Dale Steyn vs Allan Donald vs Shaun Pollock

[smash84]

so now we have Polly the shrink?

 

[G.I.Joe]

Polly wants a cracker (of a match that SA wins).

 

[NUFAN]

Hey Polly, how on earth does +ve = positive.

 

[grecian]

So annoyed I didn't get a like from lolitsme because I didn't post in this thread, agree with Flem though on #113 for the record.

 

[Red]

That wasn't aggressive at all.

But seriously, De Kock?

It's a type of dismissve aggressiveness that I find pretty irritating.

Yep, DeKock. Has played enough ODIs to see what he's about, and essentially it's a choice between him and Boucher. I was never a Boucher fan, and in ODIs I like keepers who bat in the top 6.

 

[SeamUp]

Lol Love the variety in this thread.

Who had the best celebration ? Donald the aeroplane, Steyn the chain-saw & Pollock the fist-pump

 

[ankitj]

Everything Donald did was ***y except the run out in 99 wc semi

 

[RK_123]

Steyn
Donald
Pollock

 

[akilana]

Rabadaaa better than them all.

 

[Slifer]

Rabada needs to bring it away. Did ok in England, awesome in Oz but away returns need improving. At least sub 25

 

[OverratedSanity]

I find it pretty insane that Rabada is already just 50 odd wickets from Philander's career wicket tally

 

[Bolo]

Philander is not exactly a sub-par bowler, but Rabada is a decade younger. Less than 400 wickets would actually be a surprise, which is a huge number for a quick

 

[vcs]

It'll be interesting to see how they manage his workload going forward, since he's part of their best XI in all formats.

 

[harsh.ag]

I find it pretty insane that Rabada is already just 50 odd wickets from Philander's career wicket tally

Woah.

 

[stephen]

I find it pretty insane that Rabada is already just 50 odd wickets from Philander's career wicket tally

I find it insane that Philander has only played 53 tests. It seems like he's been around forever.

 

[stephen]

Australia's only hope here is that Cummins runs through the rest of the SA batting and we restrict them to 100 or so and then bat like we've never batted before.

 

[SeamUp]

We just forget how good Pollock was. As the stat showed best average in history when getting to 200 test wickets. That debut England series was awesome. He had to change is action to become more economical because of injury but used to love wild Pollock too.

 

[Zinzan]

This may have been a close-ish thing 6 years ago when the thread was started, but now Steyn quite comfortably for me, followed by Donald..and then Pollocka wee way back. Donald was a genuine ATG fast bowler, def top 20 of all-time.. but Steyn is a genuine top 5 contender.

Personally, the only pace bowlers I have ahead of Steyn are Marshall, Hadlee, & Ambrose.

 

[Zinzan]

@ Seam-up, Seeing that early footage, Pollock was quicker than I thought when he started... I remember him more in the 128-135 kms range for the last half of his career.

 

[StephenZA]

@ Seam-up, Seeing that early footage, Pollock was quicker than I thought when he started... I remember him more in the 128-135 kms range for the last half of his career.

He started at about 145km/h but without the control... fast early career.