Who is the most durable pacer of all time?

[subshakerz]

The pacer who is a complete workhorse, long career, long spells and little to no injuries?

 

[Migara]

Bedser?

 

[DrWolverine]

Kapil Dev

At time of his retirement :
1. Most Test matches played
2. Most wickets in test cricket
3. Most balls bowled in test cricket
4. Most one day matches
5. Most wickets in one day cricket
6. Mostly balls bowled in one day cricket
7. Scored 5000+ Test runs
8. Scored 3700+ one day runs
9. Bowled an average of 210+ balls every Test
10. Never missed out a single match due to injury

At time of his retirement, Kapil bowled 27000+ balls in test cricket. The next best among fast bowlers was Hadlee with 21000+ balls.

At time of his retirement, Kapil bowled 11000+ balls in one day cricket. The next best among fast bowlers was Imran with 7000+ balls.

What makes this even more impressive is Kapil often bowled in the spin pitches of India and no other pacer in India took 100 test wickets.

 

[Johan]

Alec Bedser, Sydney Barnes, Maurice Tate and Fazal Mahmood.

tied to their nature of bowling.

 

[sayon basak]

Alec Bedser, Sydney Barnes, Maurice Tate and Fazal Mahmood.

tied to their nature of bowling.

Tom Richardson too.

 

[Mike5181]

The pacer who is a complete workhorse, long career, long spells and little to no injuries?

Did anyone bowl spells like Wagner?

 

[vidiq]

The pacer who is a complete workhorse, long career, long spells and little to no injuries?

It has to be Mitchell Starc,
The only express speed Bowler whose career has not ended Even after Bowling at 140+ consistently for over 13 years.

 

[subshakerz]

Kapil Dev

At time of his retirement :
1. Most Test matches played
2. Most wickets in test cricket
3. Most balls bowled in test cricket
4. Most one day matches
5. Most wickets in one day cricket
6. Mostly balls bowled in one day cricket
7. Scored 5000+ Test runs
8. Scored 3700+ one day runs
9. Bowled an average of 210+ balls every Test
10. Never missed out a single match due to injury

At time of his retirement, Kapil bowled 27000+ balls in test cricket. The next best among fast bowlers was Hadlee with 21000+ balls.

At time of his retirement, Kapil bowled 11000+ balls in one day cricket. The next best among fast bowlers was Imran with 7000+ balls.

What makes this even more impressive is Kapil often bowled in the spin pitches of India and no other pacer in India took 100 test wickets.

Good one. How about Walsh?

 

[Smudge]

Lancelot Bromac.

Legendary pacer to return from short-lived retirement

One of the great careers in the history of Queensland harness racing was over - for about six weeks. .

harnesslink.com

At 14 years of age and boasting an array of records for his longevity in the caper, Lancelot Bromac has developed a sizeable following of fans across his lengthy career.

After four runs across August and October of last year where he did not finish better than fifth, Lancelot Bromac’s trainer and part-owner Stewart Dickson made the tough call to retire the gelding with 551 starts and 34 victories to his name.

He holds the record for most ever career starts in Australasia for a standardbred.

 

[DrWolverine]

Good one. How about Walsh?

Walsh should also be quite high in the list but the first name that came to my mind was Kapil Dev.

 

[Coronis]

Gotta be Walsh. iirc the last pacer also consistently playing county. By some margin the highest non English wicket taker in FC. As well as the largest number of balls bowled in FC by a non English pacer (Bedi I believe has the most for a non English bowler)

 

[ankitj]

Courtney Walsh?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Walsh should also be quite high in the list but the first name that came to my mind was Kapil Dev.

Dev: 48853 FC balls and 14947 LA balls

Walsh: 85443 FC balls and 21881 LA balls

 

[ankitj]

Hadlee had a long career too (longer test career than Walsh). Did he have any breaks due to injuries?

And there's James Anderson of course

 

[Johan]

Fred Trueman apparently bowled 99,701 FC balls, not bad for a guy who was extremely fast for the majority of his career. The Greyhound Brian Statham managed 100,955 FC balls. Alec Bedser managed 106,062 but of course, being a 120s pacer helped vs Statham (135+) and Trueman (140+).

 

[subshakerz]

Gotta be Walsh. iirc the last pacer also consistently playing county. By some margin the highest non English wicket taker in FC. As well as the largest number of balls bowled in FC by a non English pacer (Bedi I believe has the most for a non English bowler)

Did Walsh suffer injuries? Can't recall.

 

[subshakerz]

Dev: 48853 FC balls and 14947 LA balls

Walsh: 85443 FC balls and 21881 LA balls

Wow Walsh is something else.

What about Anderson?

 

[subshakerz]

Fred Trueman apparently bowled 99,701 FC balls, not bad for a guy who was extremely fast for the majority of his career. The Greyhound Brian Statham managed 100,955 FC balls. Alec Bedser managed 106,062 but of course, being a 120s pacer helped vs Statham (135+) and Trueman (140+).

Those are crazy numbers. But Trueman I recall did suffer injuries.

 

[Johan]

Those are crazy numbers. But Trueman I recall did suffer injuries.

Yup, he had some back issues and damaged his ankle in a series with the West Indies, he could just bowl a lot when fit.

 

[subshakerz]

Hadlee had a long career too (longer test career than Walsh). Did he have any breaks due to injuries?

And there's James Anderson of course

I recall Hadlee being unfit for a couple of series.