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Glenn McGrath vs Richard Hadlee
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CodeOfWisden
U19 Debutant
Mcgrath by some Margin.
Even though Hadlee was great, almost all who have seen him say that Marshall was better by quite some margin.
Mcgrath played in a batting friendly era against better batsman and outperformed his contemporaries like Wasim and Ambrose.
Even though Hadlee was great, almost all who have seen him say that Marshall was better by quite some margin.
Mcgrath played in a batting friendly era against better batsman and outperformed his contemporaries like Wasim and Ambrose.
TheJediBrah
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Definitely McGrath. I think he's better than Marshall too. Unparalleled record of dismissing top-order batsmen and the best batsmen in the opposition. As others have mentioned did all this in supposedly one of the most difficult places as a bowler during a batting-friendly era.
If anyone's going to come close though, it's Hadlee
If anyone's going to come close though, it's Hadlee
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
I went down the dirty path of finding a "hole in the record". Hadlee has ordinary numbers only in Pakistan (avg 44.xx) form a solitary tour early in his career and I wouldn't hold that against him as such. But what is interesting is that his SR (60) is not all that bad in the tour but his economy is ****ed (4.45 rpo). Why was he getting so much spanking on that tour? See: https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...02;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings
Slifer
International Captain
No and no.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
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Zinzan
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Blatantly false statement.
subshakerz
International Coach
McGrath also had fairly high averages in Sri Lanka and Pakistan but nobody mentions that.
Hadlee however, had a middling series in WI at his peak, which would have been the ultimate challenge that he didn't quite cross.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
I'd always thought the very strong prevailing opinion on CW was that McGrath was second only to Marshall and so I'm actually surprised Hadlee has as many votes here as he does. I would have assumed that the large majority would have voted McGrath, albeit by only a small margin.
smash84
The Tiger King
Hadlee, like Imran, had a slow start to his career. That Pakistan tour was when he hadn't really developed as the champion bowler that he would come to be known as. Plus the pitches in Pakistan were, to borrow the term from Lillee, "graveyards" for fast bowlers, on which he had to face the likes of Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas, (a young and coming) Miandad, Mushtaq Mohammad, and an early Imran who was known for aggressive batting. Hence, these factors combined to give him the spanking that you see.
Slifer
International Captain
Which is what's currently happening. 16-10 in favor of McGrath
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
No, I meant I didn't think it would be as close as 16-10 (it was 15-10 when I made the post).
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Nobody better than McGrath. He gets shortchanged in these discussions.
Slifer
International Captain
How? Most of us consider him the best. At worst top 3.