Morne Morkel vs. Stuart Broad

[Temujin Khaghan]

2 equals. but playing with different kinds of partners. Broad playing with his equal Anderson, who is at his best a notch above his younger partner Morkel playing with a superior Steyn, who is the greatest fast bowler comparable to Marshall & Lillee. Including Ishant here is an insult to these two... just for fun.. Mitchell is comparable to top-2, Steyn and Anderson, so did not include him present age Morne - 30 years - 1984 born Broad - 29 years - 1986 born Ishant - 26 years - 1988 born - only thing he is good at in this post. England's test drive: Since Morne Morkel's debut in Dec/2006, Morkel and Ishant played 62 and 64 games respectively But Broad played 83 games Steyn - 71 games Anderson - highest among fast bowlers - 92 games Cook - highest among players - 106 games After 62 games: Ishant Sharma - 187 wickets @ 37.43 avg 66.8 SR 6X5s, 1X10 Morne Morkel - 217 wickets @29.35 avg 55.5 SR 6X5s Stuart Broad - 217 wickets @30.58 avg 59.5 SR 10X5s, 2X10s common games: Be warned, some scary averages from Ishant... Broad and Morkel - 10 games Morkel - 41 wickets @27.87 Broad - 32 wickets @39.50 Broad and Ishant - 8 games Broad - 37 wickets @21.72 Ishant - 27 wickets @40.11 Morkel and Ishant - 8 games Morkel - 29 wickets @27.31 Ishant - 20 wickets @47.95 With their best bowling partners (pace): Broad and Anderson - 77 games --> almost same figures Anderson - 306 @28.08 ; 15X5s ; 2X10s Broad - 285 @28.99 avg ; 12X5s ; 2X10s Broad and Anderson won 34/77 games they played in Morne and Steyn - 60 games --> huge difference Steyn - 289 @22.30 ; 18X5s ; 3X10s Morkel - 208 @28.75 ; 6X5s Steyn and Morkel won 31/60 games they played in Morkel is very poor in completing 5fers, main reason being Steyn is a bully older brother and despite his size, morkel is the runt. Ishant and Zaheer - 31 games Zaheer - 123 wickets @30.70 ; 6X5s ; 1X10 Ishant - 88 wickets @39.35 ; 2X5s Ishant and Zaheer won 11/31 games they played in Basically, if Anderson, Zaheer, Morkel and Broad are Thoroughbreds then Steyn is Pegasus. and Ishant is a mule (with no disrespect intended to mules all over the world) Troika: Swann, Anderson, Broad - 47 games Swann - 204 Anderson - 178 Broad - 175 Philander, Steyn, Morkel - 31 games Steyn - 142 Philander - 121 Morne - 90 Philander has a similar avg with Steyn, despite lesser wickets due to better ER. Morne is getting eclipsed here. Zaheer, Singh, Ishant - 17 games Singh - 88 Zaheer - 79 Ishant - 56 Broad, Morkel and Ishant playing in Aus, NZ, SA, Eng Broad - 65 games - 261 wickets @27.46 Morkel - 45 games - 162 wickets @ 29.95 Ishant - 27 games - 80 wickets @45.31 Broad, Morkel and Ishant playing in rest of the countries Broad - 18 games - 46 wickets @37.36 Morkel - 19 games - 56 wickets @28.82 Ishant - 35 games - 107 wickets @31.54

[adi B]

I'd pick morkel anyday except in English conditions

[Gollum]

Broad hands down, will end up as a legend of cricket.