Scyld Berry 30 greatest test fast bowlers

[Thala_0710]

better than your lists.

Your jokes are getting worse day by day

 

[capt_Luffy]

I have to do this huh. 10 Tests min:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Sydney Barnes
5. Dale Steyn
6. Curtly Ambrose
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Allan Donald
10. Michael Holding
11. Joel Garner
12. Ray Lindwall
13. Dennis Lillee
14. Fred Trueman
15. Jasprit Bumrah
16. Pat Cummins
17. Alan Davidson
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Courtney Walsh
20. Kagiso Rabada
21. Waqar Younis
22. James Anderson
23. Andy Roberts
24. Fred Spoforth
25. Harold Larwood
26. Alec Bedser
27. Keith Miller
28. George Lohmann
29. Bill Johnston
30. Brian Statham

 

[Johan]

Your jokes are getting worse day by day

That's the thing.

I wasn't joking.

 

[Johan]

I have to do this huh. 10 Tests min:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Sydney Barnes
5. Dale Steyn
6. Curtly Ambrose
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Allan Donald
10. Michael Holding
11. Joel Garner
12. Ray Lindwall
13. Dennis Lillee
14. Fred Trueman
15. Jasprit Bumrah
16. Pat Cummins
17. Alan Davidson
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Courtney Walsh
20. Kagiso Rabada
21. Waqar Younis
22. James Anderson
23. Andy Roberts
24. Fred Spoforth
25. Harold Larwood
26. Alec Bedser
27. Keith Miller
28. Brian Statham
29. George Lohmann
30. Josh Hazlewood

Terrible, just Terrible.

 

[Thala_0710]

That's the thing.

I wasn't joking.

Would be better if you did, the post isn't taken seriously either way

 

[Johan]

Would be better if you did, the post isn't taken seriously either way

Mate you put Greenidge as the fifth greatest Windies batsman, you have no right to insult someone else's lists, even if he thinks Mitchell Johnson is the seventh best fast bowler of all time

 

[Thala_0710]

Mate you put Greenidge as the fifth greatest Windies batsman, you have no right to insult someone else's lists, even if he thinks Mitchell Johnson is the seventh best fast bowler of all time

I'm standing my ground on it

 

[Johan]

Here are the 30 greatest Test fast bowlers from The Telegraph article by @scyldberry, published June 28, 2025:

1. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
2. Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)
3. Curtly Ambrose (West Indies)
4. Imran Khan (Pakistan)
5. Glenn McGrath (Australia)
6. Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
7. Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
8. Shaun Pollock (South Africa)
9. Dale Steyn (South Africa)
10. Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
11. Pat Cummins (Australia)
12. Allan Donald (South Africa)
13. Dennis Lillee (Australia)
14. Alan Davidson (Australia)
15. Ray Lindwall (Australia)
16. Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
17. Harold Larwood (England)
18. Michael Holding (West Indies)
19. Frank Tyson (England)
20. John Snow (England)
21. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
22. James Anderson (England)
23. Fred Trueman (England)
24. Andy Roberts (West Indies)
25. Courtney Walsh (West Indies)
26. Mitchell Starc (Australia)
27. Joel Garner (West Indies)
28. Wes Hall (West Indies)
29. Mike Procter (South Africa)
30. Jack Gregory (Australia)

Ranked: The 30 greatest fast bowlers in Test history

After attending more than 500 Tests, Telegraph Sport’s sage runs the rule on the best of the quicks

www.telegraph.co.uk

Okay, I did some research on Sycld Berry, he's been writing Cricket since 1982, he is over 70 years old.

clearly he has gone senile in his old age, pardon him.

 

[Johan]

I have to do this huh. 10 Tests min:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Sydney Barnes
5. Dale Steyn
6. Curtly Ambrose
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Allan Donald
10. Michael Holding
11. Joel Garner
12. Ray Lindwall
13. Dennis Lillee
14. Fred Trueman
15. Jasprit Bumrah
16. Pat Cummins
17. Alan Davidson
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Courtney Walsh
20. Kagiso Rabada
21. Waqar Younis
22. James Anderson
23. Andy Roberts
24. Fred Spoforth
25. Harold Larwood
26. Alec Bedser
27. Keith Miller
28. Brian Statham
29. George Lohmann
30. Josh Hazlewood

 

[capt_Luffy]

View attachment 48268

Surprised didn't complaint about Haze being above Johnston and Snow.

