Best performance by a left-arm pace bowler in a Test series?

[Harsh Thakor]

List of best bowling in a series in order of merit by a left handed fast bowler.


1.Mitchelle Johnson
v England in Australia in 2013-14

37 wkts


2.Wasim Akram
v New Zealand in 1994


25 wickets


3.Alan Davidson in India in 1959-60

29 wickets


4.Mitchelle Johnson in South Africa in 2013-14

22 wickets


5.Wasim Akram in Australia in 1989-90

17 wkts.


6.Wasim Akram v West Indies in Pakistan in 1990-91.


Still Place Mitchell Johnson's effort on top in 2013-14 when he took fast bowling skill to it's ultimate zenith blending pace,bounce and movement in perfect proportion.Here he looked closest to bowling machine personified.Wasim displayed superior talent and versatility but still Johnson looked the more lethal and struck more terror in the opponents,creating marginally more impact.Illustration of inspite of his being the greatest genius Wasim under-performed.Significantly Mitchel won a revenge Ashes series and one against the best team in the world then on their very soil South Africa.In his best 2 series Johnson was more dominating and impactful than any left arm paceman.Chose Alan Davidson as he was an overseas bowler performing in the sub-continent.

 

[Slog]

Has to be Johnson

 

[Kroll]

Apart from New Zealand, Akram had a good series against England in 92, not sure how many wickets as these would have been shared with Waqar. But yeah, Johnson looking the best.

 

[hadi123]

I can only talk about series I've watched so I will go for Johnson in that Ashes.

 

[Pakalulu]

Yes, Mitchell Johnson was so feared in those two series.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Wonder how many wickets amir took in 2010 tour in england

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Wonder how many wickets amir took in 2010 tour in england

19

 

[Justcrazy]

Johnson was lethal , batters were frightened by him. Unbelieveable impact he had.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Mitchell Johnson I mean the way he made them hop around the crease was a sight to behold

 

[Gabbar Singh]

It’s certainly not the best but for India fans Zaheer Khan’s performance in England in 2007 was sublime.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...72;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings

 

[leatherface58]

Mitchell Starc in Sri Lanka where Australia got destroyed recently.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Mitchell Johnson against England in the Ashes was invincible. I haven't seen hostile bowling in a long time.

 

[Hasan123]

Mitchell Johnson performance vs England in the 2013 ashes is one of the best I have seen.

 

[jeetu]

Left Arm Fast Bowler with min 17 wickets in a series

[table=width: 700, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]5W [/td][td]10W [/td][td]Start Date [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WJ Whitty (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]17.08 [/td][td]2.71 [/td][td]37.7 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 9, 1910 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]13.97 [/td][td]2.74 [/td][td]30.5 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 21, 2013 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AK Davidson (AUS) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]18.54 [/td][td]2.63 [/td][td]42.1 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]December 9, 1960 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]FR Foster (ENG) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]21.62 [/td][td]2.5 [/td][td]51.8 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 15, 1911 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AK Davidson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]14.86 [/td][td]1.76 [/td][td]50.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]December 12, 1959 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AE Hall (SA) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]18.55 [/td][td]1.99 [/td][td]55.7 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]January 1, 1923 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KD Ghavri (INDIA) [/td][td]6 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]23.48 [/td][td]3.1 [/td][td]45.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 1, 1978 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BA Reid (AUS) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]2.39 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]November 23, 1990 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]W Voce (ENG) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]21.53 [/td][td]2.59 [/td][td]49.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]December 4, 1936 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TL Goddard (SA) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]16.23 [/td][td]1.65 [/td][td]58.9 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 23, 1966 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JK Lever (ENG) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]14.61 [/td][td]2.53 [/td][td]34.5 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]December 17, 1976 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WPUJC Vaas (SL) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]15.42 [/td][td]2.85 [/td][td]32.3 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]November 13, 2001 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WJ Whitty (AUS) [/td][td]6 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]19.8 [/td][td]2.25 [/td][td]52.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]May 27, 1912 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TL Goddard (SA) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]21.12 [/td][td]1.67 [/td][td]75.7 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]June 9, 1955 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AK Davidson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]1.58 [/td][td]64.5 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 23, 1957 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]17.24 [/td][td]2.69 [/td][td]38.3 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]February 10, 1994 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AK Davidson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]1.86 [/td][td]61.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 5, 1958 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AK Davidson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]2.04 [/td][td]58.5 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 30, 1962 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]G Dymock (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]24.16 [/td][td]2.72 [/td][td]53.1 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]September 11, 1979 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Sidebottom (ENG) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]17.08 [/td][td]2.9 [/td][td]35.2 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]March 5, 2008 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]15.16 [/td][td]3.52 [/td][td]25.8 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]July 26, 2016 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]W Voce (ENG) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]24.39 [/td][td]2.23 [/td][td]65.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 24, 1930 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AK Davidson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]24.86 [/td][td]2.04 [/td][td]73.1 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]June 8, 1961 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]17.36 [/td][td]3.02 [/td][td]34.4 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]February 12, 2014 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]23.54 [/td][td]3.18 [/td][td]44.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 23, 2017 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]14.19 [/td][td]2.81 [/td][td]30.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 15, 1990 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]2.73 [/td][td]48.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]June 18, 1992 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IK Pathan (INDIA) [/td][td]2 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]11.28 [/td][td]3.63 [/td][td]18.6 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]September 13, 2005 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GJ Gilmour (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]20.3 [/td][td]3.11 [/td][td]39.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 28, 1975 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BA Reid (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]26.35 [/td][td]2.65 [/td][td]59.6 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 14, 1986 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BN Schultz (SA) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]16.3 [/td][td]2.62 [/td][td]37.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]August 25, 1993 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]32.55 [/td][td]4.01 [/td][td]48.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]July 8, 2009 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TA Boult (NZ) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]15.4 [/td][td]2.63 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]December 3, 2013 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Azeem Hafeez (PAK) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]38.57 [/td][td]3.74 [/td][td]61.7 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 11, 1983 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Amir (PAK) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]18.36 [/td][td]2.62 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]July 29, 2010 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GB Troup (NZ) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]20.61 [/td][td]2.28 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]February 8, 1980 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]30.61 [/td][td]2.69 [/td][td]68.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 15, 1989 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IK Pathan (INDIA) [/td][td]2 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]11.88 [/td][td]3.39 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]December 10, 2004 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]20.33 [/td][td]2.68 [/td][td]45.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]July 19, 2007 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]30.5 [/td][td]3.85 [/td][td]47.4 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]July 8, 2015 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]W Voce (ENG) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]34.35 [/td][td]3.1 [/td][td]66.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]January 11, 1930 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ERH Toshack (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]25.7 [/td][td]1.83 [/td][td]84 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 29, 1946 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]I Meckiff (AUS) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]17.17 [/td][td]1.95 [/td][td]52.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 5, 1958 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TL Goddard (SA) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]24.35 [/td][td]2.04 [/td][td]71.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]June 9, 1960 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RO Collinge (NZ) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]25.64 [/td][td]3.04 [/td][td]50.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]March 1, 1974 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]G Dymock (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]15.29 [/td][td]1.99 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]December 14, 1979 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]18.7 [/td][td]2.34 [/td][td]47.8 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]January 12, 1990 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MR Whitney (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]21.11 [/td][td]3.07 [/td][td]41.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]November 29, 1991 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]17.29 [/td][td]2.74 [/td][td]37.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]November 17, 1997 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Sidebottom (ENG) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]20.47 [/td][td]2.67 [/td][td]45.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]May 15, 2008 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

