Rangana Herath or James Anderson?

[Fuller Pilch]

Completely different in terms of bowling style, body type and likeability, but both match-winners over the last decade. Who's better?

 

[Gnske]

Herath

Lovable, doesn't look like the missing link, and can bowl in sun or cloud. A man for all seasons.

 

[Burgey]

Herath for looks.

And for bowling

 

[Burgey]

And not being a whiney ****

 

[randycricfreak]

Herath inspired Sri Lanka's first test win in SA.First test series win in England.Things Murali could not.

Not to forget the most recent 2-0 win in UAE,first ever team to beat Pakistan in a test series in UAE.

And obviously the 3-0 thrashing inflicted on the Aussies in 2016 in SL.We had only won one test before Vs Australia,and that too was in 1990s

Herath WAG.True champion.

 

[harsh.ag]

Herath, except against India. Jimmeh against India.

 

[vitalogy83]

Hearth has been immense for SL without any support

And those overseas wins he’s inspired just does it for me

Cheese Kota for the win.

 

[eempyrean]

Stupid comparison to be blunt. I'd go with Anderson personally.

 

[Himannv]

Stupid comparison to be blunt.

Why?

I know that they're different types of bowlers but they do have similarities as well. They're both slightly reliant on conditions, both obviously key bowlers for their respective teams, and they're both match-winners who have been around for a while now.

 

[randycricfreak]

Hearth has been immense for SL without any support

And those overseas wins he’s inspired just does it for me

Cheese Kota for the win.

Cheese Kota? U think ppl here understand Sinhala?

 

[Himannv]

Cheese Kota? U think ppl here understand Sinhala?

Who knows. It might catch on.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Jimmy Anderson, at home.

Herath, at home, away, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Gargantua

 

[randycricfreak]

Who knows. It might catch on.

Okay so you're from Sri Lanka too..nice.

Have you ever tried slcricketfans?

 

[Himannv]

Okay so you're from Sri Lanka too..nice.

Have you ever tried slcricketfans?

Not really. I've not been on this forum in some time either tbh.

 

[Shady Slim]

Why?

the comparison is stupid bc the skill gulf is so great you might as well say "muttiah muralitharan or kamrul islam rabbi"

it's herath in a landslide

 

[Daemon]

Definitely Jimmy. As much as I like fatty, bowling spin is the least impressive thing in cricket and he's feasted on some awful players of it.

 

[cnerd123]

Daemon's hate for finger spinners coinciding with the emergence of some gun finger spinners as of late has been beautiful to watch

 

[Daemon]

Daemon's hate for finger spinners coinciding with the emergence of some gun finger spinners as of late has been beautiful to watch

Lyon is the only decent one since Swann (excluding the various baseballers here).

Maharaj has potential but not much due to the nature of the type of bowling he's chosen. Herath is fat, not sure why people want to use him as a role model for future athletes. Ashwin is unfit and useless when the pitch isn't doing a lot. Jadeja is very accurate but relies on the pitch and is boring to watch. The Banglas are irrelevant.

 

[cnerd123]

You're irrelevant tbh

 

[Daemon]

My irrelevance is irrelevant to the irrelevance of Bangladesh and it's army of finger spinners