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Lillee/Trueman/Akram/Donald - how would you rank them?

Bolo.

International Captain
Yeah many of those on the list were worldclass earlier than listed
It's just their best averages over a 6 year period. It doesn't necessarily represent their best 6 years. And almost none of these guys would have had a peak we would define as exactly 6 years.
 

shortpitched713

Cricketer Of The Year
Off the top of my head I want to do Imran, Garner, Warne, Pollock, Philander (of course), Ashwin, and Bumrah. Not really interested in longevity merchants like Walsh, Anderson, etc.
Have made the update, for the players people were interested in. Nothing really mind-blowing here. Bumrah (and Garner) is low due to lack of wickets at this point in his career. But otherwise they both have extraordinary stats comparable and even superior to the very top bracket:

Murali
0.000014824​
67459.11158​
Hadlee
0.000016743​
59726.78749​
Marshall
0.000017248​
57977.13897​
McGrath
0.000018135​
55142.4876​
Steyn
0.000019234​
51991.62017​
Imran
0.000021885​
45693.82073​
Donald
0.000023852​
41925.2685​
Lillee
0.000024255​
41227.91889​
Ambrose
0.000024492​
40830.00099​
Warne
0.000024724​
40446.23646​
Trueman
0.000026852​
37241.63968​
Akram
0.000027897​
35845.52934​
Ashwin
0.000027978​
35742.5193​
Garner
0.000028171​
35497.6291​
Pollock
0.000031756​
31490.41605​
Bumrah
0.000031938​
31310.99776​
Anderson
0.000039268​
25465.89252​
Philander
0.000056508​
17696.76071​
 
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