silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yes, he had a lot, but I think everyone knows the one I am talking about .Which spell?
Yes, he had a lot, but I think everyone knows the one I am talking about .Which spell?
Oh. My bad!I did not say Karachi. I saw him bowling at Calcutta in 1980.
Yup of the current lot he seems to be the only one who may end up as being one of the greats.Mohammed Asif, if he stays fit will only improve as a bowler. He has the potential to dominate fast bowling in the next 3-4 years. The guy imo could end up with 300+ test wickets. He is that good!!.
Flintoff and S.Jones in Ashes 2005 were beauty but Asif against SL just takes the cake...the most lethal would be Shoaib vs OZ in Colombo.1. Mohammad Asif and Lasith Malinga are the best bets at the moment.
2. Sreesanth vs SA.
Nah, must have been Shoaib, Wasim or Asif (ridiculous number of jaffas in that match) ... unfortunately, I missed out much of Flintoff and early McGrath.
I saw Ben Trott take 6-13 for Kent vs Essex once. That was pretty spectacular.
Brilliant choiceI'm going to change my avatar every week with a picture of a different great fast bowler, to keep reminding myself of what we don't have anymore.
dont dispair, there is potential out there, there was a time when it felt like the West Indies were starting to lose their fast bowling edge in the late 80s (given Marshall was starting to age), but along came Ambrose from nowhere and then Bishop...and Walsh back then, well no one would ever have imagined he would hold the world wicket taking record.A new star will emerge sooner rather than later.So sad that he has started referring to himself in the third person.
In any case, I am looking around and all I see is a barren landscape when it concerns great fast bowling. With the retirement of McGrath, for the first time in perhaps 40 years, there is not an all time great fast bowler operating anywhere in the world. Everytime I watch a crap batsman plonk his front foot down and drive the ball down, I throw up
a little bit in the mouth. My favorite cricket memory in the short time I've been watching cricket live was that spell by Flintoff in the Ashes. And I was supporting Australia at the time! None of Sachin's innings, or various great spin bowling performances by Warne and Murali give me half as much pleasure as a fast bowler beating the bat time after time, and a genuinely quality batsman standing there clueless, hoping the barrage ends.
So my question is this: Who is most likely in the next ten years to be that guy? With McGrath, I feel my best hope of watching that favorite type of cricket has gone.
And second question, what was the best spell of fast bowling that you have ever witnessed live? I've heard and read and watched on tape the things like Hadlee's nine wicket haul, Botham's Ashes, and Ambrose 7-1, but unfortunately all were before I was born. The only genuine great fast bowler since I've started to appreciate cricket has been McGrath (perhaps why I am so infatuated with him ), and I only caught the tail ends of Walsh, Ambrose, Wasim, Waqar, Donald, etc.
So fill this thread with your memories and your predictions for the future, and make me a happy man!
Yea, wish I had known more than the tail end of his career. He was definitely the most exciting bowler to watch when I first started out. Got me hooked on bowling, really. Especially when he said '**** off' or whatever to Dravid, and then backed it up and owned both him and Tendulkar.Brilliant choice
Afridi, with his quicker ones.So sad that he has started referring to himself in the third person.
In any case, I am looking around and all I see is a barren landscape when it concerns great fast bowling. With the retirement of McGrath, for the first time in perhaps 40 years, there is not an all time great fast bowler operating anywhere in the world. Everytime I watch a crap batsman plonk his front foot down and drive the ball down, I throw up
a little bit in the mouth. My favorite cricket memory in the short time I've been watching cricket live was that spell by Flintoff in the Ashes. And I was supporting Australia at the time! None of Sachin's innings, or various great spin bowling performances by Warne and Murali give me half as much pleasure as a fast bowler beating the bat time after time, and a genuinely quality batsman standing there clueless, hoping the barrage ends.
So my question is this: Who is most likely in the next ten years to be that guy? With McGrath, I feel my best hope of watching that favorite type of cricket has gone.
And second question, what was the best spell of fast bowling that you have ever witnessed live? I've heard and read and watched on tape the things like Hadlee's nine wicket haul, Botham's Ashes, and Ambrose 7-1, but unfortunately all were before I was born. The only genuine great fast bowler since I've started to appreciate cricket has been McGrath (perhaps why I am so infatuated with him ), and I only caught the tail ends of Walsh, Ambrose, Wasim, Waqar, Donald, etc.
So fill this thread with your memories and your predictions for the future, and make me a happy man!
Yep, it's definately him. Reported. No shop front. See?Afridi, with his quicker ones.