The best left-arm pacers of this era: Mohammed Amir, Mitchell Starc and Joel Paris?

[jaf348]

Boult is comfortably the best left arm bowler at the moment and a top 3 overall giving how often he demolishes batting lineups, something Amir hasn't done too often barring the CT final. Some of his notable performances over the past 2 years :

6-32 1st innings, 1st test vs England 2018
6-30 2nd innings, 2nd test vs Sri Lanka 2018
Hat-trick vs Pakistan 1st ODI 2018
5-17 vs Pakistan 5th ODI 2018
7-34 vs West Indies 2nd ODI 2017
6-33 vs Australia 3rd ODI 2017

 

[mastersaan10]

Boult for me too. Always looks dangerous

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

I ruled out Boult because after knee injury for 12-24 months he wasn’t doing anything of note. His pace was down aswell as his averages and SR.

Amir bowling at 150 kph with that late swing was absolutely jaw dropping and unmatched. It was a spectacular step. CT final spell was a gem aswell.


But nothing except those two short bursts has excited me in last 2-3 years. Not sure about future wrt current fitness n energy levels.



Boult had a serious knee injury. So did Umar Gul & Junaid Khan. Neither of Gul or Junaid bowled at speeds prior to injury. But look at Boult. He is bowling as quick and as well as ever. Well done New Zealand Cricket.



Currently Boult is number 1 for me and Starc is at 2. Starc will bounce back especially in Odis. Teams should be wary of fully fit Starc at WC 2019.



Paris ? Let’s hope this current injury is the last setback. If he stays fit after this and doesn’t lose pace than I see him as a faster version of Boult with more bounce. I spotted him first in champions league and he looked destined for great things but injuries have followed him since than.

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

Looks like two out of the three best left arm pacers of this era will not be picked for the World Cup 2019 after Amir has been dropped from the squad.

 

[jeetu]

Most successful Left Arm Pacer in last 5 years (min 10 wickets)

Tests
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]5W [/td][td]10W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]170 [/td][td]26.9 [/td][td]3.39 [/td][td]47.5 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TA Boult (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]164 [/td][td]28.01 [/td][td]3.02 [/td][td]55.6 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Wagner (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]24.5 [/td][td]2.96 [/td][td]49.6 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Amir (PAK) [/td][td]2016-2019 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]68 [/td][td]31.51 [/td][td]2.7 [/td][td]69.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]66 [/td][td]34.6 [/td][td]3.39 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2015 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]33.69 [/td][td]3.57 [/td][td]56.6 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rahat Ali (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]36.64 [/td][td]3.22 [/td][td]68.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]35.17 [/td][td]3.2 [/td][td]65.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MVT Fernando (SL) [/td][td]2016-2019 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]26.26 [/td][td]3.79 [/td][td]41.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Junaid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2015 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]41.66 [/td][td]3.51 [/td][td]71.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Curran (ENG) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]34.2 [/td][td]3.44 [/td][td]59.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]31.41 [/td][td]3.65 [/td][td]51.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

ODI
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]4W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TA Boult (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]141 [/td][td]5.09 [/td][td]27.9 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]108 [/td][td]4.92 [/td][td]26.7 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]77 [/td][td]4.71 [/td][td]27.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JP Faulkner (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]5.39 [/td][td]34.8 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]5.82 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WD Parnell (SA) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]5.76 [/td][td]28.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DJ Willey (ENG) [/td][td]2015-2018 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]5.67 [/td][td]36.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Irfan (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2016 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]5.11 [/td][td]39.7 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CJ Anderson (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]6.05 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Amir (PAK) [/td][td]2016-2019 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]4.88 [/td][td]48.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Junaid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]5.73 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MJ McClenaghan (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2016 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]6.04 [/td][td]35.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2015 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]31 [/td][td]4.66 [/td][td]27.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Usman Shinwari (PAK) [/td][td]2017-2019 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]4.91 [/td][td]23.5 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]4.78 [/td][td]24.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rahat Ali (PAK) [/td][td]2015-2016 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]5.71 [/td][td]36.3 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shapoor Zadran (AFG) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]5.02 [/td][td]60.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJW Topley (ENG) [/td][td]2015-2016 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]5.31 [/td][td]28.9 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SS Cottrell (WI) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]6.21 [/td][td]25.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rumman Raees (PAK) [/td][td]2017-2018 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]6.01 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KK Ahmed (INDIA) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]5.36 [/td][td]34.3 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HF Gurney (ENG) [/td][td]2014-2014 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]5.69 [/td][td]41.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BV Vitori (ZIM) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]6.27 [/td][td]52.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

 

[Gabbar Singh]

And only one of them makes it to the WC.

