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[DesiChap]

Stats are atats but one of the reasons Warne does NOT have as many top order wickets as Kumble and Murali is the Aus fast bowlers more ofen than not take them by the time Warne gets a chance to bowl.

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[Ram]

Great Stats Boss. Isnt it revealing that both Murali and Warne have more 2nd innings than 1st innings ones ?

[praveenj]

....which shows that Kumble and Murali are unplayable in the thrid/fourth innings of a match...

[Bumper]

Excellent stats Boss. Just out of curiosity, which bowler (who has taken over 300 wickets) has the maximum Top% ?

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[praveenj]

that would be Vaas its a incredible acheivement for a spinner to figure in this list

Doesn't that show out how good opening bowlers Aussies, WI, England, SA had... Only Imran Khan, Kapil, Vaas figured out there from sub-continent....

[Gambit]

Awesome stats BB! Incredible to see Warney take so many top order and middle order wickets despite having stalwarts like McGrath and Gillespie opening the bowling. :two_thumbs_up:

[praveenj]

Awesome stats BB! Incredible to see Warney take so many top order and middle order wickets despite having stalwarts like McGrath and Gillespie opening the bowling. :two_thumbs_up:

what??? :stupid:

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[Sachinism]

what will india do when kumble retires :(

[praveenj]

they will select a new captain.... dont worry :P

[Anakin]

Awesome stats BB! Incredible to see Warney take so many top order and middle order wickets despite having stalwarts like McGrath and Gillespie opening the bowling. :two_thumbs_up:

:haha::haha:

[varun]

Awesome stats BB! Incredible to see Warney take so many top order and middle order wickets despite having stalwarts like McGrath and Gillespie opening the bowling. :two_thumbs_up:

:haha::two_thumbs_up:

[Bumper]

that would be Vaas heres the full list sorted by Top% ... its a incredible acheivement for a spinner to figure in this list :

Bowler                     Wkts    Wkts1-4  Wkts5-8  Wkts9-11   Top%   Middle%   Lower%
WPUJC Vaas              320    162    106    52    50.63    33.13    16.25
[B] GD McGrath              563    282    182    99    50.09    32.33    17.58
AA Donald               330    164    104    62    49.70    31.52    18.79[/B]
RGD Willis              325    161    108    56    49.54    33.23    17.23
[B] N Kapil Dev             434    214    130    90    49.31    29.95    20.74[/B]
M Ntini                 319    157    107    55    49.22    33.54    17.24
CEL Ambrose             405    192    135    78    47.41    33.33    19.26
DK Lillee               355    166    128    61    46.76    36.06    17.18
Imran Khan              362    166    119    77    45.86    32.87    21.27
FS Trueman              307    139    96    72    45.28    31.27    23.45
MD Marshall             376    167    143    66    44.41    38.03    17.55
SM Pollock              416    183    137    96    43.99    32.93    23.08
CA Walsh                519    228    174    117    43.93    33.53    22.54
RJ Hadlee               431    189    156    86    43.85    36.19    19.95
Waqar Younis            373    163    131    79    43.70    35.12    21.18
IT Botham               383    155    144    84    40.47    37.60    21.93
[B] Wasim Akram             414    163    136    115    39.37    32.85    27.78[/B]
A Kumble                573    219    220    134    38.22    38.39    23.39
M Muralitharan          704    249    293    162    35.37    41.62    23.01
SK Warne                708    225    293    190    31.78    41.38    26.84

Amazing stats that. So Kapil is more potent at knocking off the top order than Wasim Akram! Never knew that before!

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Amazing stats that. So Kapil is more potent at knocking off the top order than Wasim Akram! Never knew that before!

Wasim has always been a tail-ender bully in test cricket

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[Anakin]

Yeah .... and notice that Kumble is not too far away from Waz either .... that would be something isnt it ? AK going past Waz in Toporder % :giggle:

Also points out the perennial weakness of Indian bowling strength.