 

[jeetu]

Adding above table with min 15 wickets in a series

[table=width: 700, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]5W [/td][td]10W [/td][td]Start Date [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]25.88 [/td][td]2.75 [/td][td]56.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]12/17/2008 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]28.05 [/td][td]4.32 [/td][td]38.9 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]11/26/2009 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GH Hirst (ENG) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]21.75 [/td][td]2.42 [/td][td]53.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]5/27/1909 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BD Julien (WI) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]23.62 [/td][td]2.17 [/td][td]65.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2/2/1974 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]2.56 [/td][td]67.7 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]6/4/1987 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WPUJC Vaas (SL) [/td][td]2 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]11.06 [/td][td]2.06 [/td][td]32.1 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]3/11/1995 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WPUJC Vaas (SL) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]15.25 [/td][td]2.2 [/td][td]41.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2/22/2001 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Sidebottom (ENG) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]19.68 [/td][td]2.86 [/td][td]41.2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]5/25/2007 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]33.12 [/td][td]3.15 [/td][td]63 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/26/2007 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]2.87 [/td][td]52.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2/26/2009 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GH Hirst (ENG) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]30.06 [/td][td]2.64 [/td][td]68.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/11/1903 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]W Voce (ENG) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]27.13 [/td][td]3.04 [/td][td]53.4 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/2/1932 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TL Goddard (SA) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]24.66 [/td][td]1.28 [/td][td]114.9 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/24/1956 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RO Collinge (NZ) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]17.66 [/td][td]2.42 [/td][td]43.6 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]1/22/1965 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IJ Jones (ENG) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]35.53 [/td][td]3.09 [/td][td]68.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/30/1965 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RF Surti (INDIA) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]35.2 [/td][td]3.37 [/td][td]62.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/23/1967 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RO Collinge (NZ) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]19.53 [/td][td]2.1 [/td][td]55.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2/10/1978 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KD Ghavri (INDIA) [/td][td]6 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]41.06 [/td][td]3.39 [/td][td]72.6 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]11/21/1979 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]18.4 [/td][td]3.02 [/td][td]36.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2/16/1999 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wasim Akram (PAK) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]17.6 [/td][td]2.26 [/td][td]46.5 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]5/5/2000 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]37.86 [/td][td]3.01 [/td][td]75.2 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]4/11/2002 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JEC Franklin (NZ) [/td][td]3 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]25.6 [/td][td]4.19 [/td][td]36.6 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]4/15/2006 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]2 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]19.53 [/td][td]3.68 [/td][td]31.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1/17/2010 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]36.93 [/td][td]4.05 [/td][td]54.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]11/25/2010 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Z Khan (INDIA) [/td][td]4 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]31.8 [/td][td]3.24 [/td][td]58.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]12/26/2011 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]5 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]34.93 [/td][td]3.73 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]7/8/2015 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

 

[Robert]

Johnno in Ashes 2013/4.

He said even KP looked scared.

It was good captaincy by Clarke who took Johnno off after four bad overs at the start of England's first innings of the series. He might have gone back into Sloop John B mode. But Harris got Cook out cheaply, Clarke brought Johnno back on, he took nine wickets in the match and went from strength to strength.