 

[Johan]

Surprised didn't complaint about Haze being above Johnston and Snow.

can't beat recency bias

 

[ma1978]

Marshall
Hadlee
Mcgrath
Steyn
Akram
Ambrose
Lillee
Donald
Imran
Trueman
Holding
Bumrah
Garner
Lindwall
Pollock
Younis
Cummins
Rabada
Walsh
Davidson
Roberts
Anderson
Larwood
Hall
Thomson
Akhtar
Statham
Bedser
Croft
Mahmood

 

[Johan]

Akram
Ambrose

Nah

 

[kyear2]

Here are the 30 greatest Test fast bowlers from The Telegraph article by @scyldberry, published June 28, 2025:

1. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
2. Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)
3. Curtly Ambrose (West Indies)
4. Imran Khan (Pakistan)
5. Glenn McGrath (Australia)
6. Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
7. Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
8. Shaun Pollock (South Africa)
9. Dale Steyn (South Africa)
10. Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
11. Pat Cummins (Australia)
12. Allan Donald (South Africa)
13. Dennis Lillee (Australia)
14. Alan Davidson (Australia)
15. Ray Lindwall (Australia)
16. Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
17. Harold Larwood (England)
18. Michael Holding (West Indies)
19. Frank Tyson (England)
20. John Snow (England)
21. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
22. James Anderson (England)
23. Fred Trueman (England)
24. Andy Roberts (West Indies)
25. Courtney Walsh (West Indies)
26. Mitchell Starc (Australia)
27. Joel Garner (West Indies)
28. Wes Hall (West Indies)
29. Mike Procter (South Africa)
30. Jack Gregory (Australia)

Ranked: The 30 greatest fast bowlers in Test history

After attending more than 500 Tests, Telegraph Sport’s sage runs the rule on the best of the quicks

www.telegraph.co.uk

Was wondering how long this would take to get posted here.

Liked the write ups.

 

[Johan]

Sometimes too short and inaccurate, Johnson at his peak in 2013-14 was surely the most lethal fast bowler that has ever been.

True about Johnson, just replace that sometimes with "90% of his career"

 

[kyear2]

Who even allows such stuff to get published, where Bumrah at 1 and Hadlee at 16 aren't even the biggest howlers

Two points.

He actually wrote an article last week calling Bumrah the greatest bowler to have drawn breath, extolling his virtues.

And

It's not unusual that Hadlee isn't rated as highly by historians as he is here.

It's actually quite common.

But yeah, it's not a god list.

 

[kyear2]

I have to do this huh. 10 Tests min:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Richard Hadlee
4. Sydney Barnes
5. Dale Steyn
6. Curtly Ambrose
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Allan Donald
10. Michael Holding
11. Joel Garner
12. Ray Lindwall
13. Dennis Lillee
14. Fred Trueman
15. Jasprit Bumrah
16. Pat Cummins
17. Alan Davidson
18. Shaun Pollock
19. Courtney Walsh
20. Kagiso Rabada
21. Waqar Younis
22. James Anderson
23. Andy Roberts
24. Fred Spoforth
25. Harold Larwood
26. Alec Bedser
27. Keith Miller
28. George Lohmann
29. Bill Johnston
30. Brian Statham

Honestly not a bad list at all.

Lillee's a touch low, but that's to be expected.

 

[sayon basak]

I googled this and it says it's some river in India.

Yeah can't expect a better list from you.

 

[Johan]

Yeah can't expect a better list from you.

Be Grateful that I even make lists.

 

[Coronis]

Was wondering how long this would take to get posted here.

Liked the write ups.

Write ups in these authors/writers lists are usually the far more engaging part than the actual list tbh. One reason we all enjoyed DoG’s great threads so much. Another reason I’m preferring to wait on the Kimber book.