The Best Death Bowler

[Tim]

Among the new commers, i think Munaf Patel has the potential to become the best death bowler

And im so enlightened by that, I will second it!

 

[FRAZ]

Are we discussing "death Bowler" or dead bowlers or bowlers who have'nt born yet ???????

 

[marc71178]

Are we discussing "death Bowler" or dead bowlers or bowlers who have'nt born yet ???????

Well bowlers who are yet to play a competitive match are being rated in here, so I assume it's the latter.

I predict that there will be a bowler who isn't even born yet that will be the best bowler at the death in 30 years time...

 

[age_master]

Lee - Lee's control's so poor most of the time he's worthless any time.

the worlds 2nd best (best to some) batting lineup in India would agree with that:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: after they wash the cherries off their helmets anyway

 

[FRAZ]

Well bowlers who are yet to play a competitive match are being rated in here, so I assume it's the latter.

I predict that there will be a bowler who isn't even born yet that will be the best bowler at the death in 30 years time...

Waoh , and every one else in the world needs to learn too !
Great for pointing out a hell of a knowledgable practical joke ...


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[SquidAU]

The best I have seen is Wasim Akram of about 5-6 years ago....no batsmen could contend with it.......

 

[Deja moo]

Agarkar is a wierd sort of bowler who bowls his spells in a reverse way.

His second spell is always better than his first( when he is soundly thrashed).So he bowls the "at the death" overs within the first 10 overs of the indian fielding innings, and bowls the proper "new ball" spell in the middle-to-late overs.

 

[CricketGuru]

Akram was good but with age he became a very ordinary bowler.

I dont know what you call a good bowler but till the very end i mean in the 2003 world cup he remained the leading wicket taker with Vaas until Pakistan stayed in the tournament and you must have seen him bowl he was still one of the deadliest out there. I do agree that he wasnt as quick as before but you cant call him an ordinary bowler anywhere in his whole career.

 

[CricketGuru]

shoaib is one of those bowlers who is BRILLIANT when the conditions suit him,and NOTHING when they don't.....when the ball is swinging, he is deadly, unplayable and easily the best bowler in the world

Well i do agree that Shoaib is the best when the conditions suit him but what i have seen in the Pakistani bowlers is that they dont always wait for the right condition to come but they also know how to create the right situation (e.g. when the ball has been used enough to swing) and Shoaib knows how and when to use the ball. I guess Pakistani bowlers have been so deadly over many years now because they know how to make use of a condition and how to create one.

 

[Richard]

Originally posted by me
L****n

Oh, Lord!
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

[Richard]

I bet just about any bowler would aspire to be as "worthless" as he is.

No, they'd just aspire to be as successful as him.

 

[Richard]

shoaib is one of those bowlers who is BRILLIANT when the conditions suit him,and NOTHING when they don't.....when the ball is swinging, he is deadly, unplayable and easily the best bowler in the world

another is ajit agarkar...when the ball is swinging and seaming, he can exploit it,and is extremely hardd 2 play,as the aussies found out in the 2nd test!

i'm sure ther's plenty more of these type bowlers, but that'sjust 2 that cme 2 mind

and yes, i know that if the ball is swinging and seaming, most bowlers are deadly....but these bowlers are especially deadly, they have the ability to exploit favourable conditions.......and flop at useless conditions

and again,yes i know most bowlers struggle in unfavourable conditions,but these bowlers especially struggle....although i think akhtar might b BEGINNING to overcome this problem

There are many of the bowlers you describe but Shoaib is most certainly not one.
He never has been, either. Always used to be a bit inconsistent, but hopefully he's got over that now. He never even used to be - it was always when he was good, he was very good - just, sadly, his poor periods were lengthy and very poor.

 

[Richard]

the worlds 2nd best (best to some) batting lineup in India would agree with that:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: after they wash the cherries off their helmets anyway

And when they start batting well again they'll certainly agree.:rolleyes:

 

[thehellraiser]

wasaim akram all the way....no bowler can compete with him....he was the supreme force......even at his age....he was 5 times better than any other bowler in cricket

and saqlain mushtaq was pretty decent as well around 3 years ago........

lee from aus can be pretty effective

zaheer khan from india

 

[thehellraiser]

of the current crop....shoaib akhtar is definately the deadliest bowler in the world

he has destroyed almost all the batting lineups that he has come up against....

the two recent test series wins for pakistan against south africa and most recently newzealand(on the kiwis home turf of course) he was the one that ran thru the bowling line up......effectively the differance between the 2 sides

but the one problem with him is that when this guy will have a bad day.....that day will be a nightmare.......but he certainly is the most deadliest

 

[Neil Pickup]

Death bowler = last 10 overs of ODIs

 

[Tom Halsey]

Good death bowler = Any good bowler normally.

 

[marc71178]

No, they'd just aspire to be as successful as him.

So how is someone so successful "worthless"?

 

[marc71178]

Good death bowler = Any good bowler normally.

I wouldn't be so sure about that generalisation.

There are contradictions to that on both sides.

 

[twctopcat]

of the current crop....shoaib akhtar is definately the deadliest bowler in the world

he has destroyed almost all the batting lineups that he has come up against....

the two recent test series wins for pakistan against south africa and most recently newzealand(on the kiwis home turf of course) he was the one that ran thru the bowling line up......effectively the differance between the 2 sides

but the one problem with him is that when this guy will have a bad day.....that day will be a nightmare.......but he certainly is the most deadliest

Just want to see akhtar bowl over the best batting lineups in the world (no offence NZ), then i will deem how much he has improved. He needs to perform against aussies and eps india. All i can picture of akhtar is him getting tonked by sachin WC '03 and trescothick natwest '03, annilhated.