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Waqar/Wasim bit overrated?


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@satyam1729 & people who supports OP's invention: I think such threads very much rightly and deservingly ends-up when anti people involves arguments like Sachin's avg of 100+ in ODIs ONLY vs Kenya & Namibia... etc etc p.s. I do respect Sachin a lot...
He was overrated in the sense that they in Tier 2 of fast bowling. Tier1: Mcgrath, Ambrose Tier2 : Akram, Donald, Waqar, Pollock, Walsh Tier3 : Gillespie , Zaheer(present form), Asif So nobody is question he is not an ATG bowler.
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And yet Pakistan won only 3 test series against IND' date=' OZ, SA in last 20 years. :cantstop:[/quote'] Pakistan never won test series in OZ SA AND WI.
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So Wasim and Waqar have 35% and 30% of their wickets as tails . Too high. Compare this to Mcgrath or Pollock. Mcgrath 25, 21 (test, odi) .Way better.
wasim and waqar had a far better yorker than the two you have mentioned also wasim and waqar were death over specialist im not sure if mcgrath or pollock were they bowled a lot of overs at the death that why they have a higher % of tailender wickets
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wasim and waqar had a far better yorker than the two you have mentioned also wasim and waqar were death over specialist im not sure if mcgrath or pollock were they bowled a lot of overs at the death that why they have a higher % of tailender wickets
Nice logic. Mcgrath used to run through top order . And Brett lee used to clean the tail. :cantstop: And i am sure we are talking about test cricket here.
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Nice logic. Mcgrath used to run through top order . And Brett lee used to clean the tail. :cantstop: And i am sure we are talking about test cricket here.
i though it was just in general odi and test
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Even in ODI. Mcgrath had better economy than Akram. And don't forget bowling to top order means bowling in power plays.
i agree that McGrath is a slightly better bowler
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i agree that McGrath is a slightly better bowler
I would say he is significantly better, that is not to take anything away from Akram but more because i believe that McGrath is the best bowler of the last 15 years and is better than anyone i have seen given the fact that he has a great average and no batsman ever took him apart.
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The thread opener is CRAZY
:haha:, I brought their average into play. I didn't say that they weren't great bowlers, but bit overrated. Against top quality batting line ups their averages go UP and i proved it. :finger: So, i am trying to bring some logic, not like you. someone said something against a pakistani bowler, and they are all ready to wet their chaddis.
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I would say he is significantly better' date=' that is not to take anything away from Akram but more because i believe that McGrath is the best bowler of the last 15 years and is better than anyone i have seen given the fact that he has a great average and no batsman ever took him apart.[/quote'] Did they lose any series involving McGrah apart from losing away series in India?
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Did they lose any series involving McGrah apart from losing away series in India?
I have always wanted to know that. I don't actually know. The only one i know they lost was the 2005 Ashes but England would not have won had McGrath not have gotten injured before the 2nd test. I also think India would have certainly lost the test series in Australia in 2003/2004 had he been playing. On a different topic, Jason Gillespie had a superb record against us.
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Did they lose any series involving McGrah apart from losing away series in India?
The only one i know they lost was the 2005 Ashes but England would not have won had McGrath not have gotten injured before the 2nd test.
Two others - in Pakistan in 1994 (but that was very, very early in his career - he wasn't a top class bowler at that stage) and Lanka in 1999.
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Two others - in Pakistan in 1994 (but that was very' date=' very early in his career - he wasn't a top class bowler at that stage) and Lanka in 1999.[/quote'] Unbelievable. So they never lost a series in Australia when he played and only 2 proper series (not really counting the 1st one as he was just starting out) in total. McGrath was an unbelievable matchwinner.

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