Best test bowler who average >=30

[Shady Slim]

flintoff not a bad shout but yasir shah surely deserves consideration too. something of a spin bowling james anderson or dave warner in that in his ideal conditions (which are very specific) there's next to nobody, ever, who's better at doing what he does

 

[GIMH]

Freddie

 

[sunilz]

Zaheer was a better bowler than Flintoff imo. People are over rating Flintoff because of 2005 Ashes performance.
During 2007-11 , so many left handed batsmen became Zaheer's bunny.

 

[Victor Ian]

That list is bananas. So the answer is Siddle.

 

[cnerd123]

Shakib is obv the answer IMO

Would be averaging <30 if he had a half decent bowling attack around him.

 

[GIMH]

Zaheer being better than Freddie is not an outrageous position, but I don't think people rate Flintoff solely on the 05 Ashes.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Zaheer being better than Freddie is not an outrageous position, but I don't think people rate Flintoff solely on the 05 Ashes.

A lot of people definitely do

 

[ankitj]

Has any of them been ranked #1 bowler?

Edit: Yasir Shah.
In other news, ICC player ranking site has finally removed flash based charts from their website.

 

[GIMH]

A lot of people definitely do

Not on this forum I don't think. Obviously more mainstream opinions would hone in on that.

 

[honestbharani]

I remember Flintoff and Craig White bowling really really well without the numbers to show for it when England toured India in 2002 or something.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Has any of them been ranked #1 bowler?

Edit: Yasir Shah.
In other news, ICC player ranking site has finally removed flash based charts from their website.

also:

Harmison during his brief peaks was close to being the best in this list. Can't imagine too many of them would've ever been ranked #1 like he was in 2004.

 

[Athlai]

Lee, Ishant Sharma, Shakib, Lyon and Vettori in innings 1-3 or pre-injury all jump out at me. Feel Siddle, Harmison, Shah, Flintoff and Zeke are close though,

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Flintoff one of those classic bowlers who always bowled like 20cm too short. Absolute weapon though.

 

[Calm_profit]

Flintoff was poor's man Allan Donald.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Flintoff was poor's man Allan Donald.

Flems ketamine addiction is spreading.

 

[Calm_profit]

Don't get me wrong infact I was the one who mentioned Flintoff first,
Flintoff in his prime was very scary kinda like Donald but he didn't fulfilled his potential due to injuries and indiscipline.

 

[Kirkut]

Flintoff was poor's man Allan Donald.

I'd compare him with Courtney Walsh

 

[OverratedSanity]

Mushtaq had my favourite action maybe among all bowlers so he's clearly the right answer here.

 

[SteveNZ]

Freddie Flintoff.

Was an absolute beast on his day (05 Ashes) etc. Although to be fair, his record in 04 and 05 was outstanding and every other year was pretty woeful stats-wise.

 

[Gob]

Brett Lee