Murali announces retirement

[dedja]

Be interesting to compare Murali and Warnes record without any Bangladesh or Zimbabwe stats included.

Here you go Smithy

MURALI
Test Record = 792 wickets @ 22.71 - SR 55.1 - 66 5wi - 22 10wm
Without Bang/Zim = 616 wickets @ 24.89 - SR 58.8 - 49 5wi - 16 10wm

WARNEY
Test Record = 708 wickets @ 25.41 - SR 57.4 - 37 5wi - 10 10wm
Without Bang/Zim = 691 wickets @ 25.41 - SR 57.7 - 36 5wi - 10 10wm

Well done ... tells a story doesn't it?

Now can you do the same and only include legal deliveries?

Shane Warne is the greatest bowler in the history of Test cricket, end of story.

[Media Park]

I had the question posed to me last night about this, and brought up names like Spofforth, Turner, Larwood.

That brought out the argument about quality of pitches, as opposed to the quality of batsman, then and now.

We ended up with Warne just ahead of Larwood- but that was purely for "taming" Sir Donald.

[am Bays]

I had the question posed to me last night about this, and brought up names like Spofforth, Turner, Larwood.

That brought out the argument about quality of pitches, as opposed to the quality of batsman, then and now.

We ended up with Warne just ahead of Larwood- but that was purely for "taming" Sir Donald.

Larwood tamed Bradman??????

Given in the 12 tests Bradman played against Larwood he scored 1583 runs at 80 and Larwood dismissed him six times (only 3 times in the bodyline series), I'd hate to think what a batsman having a day out against a bowler is? Remember Bradman still averaged over 60 in the Bodyline series with 1 100 and 3 50s.

Verity and Tate were more successful against Bradman than Larwood in those 12 tests.