan. Only fast bowler to bowl to 90mph among rest of the countries (perhaps other than Jonkman from Holland)

Who would be your pick?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Amjad Khan's Danish by birth, of course.

Dockrell the 18yo SLA bowler from Ireland looks a class act too. Surprised he hasn't been nabbed by a county yet, tbh.

EDIT: Looking at his profile on cricinfo I see Zummerzet have signed him now. Disregard.

 

[stumpski]

Ali Asad of UAE has a pretty good record - unfortunate for him that he's only played two ODIs.

 

[Migara]

Few years back Thomas Odoyo was very good with the ball. Ryan ten Doschate, although not a class act with the ball has done well.

 

[Prince EWS]

I actually think Johnston's a better bowler than Rankin as it stands. He's just an old medium pacer really but he gets nice bounce and carry, moves the ball both ways off the pitch and in the air and has pretty good control. I'm not saying he's the best among the non-Test-playing nations because there are obviously a lot of bowlers I haven't seen, but I'm offering him up there. Rankin has lots of potential but is still really pretty raw.

Of course this very much depends on if Zimbabwe are counted as a Test-playing nation. If they aren't then Price and Rainsford should very much be part of the discussion.

 

[Uppercut]

Hassan's a class above both Rankin and Johnston from what I've seen. That isn't all that much though, he could potentially just be on a particularly hot streak. Comparing Rankin and Johnston is difficult, but I'd just about come to the same conclusion as Cribb.

 

[_Ed_]

Ali Asad of UAE has a pretty good record - unfortunate for him that he's only played two ODIs.

Was the first name that popped into my mind as well.

 

[Migara]

Bangladesh or prehaps India would die for Hasan and Rankin in their ranks!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Johnston & RtD not from associate nations really tho, tbf. If we include then we could also include the former Dutch cap Nannes and end the discussion here.

 

[Migara]

Nannes has played for a test nation. Inclusion of him ends right there.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nannes has played for a test nation. Inclusion of him ends right there.

True, but he's really no more or less Australian than Johnston; both born and raised and both played for an associate nation. Only difference is Nannes was good enough to be picked up for Oz afterwards.

 

[morgieb]

Price if Zimbabwe was included, Rankin if they weren't.