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George Lohmann's record is distorted by the fact that he played on the worst Test pitches ever and against the worst test batting side ever - 19th Century South Africa. South Africa averaged under 15 in the 19th century. Pathetic.
I read a book a while ago which took into account average scores and playing conditions at different times in history and adjusted players records accordingly. Lohmann's bowling average rose to 23 and he was not ranked in the top handful of bowlers.
I think its fair to say if you take personal bias out of the way and look at the facts its fair to say Murali is better than Warne.Tom Halsey said:He is not massively over-rated, but some people make him out to be better than Warne, which he is not.
Also, some make him out to be the best bowler ever on statistics.
If you go on them, George Lohmann is. But, as Neil and Marc say, he is a SM. :P
George Lohmann's record is distorted by the fact that he played on the worst Test pitches ever and against the worst test batting side ever - 19th Century South Africa. South Africa averaged under 15 in the 19th century. Pathetic.
I read a book a while ago which took into account average scores and playing conditions at different times in history and adjusted players records accordingly. Lohmann's bowling average rose to 23 and he was not ranked in the top handful of bowlers.
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