Best top 5 current test pace bowlers

[Flem274*]

anderson has more poles than new zealand has relevant historical humans tbh

classic english colonial apologism right here

 

[Migara]

Majority of his success have come at home, if I'm not mistaken, and with the Dukes ball.

The same applies to discussing records of Murali, Harbhajan and Kumble. Murali hated bowling with SG ball and his stats against India is **** as a result. This is while he has decimated same opposition at home on silmalr grounds with Duke or Kookaburra. Harbhajan and Kumble were very good against us in India with the SG. Yet, but struggled big time with Dukes / Kookaburra on similar wickets on SL. Ashwin was the first to master Kookaburra / Dukes and he finished off us the last time we met at home.

 

[Line and Length]

how come this counts against holder but not against james anderson?

You're beginning to sound like a stuck vinyl record. You've made your point numerous times, now move on!

 

[honestbharani]

Holder and Ishant and to an extent even Hazlewood, suffer because of their more illustrious and glamourous fast bowling colleagues in the same side - Bumrah, Roach and Cummins, IMO.

 

[Flem274*]

You're beginning to sound like a stuck vinyl record. You've made your point numerous times, now move on!

im not a vinyl record, im the substance that's made it stuck

 

[Line and Length]

im not a vinyl record, im the substance that's made it stuck

Which is usually a build up of dust in one place. In your case we know what sort of dust!

 

[Bijed]

Bit hard to do without any cricket going on. Anderson has loads of credit in the bank and he's great obviously but he hadn't been in the best shape in England's last few tests. May not play a test again depending on how things pan out.

Yeah, he's still as good/better than ever, but you can tell his age is starting to catch up with him in terms of his fitness (it's amazing it hasn't already tbh). In my mind I've been treating his career as probably over, in an attempt to pre-emptively lessen the pain when when it's eventually becomes reality.

Why no one mentions Jason Holder? He had been astronomical in last two years.

Yeah, 53 wickets @ 14 since the start of 2018 is fantastic. Not too long before then people were not unresonably calling him a bit of a no-rounder, but he's been insanely good since then

 

[stephen]

Yeah I figured Anderson's career was virtually over when he pulled up after 4 overs in the ashes.

 

[vcs]

I wouldn't rule out Anderson coming back and dominating one last English home summer. The guy's longevity has been amazing. Hope he does.

 

[ankitj]

This is arguably the greatest age for pace bowling:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29269215/why-greatest-age-fast-bowling-60-years

Pity there is no cricket happening currently

 

[TheJediBrah]

I wouldn't rule out Anderson coming back and dominating one last English home summer. The guy's longevity has been amazing. Hope he does.

If he gets the right conditions I could see him dominating into his 50s

well not really

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Who is winning twitter at present as they count as the best seeing as we have no cricket.

 

[Slifer]

This is arguably the greatest age for pace bowling:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29269215/why-greatest-age-fast-bowling-60-years

Pity there is no cricket happening currently

Good and it's long overdue. Love to see a decent balance between bat and ball.