Actually his record was better than I remembered
259 test wickets, average of only 21. Impressive.
Vs Bumrah - 205 wickets, average 19
But different age - better batting wickets, higher scores nowadays. I’d say Bumrah is further ahead of Garner than those numbers suggest.
Posted By: Bertie Russell on June 21st 2025 at 18:49:05
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- Not sure I’ve ever seen Root being examined like this (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 17:52:29
- Fnarr (n/m) (Other Sports) - APB, Jun 21, 21:44:59
- Appears he has (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 17:55:22
- Poor that from the Ump, that was going way down leg. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 21, 17:59:25
- Dubz - Bumrah up there for the best fast bowler we’ve seen? (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 18:03:46
- Certainly of the modern multi format era (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Jun 21, 18:06:00
- Has to be really although I would say he's medium-fast not a genunie quicky (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 21, 18:07:44
- That would be Garner. Best I have seen anyway (n/m) (Other Sports) - Milko, Jun 21, 18:25:48
- Really? I remember Garner. Fun, but not even the best in that WI attack (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 18:39:39
- In my time it would be Malcolm Marshall, even allowing for my Hampshire bias (n/m) (Other Sports) - watfordcanary, Jun 21, 19:02:55
- I'd loved to have seen Michael holding live, that chilled out run up then boof. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 21, 18:49:21
- Actually his record was better than I remembered (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 18:49:05
- Tend to agree. But i saw garner live. Impressive bowler up close (n/m) (Other Sports) - Milko, Jun 21, 21:12:15
- Really? I remember Garner. Fun, but not even the best in that WI attack (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 18:39:39
- That would be Garner. Best I have seen anyway (n/m) (Other Sports) - Milko, Jun 21, 18:25:48
- Has to be really although I would say he's medium-fast not a genunie quicky (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 21, 18:07:44
- Certainly of the modern multi format era (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Jun 21, 18:06:00
- Dubz - Bumrah up there for the best fast bowler we’ve seen? (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Jun 21, 18:03:46
- Poor that from the Ump, that was going way down leg. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 21, 17:59:25
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