Ajmal vs Herath

[flibbertyjibber]

Man SL would be all at sea without Herath.. been a mini-Murali and is huge.

Fixed

 

[harsh.ag]

23 wickets @ 15.13 in a two test match series (or in a series where a bowler play only two tests) - New world record beating Murali's 22 wickets @ 18.04 against the Saffers in 2006.

Well done, Rangana. You the man.

 

[Furball]

Nice, but Herath's last two series' against SA (recently at home and away in 2011/12) were both quite impressive IMO, wouldn't call them particularly good players of spin compared to Australia or Pakistan either. I don't really support the idea of Herath 'fading' either, his best year was arguably 2012, three years after he was recalled to the test team and his recent series against SA suggests he is still near the height of his powers

Since when are Pakistan good players of spin?

 

[Jono]

If fatty herath is not your favourite cricketer in the world it better be Amla.

 

[viriya]

The fatty is the best bowler in the world atm

 

[adub]

Yeah love me some Herath. Would be good to go back to his place for a curry too I bet.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah love me some Herath. Would be good to go back to his place for a curry too I bet.

He does seem like one of those guys whose wife makes the nicest homemade food in the world. He probably has 3.5 incredibly cute kids and plays harmonica to a reasonable standard too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If fatty herath is not your favourite cricketer in the world it better be Amla.

Dhammika Prasad is way cooler

 

[Jono]

Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad

 

[watson]

Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad

It's even better if you say it underwater with a mouthful of marbles.

 

[viriya]

Herath in the discussion for best left arm spinner of all time imo. Highest wkts/match of anyone with over 125 wickets by a big margin (4.5, closest is Bedi with 4/mat), most 5 wkt hauls of anyone already after only 57 tests, and best bowling average/(wkts/mat) ratio of anyone with over 125 wickets (Verity closest 2nd).

Admittedly this is partly due to SL's bowling resources being rather thin, but all this makes him at least part of the discussion, with Verity, Lock, Bedi and Underwood I would say (ignoring the pre-1914 tweakers Peel, Blythe and Briggs).

 

[Daemon]

It's even better if you say it underwater with a mouthful of marbles.

Only because Jono would drown as a result

 

[Maximas]

Since when are Pakistan good players of spin?

Misbah, Younis and Shafiq are good, Sarfraz only really came good this series I spose

 

[Jono]

Only because Jono would drown as a result

woah

 

[a massive zebra]

After 57 Tests, Shane Warne had taken 260 wickets with a strike rate of 63.

After 57 Tests, Rangana Herath has taken 260 wickets with a strike rate of 63.

Yes, the DRS system gives contemporary bowlers an advantage on LBW calls that Mr Warne did not enjoy; yes, Mr Herath plays more than half his matches in the subcontinent; yes, Mr Warne's bowling average was better; and yes, the standard of Test cricket was probably higher in the 1990s. But I still thought it was an interesting stat nonetheless.

 

[Migara]

Warne intimidated umpires to get calls in favor of him. Spinners who take the ball away from batsmen I would say, has not benefited much from the DRS compared to ones who spin it in to them. Murali's and Saqlains would have got much more wickets if DRS was there because pad play and kicking was a way of playing them, which was utterly dangerous against Warne.

 

[Migara]

Herath in the discussion for best left arm spinner of all time imo. Highest wkts/match of anyone with over 125 wickets by a big margin (4.5, closest is Bedi with 4/mat), most 5 wkt hauls of anyone already after only 57 tests, and best bowling average/(wkts/mat) ratio of anyone with over 125 wickets (Verity closest 2nd).

Admittedly this is partly due to SL's bowling resources being rather thin, but all this makes him at least part of the discussion, with Verity, Lock, Bedi and Underwood I would say (ignoring the pre-1914 tweakers Peel, Blythe and Briggs).

Underwood is the best for me.

:in before Bradman fanatics:

 

[Maximas]

So where is the OP debate at? Previous doubters have a good chance to make a man of themselves here

 

[Riggins]

Warne intimidated umpires to get calls in favor of him. Spinners who take the ball away from batsmen I would say, has not benefited much from the DRS compared to ones who spin it in to them. Murali's and Saqlains would have got much more wickets if DRS was there because pad play and kicking was a way of playing them, which was utterly dangerous against Warne.

Nah.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Warne intimidated umpires to get calls in favor of him. Spinners who take the ball away from batsmen I would say, has not benefited much from the DRS compared to ones who spin it in to them.

Nah, for spinners who naturally spin it away, the killer ball is the straighter one for the lbw/bowled. Herath's arm ball has benefitted from drs, certainly.