Your top 5 bowlers of all time?

[sanjane]

5. C Ambrose
4. W Akram
3. G McGrath
2. S Warne
1. M Muralidaran

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

muralitharan the greatest baseball pitcher never to play baseball. maybe a contract with the yankees is on the cards when hes done thieving cricket

ambrose
walsh
wasim
waqar
marshall

enough said

 

[Red Bear]

1. Mcgrath - Some say he isnt quick enough blah blah blah. 550 wickets at 21.5 or so, his average was its best after the lords test in 2005 just before he stepped on that f**king cricket ball (wasnt the same bowler after that). Just supurb. Not only the 550 odd wickets but he pretty mch has created most of Lee's wickets, gilliespies and warnie owes him big time, as Mcgrath had the pressure on the entire time he bowled. Friggen Gun.

After Mcgrath the next 4 in no real order
Ambrose
Donald
Warnie
Akram

(bowlers ive seen only, unlucky are Younis, murali, Gillespie and Walsh).

 

[Timbo]

1-Shane Warne
2-Michael Holding
3-Dennis Lillee
4-Wasim Akram
5-Mike Procter

 

[Tony Greig's Car Keys]

1. Micheal Holding
2. Jeff Thomson- was awesome b4 his shoulder injury
3. Dennis Lillee
4. Shane Warne
5. Glenn McGrath

 

[lockyno1]

SK Barnes
Warne
Lillie

Then there is a stack of bowlers who could fill position 4-5 on my list- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Hadlee, Fred Trueman, Jim Laker (personally rate him ahead of murali), and a few others. McGrath as good as he was wouldn't make my top 10-15.

 

[Twizzle]

Mick Lewis
Gavin Robertson
Martin Snedden
Phillip De Freitis

and lastly

Shane Watson :crazy:

 

[lockyno1]

Shane Watson is better than all of them, and cuter may I add!

 

[ozbash]

1- warne/murali equal
2- dk lillee
3- glen mcgrath
4- hadlee
5- monty panesar

 

[HevyDevy]

Monty Panesar?

What are they putting in the water over there?

 

[Twizzle]

thats what I thought

 

[lockyno1]

Murali equal is laughable as well!

 

[hineyrulz]

Can't believe you left Muller or Bright out Twiz.

 

[lockyno1]

Scott Muller was not that bad, was made a scapegoat. Hardly was a shocking test bowler. Swung the ball consistently!

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah fair enough, there have been worse test bowlers for Australia. Sunshine has bowled in test matches for Australia :lol:

 

[lockyno1]

Sunshine is a batsman who can bowl a bit, will never be a front line bowler. 4th change is where he should be, partnership breaker.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Since 1990 and tests only

1. Murali
2. McGrath
3. Ambrose
4. Warne
5. Younis

I wanted to leave Warne out but subbed him in for Akram at the last minute. Akram and Younis were both slightly better in ODIs than tests. Akram is probably generally regarded as the better bowler (maintained his peak longer) but Younis was my personal fave and more lethal- actually, more lethal than any bowler that I've seen- in his prime.

Next on the list- Donald, Pollock, Akram

 

[lockyno1]

Any list that DOES NOT have SF Barnes on their list is just silly. None of us would have seen him but he is regarded as the best bowler of all time by many experts.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Any list that DOES NOT have SF Barnes on their list is just silly. None of us would have seen him but he is regarded as the best bowler of all time by many experts.

I don't feel silly leaving him off my 1990 onwards list, I don't think he played much after 1990

 

[lockyno1]

I don't feel silly leaving him off my 1990 onwards list, I don't think he played much after 1990

Wasn't aimed at you, as you specified the time period. But anyone who didn't specify the time period and does not include Barnes is silly!