Zaheer Khan vs James Anderson
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Zaheer Khan for me. Even though Anderson has done well in recent years, Zaheer has proven that he can bowl in any conditions and take wickets. Anderson is a very average bowler in the sub-continet. Yes, he did well in Australia but they have even a little bit help for bowlers where in India, Sri Lanka or Pakistan, there is absolutely no help for bowlers and he has done very well on those pitches so Zaheer is better.
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War
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clearly you where in a different planet when Anderson was bowling in UAE and sri lanka recently, since it is illogical for anyone to still say that anderson is a "very average bowler in the s-continent" based on those performances.
clearly you where in a different planet when Anderson was bowling in UAE and sri lanka recently, since it is illogical for anyone to still say that anderson is a "very average bowler in the s-continent" based on those performances.
angryangy
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If James Anderson is average in the subcontinent, I'm not entirely sure Zaheer Khan is above average. You can't really chalk it up to just being a specialist; if anything he's an English style new ball specialist. He doesn't have a glorious home record like the Pakistan greats. In fact, none of the Indians or Pakistanis who've started playing since 2000 have great home records. Make of that what you will.
I was right here and I did see that he performed OK but not great when you compare him with Zaheer Khan on s-continent wickets.
I am not saying Zaheer is above average but he is much better bowler on the s-continent wickets then Anderson and he has proved it. He is also better then Anderson overall.
sami ullah khan
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A bowler has to have a lot of pace if he wants to average real well in SC conditions. Zaheer is better than Anderson because he can bowl reverse better than anderson at this point in time. Anderson however impressed one and all with this effort in UAE and Sri Lanka although I would not count much of any performance against Pakistan's batting 
About who is better, I think that Zaheer is better off the two currently but Anderson is catching up fast.
About who is better, I think that Zaheer is better off the two currently but Anderson is catching up fast.
Gurjot95
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Surprised that no one has talking about but didn't Anderson has an advantage of being trained and practiced on bouncy and green wickets where as Zaheer had to bowl on road pitches from start and he had to bowl to some dangerous batsman too in domestic cricket (Assuming the general style of Indian batsman and India is known for producing batsman)
On green and bouncy pitches though, Anderson may have a slight edge of being able to swing more but Zaheer isn't any less either, I rate them both equally. Zaheer is better in sub continent, no doubt.
In ODI's Anderson is better at death over but Zaheer can pick wickets anytime whenever team needs.
On green and bouncy pitches though, Anderson may have a slight edge of being able to swing more but Zaheer isn't any less either, I rate them both equally. Zaheer is better in sub continent, no doubt.
In ODI's Anderson is better at death over but Zaheer can pick wickets anytime whenever team needs.
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puddleduck
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I would suggest we wait until the tour of India before finalising this judgement. Or, maybe even the end of their careers.
I mean, I could ridiculously apply unbalanced logic too... I could say Zaheer had the advantage of having to bowl on dead and lifeless pitches and as such was already versed in those skills....
Essentially, I'd pick Jimmy ahead of Zaheer every time from the last 3 years because I'd get roughly the same standard of swing bowler, with the added benefit of that he's an awesome fielder and can be assed to at least try batting
Give it another 3-5 years, and I may well have just picked Jimmy for his bowling anyway if he carries on maintaining his recent form.
I mean, I could ridiculously apply unbalanced logic too... I could say Zaheer had the advantage of having to bowl on dead and lifeless pitches and as such was already versed in those skills....
Essentially, I'd pick Jimmy ahead of Zaheer every time from the last 3 years because I'd get roughly the same standard of swing bowler, with the added benefit of that he's an awesome fielder and can be assed to at least try batting
Give it another 3-5 years, and I may well have just picked Jimmy for his bowling anyway if he carries on maintaining his recent form.
War
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Ok so now he bowled ok in the s-continent, but not as good as zaheer in such conditions. However just now you claimed he is a very average in s-continent conditions.
Make up your mind.
Dude I said he did OK on the recent tour of UAE and Sri Lanka and but his OVERALL RECORD is still very average in s-continent.How can you not get that?
You are saying he was amazing in Sri Lanka and UAE?
He got 9 wickets in 3 matches in UAE and same wickets in 2 matches in Sri Lanka. He did good in Sri Lanka but again 9 wickets in 3 matches in UAE is not an awesome performance.
Sahil 7
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obviously zaheer for me he is better then anderson . also he is leading this poll to 
