Bumrah's average dips below 20

[AshVin]

180 wickets at 19.94, monumental stuff!

 

[Trichromatic]

https://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Bowling/BowlingBestAfterXMatches.asp?Stat=2

 

Best Bowling Average after Playing X Matches

Mat	Player	Country	Wickets	Avg	Year
1	K R Miller	Australia	2	3.00	1946
2	K R Miller	Australia	11	7.55	1946
3	C T B Turner	Australia	29	8.55	1888
4	C T B Turner	Australia	39	7.97	1888
5	C T B Turner	Australia	45	9.40	1888
6	G A Lohmann	England	38	10.00	1888
7	J Briggs	England	11	7.91	1886
8	J Briggs	England	17	8.53	1886
9	J Briggs	England	19	9.32	1887
10	J Briggs	England	22	11.00	1887
11	J Briggs	England	22	11.00	1888
12	J Briggs	England	26	10.65	1888
13	J Briggs	England	31	9.97	1888
14	J Briggs	England	34	9.88	1888
15	J Briggs	England	40	10.23	1889
16	J Briggs	England	55	7.95	1889
17	J Briggs	England	56	8.50	1892
18	J Briggs	England	60	9.48	1892
19	J Briggs	England	72	9.79	1892
20	J Briggs	England	82	10.40	1893
21	J Briggs	England	88	11.34	1893
22	J Briggs	England	91	12.30	1894
23	J Briggs	England	93	12.84	1894
24	J Briggs	England	96	13.39	1895
25	J Briggs	England	100	13.50	1895
26	J Briggs	England	103	13.91	1895
27	J Briggs	England	106	14.68	1896
28	J Briggs	England	109	15.45	1897
29	J Briggs	England	112	15.89	1898
30	J Briggs	England	113	16.88	1898
31	J Briggs	England	114	17.34	1898
32	J Briggs	England	115	17.75	1898
33	J Briggs	England	118	17.75	1899
34	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	191	19.51	1995
35	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	194	19.73	1995
36	R R Lindwall	Australia	146	19.90	1953
37	R R Lindwall	Australia	154	19.89	1953
38	R R Lindwall	Australia	158	20.12	1953
39	R R Lindwall	Australia	163	19.98	1954
40	R R Lindwall	Australia	168	20.07	1954
41	J J Bumrah	India	178	20.16	2024
42	S M Pollock	South Africa	175	20.33	2000
43	S M Pollock	South Africa	178	20.40	2000
44	A K Davidson	Australia	186	20.53	1963
45	S M Pollock	South Africa	186	20.46	2000
46	S M Pollock	South Africa	190	20.47	2000
47	S M Pollock	South Africa	196	20.39	2000
48	C E L Ambrose	West Indies	219	21.08	1994
49	S M Pollock	South Africa	203	20.26	2000
50	S M Pollock	South Africa	210	19.87	2001

 

 

No one averages below 20 after 50 matches.

[Majestic]

Pollock was a beast in 90s.

 

There must be something with the pitches that there were so many 23 or below averaging bowlers in that decade.

[Lord]

[Lord]

5 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Pollock was a beast in 90s.

 

There must be something with the pitches that there were so many 23 or below averaging bowlers in that decade.

yeah great time for bowlers with lesser cameras too.

 

Thats why cross era comparison cant be numbers based.

[Serpico]

And the next match is with pink kookaburra! He is going to have an all time series if he stays fit 

[singhvivek141]

Jasprit is going to be the "King" of all Indian bowlers for decades to come.
It's amazing how well he has lead the team considering our next best fast bowler i.e. Shami is unavailable.
Those who're seeing this test, well you're seeing one of the best spells ever bowled in the game of cricket. Bumrah is a rarity in every true sense.

Edited November 24, 2024 by singhvivek141

[deathmonger]

3 hours ago, Majestic said:

Pollock was a beast in 90s.

 

There must be something with the pitches that there were so many 23 or below averaging bowlers in that decade.

Yeah 90s were bowler friendly.

 

Only 3 players had averages above 50.

 

In the 2000s, every team had 3 players averaging 50.

 

[Vk1]

18 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

Yeah 90s were bowler friendly.

 

Only 3 players had averages above 50.

 

In the 2000s, every team had 3 players averaging 50.

 

Plus the mindset change of batsmen as a whole in ODIs which started from late 1990s started showing its impact in tests as well. 

[ash]

Time will tell if the westerners will accept him as the GOAT of his era, or sideline him because of his different action, they did the same to Murali. 

[deathmonger]

36 minutes ago, ash said:

Time will tell if the westerners will accept him as the GOAT of his era, or sideline him because of his different action, they did the same to Murali. 

Difference is westerners aren't the pre eminent power now. We are.

 

Also as India becomes richer and more "English medium", narratives will be shaped by us.

[vvvslaxman]

 

[vvvslaxman]

22 hours ago, ash said:

Time will tell if the westerners will accept him as the GOAT of his era, or sideline him because of his different action, they did the same to Murali. 

 

They do.. watch here. They respect Bumrah more than our own public who are basically PR Merchants for batsmen.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRVNoQt5zkY&t=1020s

 

Edited November 25, 2024 by vvvslaxman

[Adamant]

On 11/25/2024 at 6:38 AM, deathmonger said:

Difference is westerners aren't the pre eminent power now. We are.

 

Also as India becomes richer and more "English medium", narratives will be shaped by us.

Only Pakistani people have a problem with his action, no one else.

[singhvivek141]

3 hours ago, Adamant said:

Only Pakistani people have a problem with his action, no one else.

Pakistani & Bangladeshis as well.

 

Although Akram speaks highly of Bumrah, perhaps the only sane Pakistani in the entire world. He already blasted them in the past for chip in the bowl theory, now he cleared out that Bumrah has a hyperextension and ICC don't call arm going backward as chucking.

Edited November 28, 2024 by singhvivek141

[singhvivek141]

29 minutes ago, Aiden said:

Would be greatest Indian fast bowler albiet a suspect action but hey if ICC don't have any problem with it why do cricket fans care.

Damien Fleming here is dissecting Bumrah's action 3 years back. Same thing Wasim Akram also repeated few days back.

 

[Sandz]

It’s below 20 again, expect him to make merry at Brisbane and Melbourne and keep it below 20.

[cricketfan28]

Only person who can save us now.

[Ultimate_Game]

It's unfortunate that Bumrah never received any support from batsmen over his career. Likes of Kohli and Rohit never provided the support and spine which someone like Travis Head was able to show. That's the difference between Cummins & Strac winning multiple tourneys while Bumrah went trophyless for more than a decade.

 

Feel for Bumrah. A generational bowler and probably top 10 all time, received no support from batters, and had to drag the team and deadwood batters nearly everytime.

[First class]

On 11/24/2024 at 7:31 PM, ash said:

Time will tell if the westerners will accept him as the GOAT of his era, or sideline him because of his different action, they did the same to Murali. 

Murali's action was illegal, was a chuker

Edited December 9, 2024 by First class