Pacemen Who Carried an Attack

[Line and Length]

Over the years, certain Tests sides have relied heavily on one particular pace bowler to carry their attack. Generally pace attacks have been reliant of two or three (and in the Windies case four) front line pace men but there have been occasions when one player stood head and shoulders above his new ball partners. Three examples that readily spring to mind are Richard Hadley, Kapil Dev and Graham McKenzie. All were prolific wicket takers who quite often seemed to lack support.
I'm sure there are others that might fit the description (Bedser pre Statham and Trueman for example) and I'd be interested to read of other CW members' views.

 

[Athlai]

Walsh, Bond (for a few years), Streak. Does Vaas count?

 

[Line and Length]

I would include all those, including Vaas.

 

[CricAddict]

I would include all those, including Vaas.

Streak is a good choice. Vaas definitely should not count with the attack having a certain Murali in it. Walsh had Ambrose too.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Jack Cowie and Fazal Mahmood.

I was going to include Mohammed Nisar, but he had Amar Singh.

 

[anil1405]

Jack Cowie and Fazal Mahmood.

I was going to include Mohammed Nisar, but he had Amar Singh.

The two players India would've loved to see more of.

 

[anil1405]

Streak is a good choice. Vaas definitely should not count with the attack having a certain Murali in it. Walsh had Ambrose too.

Walsh, after Ambrose retired, was like a lone wolf in that bowling attack for a couple of years I guess.

Edit: He only played one year and about 10 tests once Ambrose retired so wasn't for long.

 

[Line and Length]

Streak is a good choice. Vaas definitely should not count with the attack having a certain Murali in it. Walsh had Ambrose too.

Good points. Vaas certainly carried the new ball attack while Walsh did the same in the 4 years prior to Ambrose appearing on the scene.

 

[honestbharani]

Srinath carried our attack for a bit.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Lakmal (who improved a lot).

Blessing Muzarabani (if he gets to play enough tests) might be another in the next few years.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Srinath carried our attack for a bit.

How dare you…

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't know about Srinath for a couple reasons, firstly not sure he was good enough to really have carried the attack. He had guys like Agarkar pop in and out who were about as good as him. Secondly their attack was a lot of spin bowling who would usually bowl more overs than Srinath anyway which precludes him from "carrying" the attack. Same reason Vaas isn't an answer to this thread either.

 

[_00_deathscar]

I don't know about Srinath for a couple reasons, firstly not sure he was good enough to really have carried the attack. He had guys like Agarkar pop in and out who were about as good as him. Secondly their attack was a lot of spin bowling who would usually bowl more overs than Srinath anyway which precludes him from "carrying" the attack. Same reason Vaas isn't an answer to this thread either.

Agakr was nowhere near as good as Srinath in tests.
Srinath in today’s attack and without the injuries would have been a pretty good bowler. Born in the wrong decade and all that.

 

[a massive zebra]

I don't know about Srinath for a couple reasons, firstly not sure he was good enough to really have carried the attack. He had guys like Agarkar pop in and out who were about as good as him.

What the heck? 58 wickets @ 47 is about as good as 236 wickets @ 30? Statistically, Srinath was by far the best Indian paceman of his generation.

 

[TheJediBrah]

What the heck? 58 wickets @ 47 is about as good as 236 wickets @ 30? Statistically, Srinath was by far the best Indian packman of hod generation.

Yeah clearly I'm wrong about that one, biased with games v Aus and Agarkar had a couple good hauls against us

 

[honestbharani]

Agarkar definitely had potential but he had the thing of giving away 1 or 2 boundary balls every over. Our version of Mohammed Sami.

TBF, even Agarkar on the back of today's attack will be a very good option.

 

[NZTailender]

Streak is a good choice. Vaas definitely should not count with the attack having a certain Murali in it. Walsh had Ambrose too.

Well maybe only in the subcontinent should it not count.

 

[a massive zebra]

Bart King

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah clearly I'm wrong about that one, biased with games v Aus and Agarkar had a couple good hauls against us

He needed to do something with the ball after all the ducks!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Well maybe only in the subcontinent should it not count.

What? Murali took 16 wickets to win a test in England.