Comments on: The greatest bowler of all time? http://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/ for all things cricket Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Dan http://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-6694 Dan Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:58:03 +0000 https://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-6694 Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl AnthonyEarl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony ....get my point or maybe Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl AnthonyEarl Anthony Earl Anthony Earl Anthony
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]]> By: Sean http://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-774 Sean Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:40:31 +0000 https://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-774 No offense to any of you, but if Shane Warne isn't considered the best bowler of all time they should probably stop playing the game. However, both Kapil and Kumble are great bowlers. A sign of this is how many wickets they took against the best teams in their era - Kapil took 89 wickets against the Windies and Kumble has his most wickets against Australia. I think Kapil is better though when you consider that about 51% of his wickets came in India on tracks that aren't pace friendly whereas Kumble has picked up about 66% of his wickets in India on very, VERY friendly wickets for spin bowling. Glenn McGrath has a higher wickets/match ratio than Kapil in India though, McGrath averages just over 4 wickets a match in India whereas Kapil averaged about 3.5. Shows how good McGrath is. No offense to any of you, but if Shane Warne isn’t considered the best bowler of all time they should probably stop playing the game. However, both Kapil and Kumble are great bowlers. A sign of this is how many wickets they took against the best teams in their era - Kapil took 89 wickets against the Windies and Kumble has his most wickets against Australia.

I think Kapil is better though when you consider that about 51% of his wickets came in India on tracks that aren’t pace friendly whereas Kumble has picked up about 66% of his wickets in India on very, VERY friendly wickets for spin bowling.

Glenn McGrath has a higher wickets/match ratio than Kapil in India though, McGrath averages just over 4 wickets a match in India whereas Kapil averaged about 3.5. Shows how good McGrath is.

]]> By: Amar http://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-488 Amar Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:37:21 +0000 https://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-488 Are you out of your mind? Kapil took 434 wickets on home pitches that were not exactly seamer friendly; Gavaskar broke Bradman's record of the most # of centuries in test cricket; Tendulkar, well, he is Tendulkar; and Dravid. You put all these names behind Kumble? Are you out of your mind? Kapil took 434 wickets on home pitches that were not exactly seamer friendly; Gavaskar broke Bradman’s record of the most # of centuries in test cricket; Tendulkar, well, he is Tendulkar; and Dravid. You put all these names behind Kumble?

]]> By: Angshuman http://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-487 Angshuman Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:20:36 +0000 https://yorker.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/the-greatest-bowler-of-all-time/#comment-487 He is the greatest Indian cricketer I've seen in 20 plus years, and that is very big indeed. He is the greatest Indian cricketer I’ve seen in 20 plus years, and that is very big indeed.

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