One ball, two players

[hang on]

A bit better than two balls, one player, one would hope....

Anyway, here's my stab at it:

fast bouncer - Marshall, Roberts
slow bouncer - Roberts, ?
yorker - Waqar, Thomson
outswinger - Marshall, Steyn
inswinger - Imran, Marshall
fast shortish (not bouncer, necessarily) - Holding, Croft
leg cutter - Lillee, Hadlee
off cutter - McGrath, ?
reverse swing - Akram, Waqar
slower ball - Akhtar, ?

I'll leave the spinners to you.


Happy rehashing of old memories!

 

[hang on]

also interested in who would be considered the smartest bowler u've seen.


marshall, hadlee, warne, lillee, roberts come immediately to mind.

 

[Daemon]

lol at thread title

From what I've seen \

Yorkers - Waqar, Malinga
Inswing - Imran,
Leg breaks - Warne
Googly - Sachin :P
Cutters - Asif

 

[Himannv]

Fast Bouncer - Curtly Ambrose, Michael Holding
Slow Bouncer - Andy Roberts, Stuart Broad
Yorker - Waqar Younis, Lasith Malinga
Outswinger to RHB - Mohammed Amir, Wasim Akram
Inswinger to RHB - Wasim Akram, Malcolm Marshall
Back of a length - Glenn McGrath, Curtly Ambrose
Leg Cutter - Terry Alderman, Venkatesh Prasad
Off Cutter - Glenn McGrath, Richard Hadlee
Reverse Swing - Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis
Slower Ball - Dilhara Fernando, Chris Cairns

 

[hang on]

never thought i'd see the day when prasad and fernando would be on a list such as this!

 

[smash84]

never thought i'd see the day when prasad and fernando would be on a list such as this!

 

[Teja.]

never thought i'd see the day when prasad and fernando would be on a list such as this!

Tbf, Fernando certainly has an immense slower ball, basically impossible to discern from his action. He's a **** bowler overall though.

 

[smash84]

Tbf, Fernando certainly has an immense slower ball, basically impossible to discern from his action. He's a **** bowler overall though.

I feel Fernando has a terrible terrible bowling action. Don't like it at all.

I was surprised to see Malinga in the yorker category ahead of Wasim Akram. Malinga's yorker is certainly good but is it better than Wasim's yorker?

 

[Teja.]

Bouncer - Akthar, Snow
Yorker - Waqar, Garner
Outswinger - Steyn, Lillee
Inswinger - Imran, Akram
Leg cutter - Hadlee, Ambrose
Off cutter - McGrath, Ambrose
Reverse swing - Imran, Waqar
Slower ball - Walsh, Fernando
6 balls an over which are identical from an action POV and hit almost the exact spot(good length) on the pitch but **** knows how they will bounce or move - Macca

 

[vcs]

I feel Fernando has a terrible terrible bowling action. Don't like it at all.

I was surprised to see Malinga in the yorker category ahead of Wasim Akram. Malinga's yorker is certainly good but is it better than Wasim's yorker?

Yeah, Malinga's yorker is overrated because he bowls it so often.

 

[Himannv]

Tbf, Fernando certainly has an immense slower ball, basically impossible to discern from his action. He's a **** bowler overall though.

Agreed.

Prasad's not a great bowler either but always felt his leg cutters were his strength.

I was surprised to see Malinga in the yorker category ahead of Wasim Akram. Malinga's yorker is certainly good but is it better than Wasim's yorker?

Akram was on my mind as well and definitely considered him. Just felt he didn't bowl it as well (and as often) in the latter part of his career. Malinga's has been spot on for ages and just as hard to pick up by my reckoning. Not dissing Akram here by any means. One of my favourite bowlers of all time and can add his name to all of these categories and still justify it. Fantastic bowler.

 

[smash84]

Akram was on my mind as well and definitely considered him. Just felt he didn't bowl it as well (and as often) in the latter part of his career. Malinga's has been spot on for ages and just as hard to pick up by my reckoning. Not dissing Akram here by any means. One of my favourite bowlers of all time and can add his name to all of these categories and still justify it. Fantastic bowler.

Of course I do know that you are not dissing Wasim mate. I have seen Malinga's yorkers and they are very good. One of the best in the world these days (if not the best) but Wasim could swing the yorkers as well as anybody. E.g.

YouTube - Wasim Akram Toebreaking Yorker to Lara - OUCH!

 

[Maximus0723]

Bouncer - Thomo, Marshall, Wasim, McGrath, Akhtar
Yorker - Wasim, Waqar, Malinga
Outswinger - Lillee, Steyn
Inswinger - Imran, Waqar
Leg cutter - Hadlee, McGrath
Off cutter - Hadlee, McGrath
Reverse swing - Wasim, Waqar, Z Khan
Slower ball - Akhtar, Malinga, P Kumar

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I feel Fernando has a terrible terrible bowling action. Don't like it at all.

I was surprised to see Malinga in the yorker category ahead of Wasim Akram. Malinga's yorker is certainly good but is it better than Wasim's yorker?

It's not a list of who was best in history at bowling that particular ball, it's a matter of who you associate most with each delivery, which makes it heavily influenced by how long you've been watching cricket, and which teams you've seen most of.

 

[smash84]

It's not a list of who was best in history at bowling that particular ball, it's a matter of who you associate most with each delivery, which makes it heavily influenced by how long you've been watching cricket, and which teams you've seen most of.

Oh. Sorry. My bad.

 

[Shri]

Agreed.

Prasad's not a great bowler either but always felt his leg cutters were his strength.


Akram was on my mind as well and definitely considered him. Just felt he didn't bowl it as well (and as often) in the latter part of his career. Malinga's has been spot on for ages and just as hard to pick up by my reckoning. Not dissing Akram here by any means. One of my favourite bowlers of all time and can add his name to all of these categories and still justify it. Fantastic bowler.

Venkatesh Prasad's greatest strength was not his cutters, it was his slower ball. Not easy to pick when it was the only thing he bowled though.

Bracken's cutters in ODIs were world class.

 

[smash84]

Venkatesh Prasad's greatest strength was not his cutters, it was his slower ball. Not easy to pick when it was the only thing he bowled though.

Bracken's cutters in ODIs were world class.

 

[Migara]

I feel Fernando has a terrible terrible bowling action. Don't like it at all.

I was surprised to see Malinga in the yorker category ahead of Wasim Akram. Malinga's yorker is certainly good but is it better than Wasim's yorker?

Probably difficult to pick and quicker too in his pomp.

 

[smash84]

Probably difficult to pick and quicker too in his pomp.

Who? Wasim or Malinga?

 

[hang on]

malinga at his fastest was (at least seemed to be from watching, not facing, thank heaven!) faster than wasim. and maybe even a little faster than waqar.

but i don't think that malinga's lower slingier trajectory made his yorkers harder to pick than the very late swinging ones of waqar and wasim.

what i find odd is thomson's sandshoe crushers haven't been mentioned. akhtar on speed....and then some!