Pace or Swing?
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Sahil 7
Panel of Selectors
Pace Bowler For Sure
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
Swing is much more suited to all forms of the game and harder to play. If the pitch isnt doing anything then all you need to do is get some bat on a fast bowler and if you hit the gap it'll race to the fence.
TumTum
International Cricketer
I think you have been watching too many matches in the SC, pace bowlers do far better in general.
I think you have been watching too many matches in Australia!
, Swing bowlers tend to perform better in most pitches.
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
Swing bowlers are much more effecient in Tests, especially on those hot days which is often considering cricket is a summer sport.
TumTum
International Cricketer
Ok, name a few swing bowlers, and I'll easily find much better pace bowlers.
Glenn McGrath, James Anderson,etc
TumTum
International Cricketer
mcgrath isn't a swing bowler
i'll name steyn, morkel, johnson, bollinger, harris etc etc
wanna keep going?
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
Steyn swings it a mile.
Bracken is one of the best OD bowlers ever in Australia because of his swing. Compare that to Lee for example.
EDIT: ████ lol was thinking about Clark in OD's not lee
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TumTum
International Cricketer
Steyn also has big pace.
If you want someone that has just swing, take Praveen Kumar.
You can't say Bracken was a better bowler than Lee, in-fact most will disagree.
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
Yes, and he also has big swing.
A bowling line-up of swing would be a lot more consistently effective than one of just pace. You would be confident taking a line-up of pure pace across the whole world?
Yeah, I realised I was thinking wrong. I was too slow to edit though.
TumTum
International Cricketer
Hmm, ok let's agree to disagree then.
It depends what bowler you consider as a swinger, pacer or both.
But I will say 1 thing, you will not find a pure swing bowler that has achieved anything in international cricket, the best swing bowlers also had a lot of pace.
It depends what bowler you consider as a swinger, pacer or both.
But I will say 1 thing, you will not find a pure swing bowler that has achieved anything in international cricket, the best swing bowlers also had a lot of pace.
Sahil 7
Panel of Selectors
Your Missing Zaheer Khan Mate
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
That is true. But you also won't find a lot of pacers who can do much without swinging the ball.
Anyway I feel im more and more wrong as we've discussed this. You're right. But I also think the questions is a little hard because like you said and I just said, there arent many quality swingers without pace and there aren't many quality pacers without swing/movement.
Anyway I feel im more and more wrong as we've discussed this. You're right. But I also think the questions is a little hard because like you said and I just said, there arent many quality swingers without pace and there aren't many quality pacers without swing/movement.
