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Originally Posted by Rachael So if I can show that Jayasuria has destroyed attacks in blistering fashion and with devastating strike rates in either Eng / Nz + in Australia + on the subcontinent will you rate him amongst the greatest ever? Does what a played achieves BETWEEN high points not count for anything? |
Rachael, you make your point as if Waqar was amazing for one game, then crap for five. He performed brilliantly on many occasions, and consistently enough, to have the BEST strike rate of all bolwers with over 300 wickets, and at an average in the low 20s!
I agree, if we were talking about a bowler who had taken wickets against Aus, Eng, and in Asia, but only once or twice against each opponent, and had been rubbish at all other times, then your view would be fully justified. But Waqar got wickets consistently. He wasn't a flash in the pan. He wasn't a crap bowler who got a stack of wickets once a year.