Now, the question of 'Who was the Best Batsman ever?' is easily answered. Don Bradman. Sachin Tendulkar is second after some distance, with several competitors for third place right behind him (Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards, Brian Lara, Rahul Dravid, etc.)
But the question of 'Who was the Best Bowler ever?' isn't as easily answered. My guess is because not only because bowling is a varied skill (It's not easy comparing a fast bowler to a spinner, or a pre-war bowler to a post-war bowler), but because no bowler has dominated the game of cricket heads and shoulders over everyone else. Ofcourse, there are bowlers who have dominated at different times over history (off the top of my head I get Sydney Barnes, George Lohmann, Bill O'Reilly, Malcom Marshall, Dennis Lillee, Wasim Akram, Shane Warne, Muralitharan...).
It could also be down to the fact that bowlers are better when hunting together in pairs and not solo - case and point being teamings such as The West Indian Pace attack, the Spin Quartet, the two Ws with Imran for support, Lillee and Thompson, Warne and McGrath, etc. Murali is probably the lone exception to this case (Unless you count Murali and Vaas).
So if it came down to it, if you had to boil it all down and pick one, and only one bowler who has ever played the game of cricket, to label as the Best Bowler of All Time...who would it be?
But the question of 'Who was the Best Bowler ever?' isn't as easily answered. My guess is because not only because bowling is a varied skill (It's not easy comparing a fast bowler to a spinner, or a pre-war bowler to a post-war bowler), but because no bowler has dominated the game of cricket heads and shoulders over everyone else. Ofcourse, there are bowlers who have dominated at different times over history (off the top of my head I get Sydney Barnes, George Lohmann, Bill O'Reilly, Malcom Marshall, Dennis Lillee, Wasim Akram, Shane Warne, Muralitharan...).
It could also be down to the fact that bowlers are better when hunting together in pairs and not solo - case and point being teamings such as The West Indian Pace attack, the Spin Quartet, the two Ws with Imran for support, Lillee and Thompson, Warne and McGrath, etc. Murali is probably the lone exception to this case (Unless you count Murali and Vaas).
So if it came down to it, if you had to boil it all down and pick one, and only one bowler who has ever played the game of cricket, to label as the Best Bowler of All Time...who would it be?
. Australia will sure like to have a bowler like yourself especially on a windy day.
