Over the past decade, Glenn McGrath has been able to bowl out even the best batting sides with as it sometimes seems with ease. What we did not see is that Sydney Francis Barnes had the same effect over 90 years ago.
Barnes would have easily had better conditions due to uncovered pitches but there is no doubt that Barnes was a superb bowler and regarded as by all who've seen him, the greatest bowler they have seen.
What do these two have in common that allows them to put fear in the eyes of batsmen?
They do have a different way of moving the ball since Barnes used genuine leg spinners or off spinners where as McGrath used the traditional seam movement but the they have many things in common such as they were both naggingly accurate and would probe away at the batsmen and give nothing away, they both had perfect actions in which people could model for their style of bowling, they both had an aggressive attitude and self believe that they would be successful under any circumstance.
Its up to you to decide which one is better. I feel Barnes is the better bowler because friendly conditions or not, Barnes was able to tear good batting line-ups apart for near to nothing and apart from Frank Foster and a few others he did it on his own for the main part.
Its up to you to decide who is better.
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That looks great well done Rob!
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