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Peak Imran vs Peak Marshall
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HouHsiaoHsien
State Captain
Very tough, will go Marshall by very very little, cause of his insane WPM in a very competitive attack, and simultaneous domination across conditions(amazing series in Ind, Aus, Eng and Pak).
HouHsiaoHsien
State Captain
But these two bowlers have the two best peaks ever
subshakerz
International Coach
Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.
A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.
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A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.
Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long
A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests
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HouHsiaoHsien
State Captain
Either is fine for me actually. Imran too has a very strong caseImran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.
A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.
Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long
A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests
Slifer
International Captain
Same article also makes a case for Brian who we both know you don't rate that highly.....Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.
A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.
Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long
A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Classic Anantha. So much blabbering when he could have just posted 2 tables.Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.
A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.
Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long
A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests
Coronis
Cricketer Of The Year
HTB
The problem for me with this peak is being out injured for nearly 2 years of it. Marshall has a ton more wickets over similar timeframes, and it's not a scheduling thing.
subshakerz
International Coach
You can do a similar 27 test peak before the injury and he is still ahead of Marshall. I dont see the point though since he was pretty much the same bowler in his bowling prime before and after.
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subshakerz
International Coach
I think we can quibble on the time frames. I prefer 80 to 88 for Imran and 83 to 89 for Marshall.
I can see a good case for Marshall based on WPM, what gives Imran the real edge to me is back to back awesome series against WI in 86 and 88.
I can see a good case for Marshall based on WPM, what gives Imran the real edge to me is back to back awesome series against WI in 86 and 88.
Na. His average goes up to 18 and he's substantially behind Marshall on wickets if you look pre injury. You need to say that Imrans time out injured should not count against his peak to put him ahead. I can't do that.
I agree that 27 tests is way too short. To Anantha's credit though, there isn't going to be a satisfactory answer, and he at least has found something pretty objective.
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
Hey, you voted for Marshall however.Imran. Yes, Marshall took 6 WPM, but Imran was averaging in the mid-teens for a fairly long period, we haven't seen any bowler do anything like that, plus Imran faced the WI too.
A good article on peaks here which makes a convincing case for why it should be Imran. He did better than Barnes.
Test streaks: 52 and 27 matches long
A look at the best batting and bowling streaks in Tests
Slifer
International Captain
Umm, you voted for Marshall and I voted for Imran. Twilight zone????
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
subshakerz
International Coach
I go back and forth. I switched to Imran now. It's close.