Best ODI Bowler In The World

[flibbertyjibber]

Ladyboy has to be in with a shout.

 

[Furball]

Vettori is overrated. He's good but overrated.

wot

 

[Shri]

Praveen Kumar in the top 10 for me. Not sure if he is in the top 5.

 

[Himannv]

Very hard to say. Murali still bowls alright, I think he manages 10 overs fairly well. Malinga is awesome, particularly in the end of the innings. I feel Anderson on a decent pitch is a force with the new ball. Kulasekara and Praveen Kumar look pretty good as well. Vettori has been good for ages now though so he's a fair call.

 

[Shri]

Nathan Bracken owned these discussions about 2-3 years ago.

 

[kingkallis]

Right now it has to be Malinga...

 

[marc71178]

wot

Simple - he's not an Aussie.

 

[Daemon]

Vettori is overrated. He's good but overrated.

I would have had Bond and Lee if they were still playing, but now I think it's Umar Gul.

Vettori is underrated, if anything.

 

[Athlai]

Vettori as captain has taken 81 wickets @ 24.90 with an economy of 3.79.

Since 2008 Spinners Against the Top 8 Teams (min 35 wickets)
Top 5 Ordered by Average
BAW Mendis 45 @ 25.68
DL Vettori 44 @ 26.77
Harbhajan Singh 59 @ 30.55
NM Hauritz 50 @ 33.06
Shakib Al Hasan 42 @ 35.69

Top 5 Ordered by Economy Rate
DL Vettori 3.93
Shakib Al Hasan 4.40
Shahid Afridi 4.65
BAW Mendis 4.66
NM Hauritz 4.69

All Bowlers
By Average
RJ Harris 39 @ 15.92
DE Bollinger 42 @ 21.42
SR Watson 50 @ 22.24
SCJ Broad 74 @ 23.44
Umar Gul 46 @ 24
(Then Lee 24.4, Mendis, Vettori)

By Economy
Vettori 3.93
Bollinger 4.31
Shakib 4.40
Bracken 4.46
Hopes 4.55
(Then Harris 4.64, Afridi, Mendis)

By figures alone I'd say Bollinger and Harris look alright, Vettori is also pretty fantastic as he basically averages 4 runs less a match than anyone else.

 

[vcs]

Surprised to see Mendis still doing so well. Looked up his record and it seems like he's still living off his 2008 numbers.

 

[andyc]

All Bowlers
By Average
RJ Harris 39 @ 15.92
DE Bollinger 42 @ 21.42
SR Watson 50 @ 22.24
SCJ Broad 74 @ 23.44
Umar Gul 46 @ 24
(Then Lee 24.4, Mendis, Vettori)

Averaging almost 45 with the bat as well, WAFG.

 

[Spark]

How one can call Vettori overrated in ODI's is beyond me. He is a master.

 

[tooextracool]

Vettori as captain has taken 81 wickets @ 24.90 with an economy of 3.79.

Since 2008 Spinners Against the Top 8 Teams (min 35 wickets)
Top 5 Ordered by Average
BAW Mendis 45 @ 25.68
DL Vettori 44 @ 26.77
Harbhajan Singh 59 @ 30.55
NM Hauritz 50 @ 33.06
Shakib Al Hasan 42 @ 35.69

Top 5 Ordered by Economy Rate
DL Vettori 3.93
Shakib Al Hasan 4.40
Shahid Afridi 4.65
BAW Mendis 4.66
NM Hauritz 4.69

All Bowlers
By Average
RJ Harris 39 @ 15.92
DE Bollinger 42 @ 21.42
SR Watson 50 @ 22.24
SCJ Broad 74 @ 23.44
Umar Gul 46 @ 24
(Then Lee 24.4, Mendis, Vettori)

By Economy
Vettori 3.93
Bollinger 4.31
Shakib 4.40
Bracken 4.46
Hopes 4.55
(Then Harris 4.64, Afridi, Mendis)

By figures alone I'd say Bollinger and Harris look alright, Vettori is also pretty fantastic as he basically averages 4 runs less a match than anyone else.

Surely Swann must be on this list? Has he not taken 35 wickets since then?

 

[Athlai]

surely swann must be on this list? Has he not taken 35 wickets since then?

29 iirc

 

[Spark]

He has, but an average of 25.6, ER 4.54 is just below the mark in terms of making the above list.

 

[Julian87]

Bollinger.

 

[Athlai]

Swann since 2008 against the top 8
31 @ 28.22
Economy 4.83

 

[Scaly piscine]

I think as others have said there's no clear #1 for me.

They're all rather situational bowlers, not ones that are just all-round top notch.

Vettori is very good at quietly stifling the runs, but you wouldn't call on him if you needed a couple of wickets - that's where you'd bring on a Swann or Broad. But they're very much aggressive bowlers in ODI cricket and not very economical.

You've got Bollinger who's a very good bowler but he's complete ****e at the death. Then you've got Umar Gul who is awesome at the death but mediocre the rest of the time. Harris has obviously taken bucketloads of wickets but needs to sustain that for longer. Similarly I think Ajmal the chucker will be a very effective ODI bowler until someone finally has the guts to call his blatant no-balls.

 

[kingkallis]

ICC ranking pretty clearly suggests that there is no clear No.1 if Mills and Kula appears there!

According to me Malinga, Bollinger and Ryan Harris has done reasonably well to deserve that spot of best ODI bowler...

 

[TumTum]

How one can call Vettori overrated in ODI's is beyond me.

Well I just did so live with it