Rank your Top 20 Bowlers of the modern era

[centurymaker]

Top 20 since 1990-

1. McGrath
2. Murali
3. Warne
4. Steyn
5. Ambrose
6. Donald
7. Wasim
8. Pollock
9. Waqar
10. Walsh
11. Gillespie
12. Kumble
13. Akhtar
14. Bishop
15. Flintoff
16. Gough
17. Caddick
18. Ntini
19. Lee
20. Bond
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21. Srinath
22. Anderson
23. Zaheer
24. Morkel
25. Harbhajan

Pretty sure I have missed someone

 

[salman85]

1.Wasim
2.McGrath
3.Ambrose
4.Warne
5.Waqar
6.Donald
7.Murali
8.Steyn
9.Shoaib
10.Bond
11.Lee
12.Pollock
13.Kumble
14.Swann
15.Vaas
16.Gillespie
17.Saqlain
18.Ntini
19.Walsh
20.Gul

 

[flibbertyjibber]

1 McGrath
2 Warne
3 Murali
4 Marshall
5 Ambrose
6 Waqar
7 Wasim
8 Donald
9 Pollock
10 Walsh
11 Steyn
12 Gillespie
13 McDermott
14 Bond
15 Kumble
16 Ahktar
17 Bishop
18 Swann
19 Gough
20 Fraser

 

[Austerlitz]

Since 1990

1.Curtly ambrose
2.Glenn mcgrath
3.Warne
4.Akram
5.Murali
6.Donald
7.Waqar
8.Steyn
9.Walsh
10.Kumble

 

[akilana]

Donald
Ambrose
McGrath
Murali
Warne

 

[ankitj]

1. Murali
2. Warne
3. Ambrose
4. McGrath
5. Donald
6. Akram
7. Pollock
8. Waqar
9. Styen
10. Bond
11. Akhtar
12. Bishop
13. Kumble
14. Saqlain
15. Gillespie
16. Harbhajan
17. Ntini
18. Swann
19. Vaas
20. Lee

I may have missed out some obvious ones though.

 

[Burgey]

McGrath
Ambrose
Warne
Murali
Walsh
Akram
Waqar
Kumble
Steyn
Donald
Pollock
Saqlain
Bishop
Gillespie
McDermott
Zaheer
Vass
Akthar
Harnhajan Singh
Hughes


So gratifying to make that list without a single England bowler in there. And rightly so, too. Closest would've been Gus Fraser imo, but he suffered from too many injuries which curtailed his output.

Can I also say I'm a tad miffed at the "modern era" starting in the year I played my 15th year of cricket. That's balls, frankly.

 

[ankitj]

oops. Missed Walsh

 

[weldone]

Among those I've seen live:

1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Wasim Akram
4. Curtly Ambrose
5. Allan Donald
6. Shane Warne
7. Dale Steyn
8. Waqar Younis
9. Shaun Pollock
10. Courtney Walsh
11. Kapil Dev
12. Anil Kumble
13. Ian Bishop
14. Shane Bond
15. Shoaib Akhtar
16. Saqlain Mushtaq
17. Chaminda Vaas
18. Jason Gillespie
19. Craig McDermott
20. Harbhajan Singh

 

[vcs]

1. Glenn McGrath
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Curtly Ambrose
4. Shane Warne
5. Allan Donald
6. Wasim Akram
7. Dale Steyn
8. Waqar Younis
9. Shaun Pollock
10. Courtney Walsh
11. Anil Kumble
12. Andrew Flintoff
13. Chaminda Vaas
14. Shane Bond
15. Shoaib Akhtar
16. Saqlain Mushtaq
17. Ian Bishop
18. Jason Gillespie
19. Craig McDermott
20. Harbhajan Singh

 

[Burgey]

Kapil Dev a good shout here as well, am sorry I left him out.

 

[Ikki]

I'll do 10, from 1990 onwards:

1. Warne
2. McGrath
3. Donald
4. Ambrose
5. Wasim
6. Murali
7. Waqar
8. Steyn
9. Pollock
10. Walsh

 

[smash84]

top 20 is a little too long I feel. Feels like a chore tbh

 

[ankitj]

Why do Weldone's and VCS's lists look so similar?

 

[hang on]

McGrath
Ambrose
Warne
Murali
Walsh
Akram
Waqar
Kumble
Steyn
Donald
Pollock
Saqlain
Bishop
Gillespie
McDermott
Zaheer
Vass
Akthar
Harnhajan Singh
Hughes


So gratifying to make that list without a single England bowler in there. And rightly so, too. Closest would've been Gus Fraser imo, but he suffered from too many injuries which curtailed his output.

Can I also say I'm a tad miffed at the "modern era" starting in the year I played my 15th year of cricket. That's balls, frankly.

kumble above pollock, donald, steyn (ok, perhaps longevity factor there)!

 

[smash84]

Why do Weldone's and VCS's lists look so similar?

Multi

 

[hang on]

the list, for now, would have:

ambrose
mcgrath
murali
donald
waqar
warne
pollock
akram
walsh
steyn (sure to move up rapidly into the top 5, most probably)
kumble

 

[weldone]

Why do Weldone's and VCS's lists look so similar?

Because vcs is too lazy a person to write down 20 names...copied my list and made changes wherever he felt necessary, I guess

 

[smash84]

the list, for now, would have:

ambrose
mcgrath
murali
donald
waqar
warne
pollock
akram
walsh
steyn (sure to move up rapidly into the top 5, most probably)
kumble

Can't really see Waqar in the top 5 and definitely not above Warne and Akram

 

[weldone]

Can't really see Waqar in the top 5 and definitely not above Warne and Akram

ya this, and can't see Pollock above Akram in a bowlers' list...otherwise, hang on's list is pretty decent