Teja.
Global Moderator
Who is the better test bowler right now?
They have extremely similar test stats despite starc being the fast bowler prototype and wagner being the deconstruction of the fast bowler prototype. However, I think they have a similarity in the sense that they both bowl different styles which are not traditional textbook fastbowler lengths and instead adopt more high variance/high reward styles which leads to both being unfairly called lucky despite them just being unconventional.
Starc - 162 wickets in 38 tests @ 27.54. SR of 48.4
Wagner - 144 wickets in 34 tests @ 27.87. SR of 51.7
Also haven't really watched that much of Wagner so am interested to know what people think about how good he is.
They have extremely similar test stats despite starc being the fast bowler prototype and wagner being the deconstruction of the fast bowler prototype. However, I think they have a similarity in the sense that they both bowl different styles which are not traditional textbook fastbowler lengths and instead adopt more high variance/high reward styles which leads to both being unfairly called lucky despite them just being unconventional.
Starc - 162 wickets in 38 tests @ 27.54. SR of 48.4
Wagner - 144 wickets in 34 tests @ 27.87. SR of 51.7
Also haven't really watched that much of Wagner so am interested to know what people think about how good he is.