With plenty of discussion of the GOAT one day batsman in the other thread, I thought I'd start the GOAT one day bowler thread. Akram, McGrath, Murali, Pollock just to name a few that come to mind.
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Perhaps for another thread, but would it be fair to divide ODI cricket into pre, and post T20 eras given how much that has changed the game?With plenty of discussion of the GOAT one day batsman in the other thread, I thought I'd start the GOAT one day bowler thread. Akram, McGrath, Murali, Pollock just to name a few that come to mind.
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Perhaps for another thread, but would it be fair to divide ODI cricket into pre, and post T20 eras given how much that has changed the game?
4.77 er ain't badBrett Lee right up there with 380 wickets @ 23. Amazing SR of 29.4. Bit more expensive than others, though.
Didn't Zoysa take a wicket on the first ball of a test 3 times? All against Bangladesh and every time was Hannan Sarker? Something along those lines.Something interesting to consider:
All-time ODI bowlers, ordered by strike rate
(qualifying criteria - sub-30 average, sub-5 economy rate, 3000 balls/500 overs bowled, 100 wickets taken, 1 5-fer)
1. Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
2. Shane Bond (New Zealand)
3. Brett Lee (Australia)
4. Morne Morkel (South Africa)
5. Imran Tahir (South Africa)
6. Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan)
7. Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
8. Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
9. Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
10. Allan Donald (South Africa)
54 players qualify overall, with at least one from every Test-playing nation, including 11 Australians, and some names that people wouldn't even think to consider (Nuwan Zoysa, anyone?).
Glenn McGrath comes in at #17, Murali at #22, Wasim Akram at #30, Joel Garner at #33, and Shaun Pollock at #50.
Mitchell Starc would be #1, however he's 23 balls short of the qualification criteria! Shouldn't be resting him tomorrow, records are on the line!
Mitchell Starc would be #1, however he's 23 balls short of the qualification criteria! Shouldn't be resting him tomorrow, records are on the line!
Didn't Zoysa take a wicket on the first ball of a test 3 times? All against Bangladesh and every time was Hannan Sarker? Something along those lines.
4.77 er ain't bad
I remember watching the 2003 WC and the commentators talking about Lee's economy rate in ODI. It was at 4.66 and they were talking about that being expensive for a front line bowler (they did acknowledge his fantastic SR) and that you'd hope he can being that down.4.77 er ain't bad
4.77 er ain't bad
I remember watching the 2003 WC and the commentators talking about Lee's economy rate in ODI. It was at 4.66 and they were talking about that being expensive for a front line bowler (they did acknowledge his fantastic SR) and that you'd hope he can being that down.
Amazing to think that now, just over 10 years later a career economy rate of below 5 is good.
Bond was f***ing exceptional. Had a great record against the Aussies at that time too
We don't do that with batsmen, sorry, "batters".
Not many ODI bowlers getting around today with averages of 30 and economy rates under 5.
Scores of 200 were often defendable. He leaked runs by "yesterdays" standards, though his strike rate and average were solid.