Glenn Mcgrath vs Wasim Akram

[Serani]

WI team with Ambrose & Walsh were white washed in Pakistan in 1998 series. :winky:

They were both past it by then.

[hari504504]

I would say Kumble is more comparable to Mcgrath in terms of accuracy.

Never thought Kumble was that accurate in general... infact I can't think of many bowlers who were as accurate as Mc.Grath day-in and day-out. Have I even seen him bowl a loose delivery ??.. Kumble used to bowl plenty of long-hops and full tosses

[S.Bond]

Nope' date=' nowhere close. Marshall was in a league of his own. Hadlee didn't even come close. Hadlee was in the league of guys like Imran, Holding, Roberts, etc.[/quote'] I think Marshall can be considered as the finest bowler ever. But putting Imran and Hadlee in the same league with Holding and Roberts is a litle wrong according to me. Both Holding and Roberts were great bowlers but Hadlee and Imran were superior. I think, the fact that Imran bowled so much on these flat tracks should be taken into consideration. I rate Imran's bowling very highly, he surely is amongst the greatest bowlers to have played. Back to the topic, I think McGrath was a slighty better bowler than Wasim Akram. His achievments, his records are just amazing. He played such a big role in this Australian team that dominated cricket, and you can see without MCGrath it's no more so easy for the aussies. No doubt Wasim was great, a better bowler to watch but to me he comes second to McGrath. Wasim was a more useful cricketer maybe, especially in ODI's due to his late order powerful hitting, he played crucial roles in crucial matches a lot of time...

[S.Bond]

Never thought Kumble was that accurate in general... infact I can't think of many bowlers who were as accurate as Mc.Grath day-in and day-out. Have I even seen him bowl a loose delivery ??.. Kumble used to bowl plenty of long-hops and full tosses

So true, difficult to imagine him bowling a loose delivery, when you think of MCGrath you aotomatically see a perfect pitched delivry...

[satyam1729]

I think Marshall can be considered as the finest bowler ever. But putting Imran and Hadlee in the same league with Holding and Roberts is a litle wrong according to me. Both Holding and Roberts were great bowlers but Hadlee and Imran were superior. I think, the fact that Imran bowled so much on these flat tracks should be taken into consideration. I rate Imran's bowling very highly, he surely is amongst the greatest bowlers to have played. Back to the topic, I think McGrath was a slighty better bowler than Wasim Akram. His achievments, his records are just amazing. He played such a big role in this Australian team that dominated cricket, and you can see without MCGrath it's no more so easy for the aussies. No doubt Wasim was great, a better bowler to watch but to me he comes second to McGrath. Wasim was a more useful cricketer maybe, especially in ODI's due to his late order powerful hitting, he played crucial roles in crucial matches a lot of time...

And ball tampering and Pakistani umpiring too.

[S.Bond]

And ball tampering and Pakistani umpiring too.

what are you talking about?

[satyam1729]

what are you talking about?

It is clear. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444415.html

[S.Bond]

It is clear. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444415.html

So? Because YOU are going t not rate Imran highly, that is going to change smething? You really have some medical problems.... And i am seriousss ! I feel for your family!:--D

[satyam1729]

So? Because YOU are going t not rate Imran highly, that is going to change smething? You really have some medical problems.... And i am seriousss ! I feel for your family!:--D

I also pity for your country and its people :finger:

[Bublu Bhuyan]

I think Marshall can be considered as the finest bowler ever. But putting Imran and Hadlee in the same league with Holding and Roberts is a litle wrong according to me. Both Holding and Roberts were great bowlers but Hadlee and Imran were superior. I think, the fact that Imran bowled so much on these flat tracks should be taken into consideration. I rate Imran's bowling very highly, he surely is amongst the greatest bowlers to have played. Back to the topic, I think McGrath was a slighty better bowler than Wasim Akram. His achievments, his records are just amazing. He played such a big role in this Australian team that dominated cricket, and you can see without MCGrath it's no more so easy for the aussies. No doubt Wasim was great, a better bowler to watch but to me he comes second to McGrath. Wasim was a more useful cricketer maybe, especially in ODI's due to his late order powerful hitting, he played crucial roles in crucial matches a lot of time...

I hold Imran Khan and Richard Hadlee in extremely high regards. Both were virtually capable of making the ball talk. But I just think that Marshall pips all of them as the world's best, not by a huge margin though. It's kind of like Tendulkar and Lara, neither one of them is better than the other by a huge margin, very close.

[riya]

Statistically Mcgrath is better than Wasim.I love to watch Wasim bowling anyday over Mcgrath.Watching Wasim,Waqar in their prime was pure entertainment. But as a cricketer Wasim wasn't as good as Mcgrath,his lack of commitment,involving in dubious activities made him a lesser player than what he could have been actually.He underachieved by a huge margin. On the otherhand Mcgrath was disciplined,committed kept on working on his game and gave it all. While I won't forget Wasim coping with diabetes since 1997,i won't forget Mcgrath handling his wife's illness.The stress was there in the case of Mcgrath. sometimes i feel that the stats junkies in this forum or any other forum come out of their stats world and think about some human aspects before dissecting the calibre of a player.How valuable their mere presence to the team etc. For example while analysing Tendulkar's stats,how people convenintly forget his battling with serious injuries and aspects like that.Numbers numbers everywhere.