Roberts, Holding, Garner and Croft I believe actually played a fair amount together, as opposed to with Marshall.We can speculate on hypothetical quartets but none would beat the one of Roberts, Holding, Marshall and Garner who actually played together.
True, although there were a couple of series where they did for the most part.Roberts, Holding, Garner and Croft I believe actually played a fair amount together, as opposed to with Marshall.
India beat the quartet twice in 1983 world cup. Suck on that.We can speculate on hypothetical quartets but none would beat the one of Roberts, Holding, Marshall and Garner who actually played together.
Wut? Waqar is the spice king.Get Waqar out and add Asif in. Now that quartet has some real spice.
Wasim, Waqar and Imran has same MO. Akthar is different. Asif is clearly different too. So the least of the three has to go, and that is Waqar.Wut? Waqar is the spice king.
They are the best individual bowlers for me, but in a 4 man pace attack, I'd maybe rather sacrifice a bit of quality for variety. Left arm good, but I think reverse is probably more important. WIs were drawing a lot in their boss period with an attack not too different to this.Surprise Surprise, I'm going with the west indies. 3 of their four bowlers average under 21. Even with the lack of variety ie in terms of a left armer or reverse swing, each averages under 24 home and away. And I'm going to guess, the west Indians have the best collective average. Maybe even strike rate. Also, at least 3 of the bowlers played together and were part of the best (or worst 2nd best) team of all time.
The opening bowlers for each of the 4 teams probably cancel each other out ie:They are the best individual bowlers for me, but in a 4 man pace attack, I'd maybe rather sacrifice a bit of quality for variety. Left arm good, but I think reverse is probably more important. WIs were drawing a lot in their boss period with an attack not too different to this.
IDK who of these to pick- all 4 are so close as units. Pak have the weakest individuals, but maybe the least holes as a unit, while RSA and Aus are in the middle in terms of variety and quality.
Surprised how heavily WI are winning this tbh.
Sorry, didn't realise playing India in the '83 one day world cup was the barometer for assessing the best test bowling quartet across the past near-150 years.India beat the quartet twice in 1983 world cup. Suck on that.
Saying that, the Windies bowlers would've been used to playing in 4-man attacks and providing the variety required whereas for the others you'd be asking an opening bowler to come in 2nd change.They are the best individual bowlers for me, but in a 4 man pace attack, I'd maybe rather sacrifice a bit of quality for variety. Left arm good, but I think reverse is probably more important. WIs were drawing a lot in their boss period with an attack not too different to this.
IDK who of these to pick- all 4 are so close as units. Pak have the weakest individuals, but maybe the least holes as a unit, while RSA and Aus are in the middle in terms of variety and quality.
Surprised how heavily WI are winning this tbh.
I dont think you can play this cancel out game. Wi definitely win, but I'm not sure it refects on the quality of the attack as a unit.The opening bowlers for each of the 4 teams probably cancel each other out ie:
MM/Curtly vs Lillee/Glenn vs Imran/Wasim etc
But imo, the WI 3rd bowler Garner is better than any other 3rd bowler not named Pat Cummins. Then Holding vs Pollock, Akhtar or Davidson I'm going with Michael but Davidson is right there.
NZ beat them in a test series - last series loss for 15 years (although they played an offspinner in the test they lost).India beat the quartet twice in 1983 world cup. Suck on that.
You're probably right...I dont think you can play this cancel out game. Wi definitely win, but I'm not sure it refects on the quality of the attack as a unit.
Have to disagree here . Shoaib could destroy any batting line up on any track at his peak . He needs to be there.Fazal in place of the occasionally brilliant and occasionally erratic Akhthar might make the Pakistani attack even more exciting.