Arthur Crabtree wrote:Good stats Sussex. I tried to do that with Broad and Anderson after Warne claimed Broad 'must be getting more tail end wickets' if his stats are comparable with Anderson, but I couldn't see that it could be done.
Gingerfinch wrote:Sadly those stats don't tell you when the bowlers got the batsmen out. Snapping up an opener after he's scored 150 isn't much better than grabbing a number 8 first ball.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:One factor in enjoying a pace bowler is the spectacle. Steyn scores highly on that. McGrath scores pretty low, which might be why he doesn't always get into the conversation. Lillee and Garner score high. Maybe the bowler with the greatest visual impact was Shoaib Akhtar, though his stats kept him out of this list.
backfootpunch wrote:you could argue that steyn has taken slightly less top order wickets because he has bowled with other great new ball bowlers such as pollock, ntini and philander
so has had more competition for early wickets than anderson
Arthur Crabtree wrote:It might be that good bowlers around you would improve your SR, econ and average. But it won't improve your wicket tally. Which is what that comparison with Anderson was concerned with.
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