Anderson's standing in the pantheon of Test fast bowling legends/greats?

[Sooda]

We may well diminish his efforts with the Clouderson jibes, but the guys figures says it all.  Certainly one of the greatest swing bowlers ever but where does he rank amongst all time pacemen? Which pace bowlers from history would you place just ahead or who would you rate him on par with

[sourab10forever]

He is a Beast in English conditions.

[Trichromatic]

Best bowler from England in last 50 years. Not in top 20.

 

 

[Rightarmfast]

I have 4 words... Lolz... certainly a great for england team, but in my book he is not in the top 10 or 20. 

[kira]

What were you smoking while creating this thread?

[SK_IH]

very good bowler but somehow dont think he is anywhere close to likes of mcgrath,ambrose,donald etc,even between him and broad i prefer broad,he has the habit of bowling match/series winning spells.

I remember both Harmison and Anderson were highly rated during 2002-2003 but  eventually Anderson more than lived upto the hype ,500 wkts is great achievement

[velu]

Cloud cover bully

[The Dark Horse]

Same place where Harbhajan stands among the spin bowling greats.

[rtmohanlal]

some what similar to Kumble. A swing version of Kumble.Yeah 500 wkts is a bloody good achievement.But he had all the support in the world with Stuart Broad  & a  few others in the team .Also a great disparity between home & away performances  just as was the case with Kumble.So at the least a very good bowler. Not definitely in the top 10.... perhaps may be in top 20.

[rtmohanlal]

6 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

Best bowler from England in last 50 years. Not in top 20.

 

 

Forgot Willis & Underwood?

[Khota]

Good bowler indeed but the best is very debatable. Arnold got more swing than him on an overcast day.

[putrevus]

It is not swing, it is the pace/late break with which he swings makes him deadly. He would be in my top 20 bowlers. His improved accuracy makes him great.

All Indian bowlers can learn from him his economy rate.



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[RAZPOR]

He is a green track bully ,needs to perform well on flat tracks before being considered.

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[Sandeep99]

Average bowler but excellent under clouds. All in all, not a top 20 bowler. There have been many better pace bowlers in the past.

[Vk1]

5 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

some what similar to Kumble. A swing version of Kumble.Yeah 500 wkts is a bloody good achievement.But he had all the support in the world with Stuart Broad  & a  few others in the team .Also a great disparity between home & away performances  just as was the case with Kumble.So at the least a very good bowler. Not definitely in the top 10.... perhaps may be in top 20.

Lots of nations have such home condition bowlers.. Kumble, Herath, Philander kind. Can't compare him with Steyn but as a whole among top 3 or 4 fast bowlers of this gen

[Rightarmfast]

4 hours ago, putrevus said:

It is not swing, it is the pace/late break with which he swings makes him deadly. He would be in my top 20 bowlers. His improved accuracy makes him great.

All Indian bowlers can learn from him his economy rate.



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Pace? you mean you want Indian bowlers to reduce their pace by 10 miles and bowl? And economy rate? Well, it will be interesting to see the economy rate of this pace attack of India in england and new zealand!

 

[sandeep]

13 minutes ago, Stumped said:

Eh, what Indian bowlers regularly bowl in the low-mid 90s...?

Anderson hasn't been a mid-90s bowler for quite a while.  Quality bowler, hard to like on account of his moronic antics.  But given a bit of assistance, quite incisive.   

[express bowling]

2 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Anderson hasn't been a mid-90s bowler for quite a while.  

 

Anderson was never a mid-90s bowler ever.

 

83 mph to 89 / 90 mph at his absolute peak couple of years ...... 79 mph to 86 / 87 mph for the last 4 years or so.

 

 

[sandeep]

1 minute ago, Stumped said:

Wasn't suggesting he was, but @rightarmfast was suggesting an Indian bowler would have to drop 10mph to match Anderson in pace. Anderson was never a 90+mph bowler, started out as being regularly in the mid-late 80s but then dropped a few probably around the same time he became a test regular.

read that as KPH - Shami and Yadav bowl in the mid-140s.  Consistently.  

[express bowling]

23 minutes ago, Stumped said:

Eh, what Indian bowlers regularly bowl in the low-mid 90s...?

 

I would say, Umesh, Shami and Ishant are quicker than Anderson  by around 7 kph to 8 kph these days.