The best of these famous quicks who took under 100 test wickets?

[mr_mister]

All highly rated, all statistically impressive(except for the bloke who had to bowl to Bradman) but all had very, very brief careers in tests.


Apologies if I missed an obvious name

 

[mr_mister]

just reaslied I forgot Sylvester Clarke. fail thread, mods allow users to delete threads

 

[SeamUp]

And Vinnige Fanie or even Brett Schultz - Sorry. Had to.

 

[mr_mister]

For some reason I thought Fanie took over 100. And I know a little bit about Schultz but didnt know he was held in as high regard as the rest mentioned

 

[SeamUp]

For some reason I thought Fanie took over 100. And I know a little bit about Schultz but didnt know he was held in as high regard as the rest mentioned

It depends what high regard is ?

Schultz could have been anything he wanted to be if it weren't for injuries. Left-armer at that pace and that good are rare.

Another for me would be Patrick Patterson.

 

[fredfertang]

just reaslied I forgot Sylvester Clarke. fail thread, mods allow users to delete threads

I have heard it suggested (quite wrongly, obviously) that there is a poster on this forum who talks Sylvers up way too far, but you can be forgiven for overlooking him

Went for Lol, obviously, and Cowie who has a hugely impressive record even though he only got to play three Tests in his prime, and never got to bowl against New Zealand

 

[SeamUp]

I have heard it suggested (quite wrongly, obviously) that there is a poster on this forum who talks Sylvers up way too far, but you can be forgiven for overlooking him

Went for Lol, obviously, and Cowie who has a hugely impressive record even though he only got to play three Tests in his prime, and never got to bowl against New Zealand

Many good years with the Mean Machine where everybody who played with and against him, just knows how good he was .... and frightening

 

[Lillian Thomson]

No contest, Wayne Daniel. Played only 10 Tests because Hubert didn’t like him. Great bowler.

 

[anil1405]

Procter belongs in that list perhaps?

 

[SeamUp]

Procter belongs in that list perhaps?

Of course.

He at least got to play a few tests.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bond. 95 mph inswing>everything

 

[SeamUp]

Bondy was awesome to watch in his pomp (how ever short that was). That hoop was ***y at times.

Now imagine bowling around the wicket and bowling in-swing to the right-hander like Procter did. It makes you wonder why more haven't done it.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Simon Jones

 

[wpdavid]

Did Ian Bishop take 100 test wickets?

And then there's the guys from ages ago, who probably didn't play enough matches.
Spofforth of course. And who were the buys opening for Australia in the early 1920s?

 

[SeamUp]

The highly regarded is the tough one but Stuart Clark is another.

He made us pay on sporty pitches in SA.

Just something odd that I came across but Bruce Reid, Michael Kasprowicz and Ryan Harris all ended up on 113 test wickets.

 

[Migara]

Bond.

 

[morgieb]

Did Ian Bishop take 100 test wickets?

And then there's the guys from ages ago, who probably didn't play enough matches.
Spofforth of course. And who were the buys opening for Australia in the early 1920s?

161, so quite a bit over 100 wickets.

 

[quincywagstaff]

I would’ve voted for Clark. He struggled a bit towards the end when his pace dropped and on pitches not pace friendly, but overall he was an exceptional Test bowler.

His win/loss/draw record in Tests is pretty remarkable: The first 13 Tests he played in were wins and overall played in 18 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses (one of those losses being in his final Test).

 

[AndrewB]

Did Ian Bishop take 100 test wickets?

And then there's the guys from ages ago, who probably didn't play enough matches.
Spofforth of course. And who were the buys opening for Australia in the early 1920s?

Jack Gregory (85 wickets) and Ted McDonald (43).
Spofforth just qualified with 94 wickets. From slightly later there was Tom Richardson (88 wickets in just 14 Tests).

 

[CricAddict]

Though he took a little over 100 wickets, Ryan Harris deserves to be in the list. Potential ATG bowler destroyed by injuries. Was awesome to watch along with Shane Bond. I haven't watched the others, so do not have much idea.

Edit: Fanie De Villiers too. Liked him in my childhood, part of the reason being I was fond of his name for some reason.