Worst bowler to average lower than 30? (qualification: 50 Test wickets)

[capt_Luffy]

Mohammed Siraj

Nah, Siraj isn't a bad bowler by any stretch.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Doug Walters misses out by 1 wicket. 49 wickets @ 29

 

[Starfighter]

Found someone better. Asif Iqbal. 53 wickets in 58 matches.

Asif debuted a no. 10 but rapidly became a specialist batsmen. Someone who has a Cricket Archive subscription what his batting was like prior to his test debut and whether he really was a specialist bowler. He did 60% of his career bowling in his first 11 tests (out of 58).

 

[Coronis]

Asif debuted a no. 10 but rapidly became a specialist batsmen. Someone who has a Cricket Archive subscription what his batting was like prior to his test debut and whether he really was a specialist bowler. He did 60% of his career bowling in his first 11 tests (out of 58).

Don’t have a sub but I like to sneak behind the paywall.

 

[CricAddict]

Nah, Siraj isn't a bad bowler by any stretch.

Which pure bowler averaging less than 30 will you rate lower than him?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Which pure bowler averaging less than 30 will you rate lower than him?

Geoff Dymock
Bhubaneswar Kumar
Shabbir Ahmed
Dean Headley
Doug Bollinger
Hasan Ali
Simon Jones
Bapu Nadkarni
Abdur Rahman
Kasun Rajitha
Ajaz Patel
Ernie Jones
Billy Whitty
Duanne Olivier
Ben Hilfanheus

On counting bowling all rounders:
Axar Patel
Billy Bates
George Ullyett

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

You are a disgrace to cricket and society in general. I'm not even giving you an angry emoji as that would add a point to your clearly arbitrarily gained reaction score. Woakes is quite clearly the best bowler to average less than 30 and I would expect the ultimate arbiter @Red_Ink_Squid to confirm this for me.

Confirmed.

 

[CricAddict]

Geoff Dymock
Bhubaneswar Kumar
Shabbir Ahmed
Dean Headley
Doug Bollinger
Hasan Ali
Simon Jones
Bapu Nadkarni
Abdur Rahman
Kasun Rajitha
Ajaz Patel
Ernie Jones
Billy Whitty
Duanne Olivier
Ben Hilfanheus

On counting bowling all rounders:
Axar Patel
Billy Bates
George Ullyett

I will remove Bhuvi, Jones and Hilfenhaus here but otherwise, agreed with the rest of the list. It is tough to remember these bowlers.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Geoff Dymock
Bhubaneswar Kumar
Shabbir Ahmed
Dean Headley
Doug Bollinger
Hasan Ali
Simon Jones
Bapu Nadkarni
Abdur Rahman
Kasun Rajitha
Ajaz Patel
Ernie Jones
Billy Whitty
Duanne Olivier
Ben Hilfanheus

On counting bowling all rounders:
Axar Patel
Billy Bates
George Ullyett

A lot of them are better

And when I say a lot I mean the ones I know

Which is like 6 of them

 

[capt_Luffy]

A lot of them are better

And when I say a lot I mean the ones I know

Which is like 6 of them

Which 6?? I have my doubts on Hilfanheus, Olivier and somewhat Jones; but don't know if I would really place Bollinger, Headley or Bhuvi ahead...

 

[Starfighter]

Don’t have a sub but I like to sneak behind the paywall.

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Interesting, looks like he could always play a useful innings but took a long time to learn to get the bigger scores.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I will remove Bhuvi, Jones and Hilfenhaus here but otherwise, agreed with the rest of the list. It is tough to remember these bowlers.

I'd also have Headley over Siraj in a heartbeat; was a genuinely very good bowler whose career was ruined by injuries.

Shabbir too, with the standard * for being a filthy chucker.

 

[Starfighter]

Ernie Jones was pretty highly rated for his time; might have failed in Test relatively.

I think Jones was known more for being really quick than his effectiveness in terms of wickets.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Geoff Dymock? Took most of his wickets during the Packer era when sides were weakened and (in so far as recall) there were some low scoring matches.

Don't think so. His best season was 1979/80 against India in India, England and West Indies in Australia and Pakistan in Pakistan, averaging 23.73 in 13 tests that season despite going for 129 in four innings in Pakistan. This was a better average than against clearly much weaker New Zealand in 1973/74 (24.76), his second best season. The only side he played that might have been Packer-era weakened was England (and then not really) in 1978/79, but he averaged 36.9 that season.

 

[Socerer 01]

Geoff Dymock
Bhubaneswar Kumar
Shabbir Ahmed
Dean Headley
Doug Bollinger
Hasan Ali
Simon Jones
Bapu Nadkarni
Abdur Rahman
Kasun Rajitha
Ajaz Patel
Ernie Jones
Billy Whitty
Duanne Olivier
Ben Hilfanheus

On counting bowling all rounders:
Axar Patel
Billy Bates
George Ullyett

Bhuvi is good though, doesnt belong here

 

[capt_Luffy]

Bhuvi is good though, doesnt belong here

He was great in White ball; but he played wayyyyyy fewer Test matches than he should had though....

 

[Socerer 01]

He was great in White ball; but he played wayyyyyy fewer Test matches than he should had though....

cuz of injuries more than anything

if anything i think he was vastly overrated in odis

 

[CricAddict]

Bhuvi is good though, doesnt belong here

Yes he was quite decent with both bat and ball in the matches he played. Unfortunate not to play more, especially in swinging conditions.

 

[Majestic]

Bhuvi was a condition specific bowler, Siraj is an all conditions bowler.

Siraj > Bhuvi. If Bhuvi and Siraj plays in same era, Siraj is playing ahead of Bhuvi comfortably.

 

[Socerer 01]

Bhuvi was a condition specific bowler, Siraj is an all conditions bowler.

Siraj > Bhuvi. If Bhuvi and Siraj plays in same era, Siraj is playing ahead of Bhuvi comfortably.

conditions specific Bhuvi still did okay enough in India, albeit helped by strong performances at Eden Gardens

and Bhuvi blows Siraj out of the water on any pace track

there’s no way Siraj is ahead of Bhuvi in any comfortable way