Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
It is a shame he didn't make it to the 2009 Ashes - he looked absolute fire in that tour game. Very much someone who appeared to get better with age - like a lot on this list!Brett Lee
It is a shame he didn't make it to the 2009 Ashes - he looked absolute fire in that tour game. Very much someone who appeared to get better with age - like a lot on this list!Brett Lee
He wasn't really a typical English quick though. Smashed the deck and used bounce and seam a lot more than typical.Flintoff averaged over 36 in England, and 29 away from England. Interesting stat you'd usually expect the opposite from an English quick bowler.
wonder if some of that is he just played a higher proportion of away games when he was in form
You would still expect such a bowler to have much more success in England than outside of England thoughHe wasn't really a typical English quick though. Smashed the deck and used bounce and seam a lot more than typical.
Vettori in that caseThe answer to this is surely whoever played mostly in the conditions least suited to them and who did the most donkey work?
No idea who that is though.
His name was one of the first that jumped out at me when reading the list... ticks my boxes, plus the era thing, and I would expect spinners from unfavourable home countries to dominate the best list.Vettori in that case
Yep, the reverse he used to bowl was an absolute.tihng of beauty.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.
Srinath was better in Asian conditions while Zaheer was better in SENA conditions.I always rated Srinath above Khan, and he was actually the only name in my mind before I even looked at the list, but thats largely a function of me only having watched him bowl against RSA, who he was magnificent against, with Khan being a bit of a dud (Smith notwithstanding).
He was really good at bowling in the channel. Got beautiful shape. Was actually pretty quick before his body packed in and he started bowling club cricket medium pace. Was unlucky to come from Aus. If he had been from a country where the ball swung, he would have done a lot better for himself.Really? I reckon he squeezed every bit of bowling talent he had.
When Vettori first came into the side wickets in NZ were generally quite low and slow and spin was a big part of Tests over there. When Aus toured in 2000 they even played 2 spinners. Probably became less so during his career though.Vettori in that case
He played a fair chunk (maybe even most) of his Tests as a specialist batsman, and when he did bowl it was generally very gingerly. If he didn't have such an injury-prone **** set-up he could have been anything.Far leftfield pick... Shane Watson.
Not capable of bowling enough to actually be a serious pick, but I rate him a much better bowler than pretty everyone on this list. Bowling average of 35 is a disgrace to his talent.
He was pretty devastating when he got going. Injuries, overworking our bowlers, and lack of proper support screwed him. He had a bit of fire about him too - pretty sure he's bowled some absolute snorters around 145-150kph. Was a very handy bowler in his middle years before injuries/form/age took their toll at the end.I always rated Srinath above Khan, and he was actually the only name in my mind before I even looked at the list, but thats largely a function of me only having watched him bowl against RSA, who he was magnificent against, with Khan being a bit of a dud (Smith notwithstanding).