Brett Lee vs Allan Donald

[TheJediBrah]

Brett Lee's hairline held his career back.

Allan Donald had a shockingly hairline IIRC, looked badly receding

I've said it before & I'll say it again. Shane was better.

Shane was better at both eating, and bowling, pies

 

[Coronis]

Lee was a prolific wicket taker to his credit. 23 four plus wicket hauls in just 217 innings. Leaked lot of run however. Very similar record to Waqar Younis.

We must be watching different bowlers.

 

[ankitj]

We must be watching different bowlers.

In what sense? Lee did pick a lot of wickets often. Had a better SR than even McGrath. But could go for lot of runs often.

 

[morgieb]

You're on drugs if you think Lee was even in the same galaxy of a fast bowler that Donald was in Tests. Even in ODI's you've got problems.

 

[ankitj]

Wait, is this thread about tests? No argument in that case.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Donald is underrated in general. I would even go as far as saying he is South Africa's best post readmission bowler, just slightly ahead of Steyn. Lee was an absolute weapon in ODI cricket, but he isn't anywhere near Donald in Test cricket.

 

[stephen]

https://www.cafepress.com/cricketweb

Does anyone else find it amusing that there is a cricketweb baseball jersey but no cricket shirt?

 

[TheJediBrah]

We must be watching different bowlers.

Are you saying he didn't leak a lot of runs?

 

[Arachnodouche]

Lee could've been far better if handled the right way. Guy lacked absolutely nothing, had an action as grooved and rhythmic as Donald, certainly was 5-10 clicks faster than even prime-Donald, could move the ball prodigiously. If I remember right, Donald was fairly erratic until '93 or so too, but all those years honing his craft on the first class scene eventually paid off.

 

[Cow]

Brett Lee breaking Piers Morgan's ribs, in my opinion, is his finest cricketing achievement.

 

[Bolo]

Brett Lee breaking Piers Morgan's ribs, in my opinion, is his finest cricketing achievement.

This would be the finest achievement of any player.

I voted for Lee.

 

[jimmy101]

Allan Donald would have done a better job at roughing Piers up.

 

[andruid]

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[marc71178]

You're on drugs if you think Lee was even in the same galaxy of a fast bowler that Donald was in Tests. Even in ODI's you've got problems.

slippy gonna slippy.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Brett Lee breaking Piers Morgan's ribs, in my opinion, is his finest cricketing achievement.

mooo to that

 

[Dan]

Lee feels so... unfulfilled tbh. I think part of that is the role he was asked to play, but he should have been much closer to ODI Lee in Tests than he was.

 

[Victor Ian]

There's literally light years between these two fast bowlers.

Nice work indicating misleading stats. They could be light years apart, or centimetres apart, depending on perspective.

 

[Bolo]

Nice work indicating misleading stats. They could be light years apart, or centimetres apart, depending on perspective.

Ie depending on if that is a galaxy they are circling, or a brown eye.

 

[Coronis]

In what sense? Lee did pick a lot of wickets often. Had a better SR than even McGrath. But could go for lot of runs often.

"Very similar record to Waqar Younis"

 

[morgieb]

Lee feels so... unfulfilled tbh. I think part of that is the role he was asked to play, but he should have been much closer to ODI Lee in Tests than he was.

Yeah would agree with this. Very talented but not the smartest tool in the shed and didn't seem too suited to being the shock bowler/attack dog 3rd quick rather than a genuine opening option.

IMO if you swapped him and Johnson's careers they'd have done quite a bit better.