 

[angrypathan]

Still get a good laugh seeing Joel Paris' name in the title

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Currently, this is the order if all formats are combined:

1) Trent Boult
2) Mitchell Starc
3) Mohammad Amir
4) Shaheen Afridi
5) Neil Wagner
6) Junaid Khan
7) Usman Shinwari
8) Jason Behrendorff
9) Mustafizur Rahman
10) David Willey

 

[JattMaula]

Most successful Left Arm Pacer in last 5 years (min 10 wickets)

Tests
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]5W [/td][td]10W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]170 [/td][td]26.9 [/td][td]3.39 [/td][td]47.5 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TA Boult (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]164 [/td][td]28.01 [/td][td]3.02 [/td][td]55.6 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Wagner (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]24.5 [/td][td]2.96 [/td][td]49.6 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Amir (PAK) [/td][td]2016-2019 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]68 [/td][td]31.51 [/td][td]2.7 [/td][td]69.8 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]66 [/td][td]34.6 [/td][td]3.39 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2015 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]33.69 [/td][td]3.57 [/td][td]56.6 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rahat Ali (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]36.64 [/td][td]3.22 [/td][td]68.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]35.17 [/td][td]3.2 [/td][td]65.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MVT Fernando (SL) [/td][td]2016-2019 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]26.26 [/td][td]3.79 [/td][td]41.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Junaid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2015 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]41.66 [/td][td]3.51 [/td][td]71.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Curran (ENG) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]34.2 [/td][td]3.44 [/td][td]59.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]31.41 [/td][td]3.65 [/td][td]51.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

ODI
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Econ [/td][td]SR [/td][td]4W [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TA Boult (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]141 [/td][td]5.09 [/td][td]27.9 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MA Starc (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]108 [/td][td]4.92 [/td][td]26.7 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]77 [/td][td]4.71 [/td][td]27.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JP Faulkner (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]5.39 [/td][td]34.8 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]5.82 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WD Parnell (SA) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]5.76 [/td][td]28.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DJ Willey (ENG) [/td][td]2015-2018 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]5.67 [/td][td]36.6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Irfan (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2016 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]5.11 [/td][td]39.7 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CJ Anderson (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2017 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]6.05 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Amir (PAK) [/td][td]2016-2019 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]4.88 [/td][td]48.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Junaid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]5.73 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MJ McClenaghan (NZ) [/td][td]2014-2016 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]6.04 [/td][td]35.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MG Johnson (AUS) [/td][td]2014-2015 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]31 [/td][td]4.66 [/td][td]27.1 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Usman Shinwari (PAK) [/td][td]2017-2019 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]4.91 [/td][td]23.5 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]4.78 [/td][td]24.2 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rahat Ali (PAK) [/td][td]2015-2016 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]5.71 [/td][td]36.3 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shapoor Zadran (AFG) [/td][td]2014-2019 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]5.02 [/td][td]60.6 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJW Topley (ENG) [/td][td]2015-2016 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]5.31 [/td][td]28.9 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SS Cottrell (WI) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]6.21 [/td][td]25.8 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rumman Raees (PAK) [/td][td]2017-2018 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]6.01 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KK Ahmed (INDIA) [/td][td]2018-2019 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]5.36 [/td][td]34.3 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HF Gurney (ENG) [/td][td]2014-2014 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]5.69 [/td][td]41.3 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BV Vitori (ZIM) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]6.27 [/td][td]52.5 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

Average coloum is missing from odi's.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Who was Joel Paris and what happened to him ?

 

[b.lesner]

Who was Joel Paris and what happened to him ?

he was one of the best upcoming pacers of Australia he bowled 145+ with swing i enjoyed watching him bowl but unfortunately was injured and haven't heard about him since

 

[wrongun]

He just seems completely off the selectors radar now. (Paris)

He's been playing state cricket but he's not regarded as a star anymore. I don't think he's taken any 5fers or big season tallies to get noticed again.

I think his problem is that as a tall lefty seamer from Perth, he bowls next to Behrendorff every week on the same pitches in the same team & the 'Dorff takes more wickets & impresses selectors more.

Given Mitchell Starc is our #1 left arm quick then Paris is down the list a fair way. He might make some A-Tours if he stays fit & consistent, now the Behrendorrf has moved up into the top squads.

 

[MenInG]

Mohammad Amir a pale shadow of his earlier days...

 

[in_cutter]

Close thread

 

[Gabbar Singh]

The lefties are setting this World Cup alight.

 

[AdamM97]

Mitch Starc is better. Amir is gradually becoming better and better but at the moment Starc is the best.

 

[Hasan123]

Mitchell Starc is the best left armer of this era.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Starc is the last man standing.

 

[shamaan]

Thiers no question starc is way ahead