Alan Donald vs Joel Garner

[benchmark00]

Getting cheeky now.

Need to get a vBulletin patch so that every time someone opens my profile to write me a VM that sound bite gets played.

 

[Prince EWS]

Need to get a vBulletin patch so that every time someone opens my profile to write me a VM that sound bite gets played.

You should make it your ringtone IMO.

 

[Jono]

I'm sure some still-alive Nazis would love to 'edit' the war too.

lol

 

[benchmark00]

You should make it your ringtone IMO.

Going back into that thread to listen to it again.

 

[benchmark00]

00019 - YouTube

fmd it is brilliant.

 

[doesitmatter]

Donald..Just for that beautiful bowling action alone..some action..

 

[blahblahblah]

I'm sure some still-alive Nazis would love to 'edit' the war too.

 

[smash84]

I'm sure some still-alive Nazis would love to 'edit' the war too.

gold

 

[Top_Cat]

Why? Can't you run in your heels?

Speaking of, we need more pix of your bored-looking Persian supermodels. I'm assuming you have many of them.

 

[Dan]

Garner's height is massively overrated. There were many bowlers of similar heights, notably Ambrose (6' 8") and McGrath (6' 6"). Tremlett, Harmison, Broad, Rankin, Finn are current ones I could think of who are around that height ctgory. If some one argues that he difference of 3 inches in height (5-6 on bowling height) makes such a difference they need to geth their heads checked.

Comparing a Marshall to a Finn obviously has no merits solely on height, however if you're trying to split two similarly-performed bowlers like Garner and Donald, surely minor things like awkwardness derived from height comes in to it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Comparing a Marshall to a Finn obviously has no merits solely on height, however if you're trying to split two similarly-performed bowlers like Garner and Donald, surely minor things like awkwardness derived from height comes in to it.

If you're trying to split two similarly performed bowlers then their height has already been accounted for in making them "similarly performed" in the first place.

 

[Ikki]

Speaking of, we need more pix of your bored-looking Persian supermodels. I'm assuming you have many of them.

"We"?

Reminds me of when I'm at my cousins house and in order to get his mum to cook something he tries to get me involved into it ("Mum, Kaz and I are hungry") so that she feels guilty about it - being a good host, which is a big Persian thing.

 

[Ikki]

If you're trying to split two similarly performed bowlers then their height has already been accounted for in making them "similarly performed" in the first place.

Although I agree with you it could be argued that the variety his height brings adds into the difficulty batsmen will have facing his other teammates who bowl at different trajectories. That's not necessarily reflected in their own personal stats. FTR, I tend to think the importance of these kinds of things can be overstated.

 

[benchmark00]

"We"?

Reminds me of when I'm at my cousins house and in order to get his mum to cook something he tries to get me involved into it ("Mum, Kaz and I are hungry") so that she feels guilty about it - being a good host, which is a big Persian thing.

So is making rugs iirc.

 

[Ikki]

So is making rugs iirc.

 

[Jacknife]

Donald for me, he's one of my all time favorite fast bowlers, not much between them but if I had to choose one it'd be him.

 

[grecian]

Amazing how things have changed in CW, once upon a time this would be Donald-Donald-Donald.

Both great bowlers obviously The saffie the better strike-bowler, but that wasn't Garners role. He was there to take wickets, but also create pressure for others with a miserly run-rate. He may have not taken that many five-fers, but he created many for others, whilst still knocking wickets over at a ridiculous rate.

 

[ankitj]

Think Garner is the greatest bowler never to have taken a 10fer

 

[kyear2]

Garner is a definate ATG, just prefer in this comparrison the extra pace and aggression of Donald, but really they are just about equal for me. Garner's accuratecy and bounce at times made him almost unplayable and if required he could up his pace to almost express. That added to his unbeliveable average and strike rate and his stellar gully fielding shows how close this comparrison must have been and how highly I rate Donald as well.

 

[The Sean]

Think Garner is the greatest bowler never to have taken a 10fer

Definitely one of the top two IMO, Ray Lindwall being the other. The pure numbers tend to favour Big Bird, but I adore Ray.