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Starc, chameera, amir, rabada or Joseph

FBU

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Three years on and Amir has retired from Tests and Chameera 8 Tests at 41.00 and Joseph 9 Tests 32.84

Now....

Bumrah (25)
Rabada (24)
Archer (24)
Richardson (22)
 
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Fuller Pilch

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Rabada, Bumrah, Cummins and Archer the fab 4 of fast-bowling?
Tim Southee has been excellent in recent years and offers a lot (especially with leadership, fielding, and hitting power) but I’d love to see Ferguson debut this summer. He’s 28, but is as exciting as those four above.
 

Daemon

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Tim Southee has been excellent in recent years and offers a lot (especially with leadership, fielding, and hitting power) but I’d love to see Ferguson debut this summer. He’s 28, but is as exciting as those four above.
I think Fab four generally refers to the up and comers so that rules your Southees, Philanders and Andersons out.

For instance de Villiers, Amla, Younis at various points were better than some of the fab four, but still weren't considered.

Ferguson looked great during the WC but lets wait till he debuts in Tests maybe.
 

CricAddict

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Fast bowling is in a really good shape now with the above Fab 4, the WI bowlers doing well, Hazlewood and Pattinson coming back strongly and NZ doing good as well.
 

TheJediBrah

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Tim Southee has been excellent in recent years and offers a lot (especially with leadership, fielding, and hitting power) but I’d love to see Ferguson debut this summer. He’s 28, but is as exciting as those four above.
Had no idea Ferguson was 28. Bodes well that he's still bowling at a good pace at that age.
 

TheJediBrah

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It's a very late start for a genuine fast bowler though. Often they've had a few injuries and/or slowed down by this age
 

morgieb

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Crazy to think how hyped Chameera was for a period based on a cool name and one spell. I guess the latter happens to quite a few bowlers though.
 

Daemon

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Southee v Broad would be an interesting comparison. Both are good but inferior to Boult/Wagner and Anderson/potentially Archer
Both pretty boys and slightly mentally weak as well. That's where the similarity ends though I'm afraid as Broad is simply better.
 

GoodAreasShane

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Wouldn't write off Joseph just yet. Sensational bowler when fit and firing, but has had a awful run with injuries as of the last couple of years. Love his bowling action but I do get the sense it puts a worrying amount of strain on his back
 

Fuller Pilch

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wouldn't be Cricket Chat without someone bringing up a random mediocre NZ'er in a discussion about the best
I was comparing Lockie Ferguson's potential vs the best and wondering if he would get picked for tests instead of Southee as he obviously wouldn't be picked instead of Boult or Wagner. I didn't compare Southee with this bowling fab 4.
 

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