Jasprit Bumrah

[MC Bad Genius]

Jasprit Bumrah: The complete bowler, whatever the format

Jasprit Bumrah: The complete bowler, whatever the format

It is early days yet, but the Indian paceman's numbers in all formats - especially Tests - are astounding | ESPNcricinfo.com

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Nice article in cricinfo today comparing his stats against his contemporaries and past players.

Yeah, I read that one and it really highlights how incredible the start to his international career has been. Fingers crossed for his sake (and for India's) that he continues to perform at such a high standard ... but that somehow Smith and the rest of the Australian batters find a way to work him out .

He seems like a genuinely good human too. Need more and more of them in this era of cricket!

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[STFU Donnie]

I thought I'd update this thread, seeing as he's just bowled India to victory over Sri Lanka with match figures of 8-47.

His stats (as of today):
Tests: 29 matches, 123 wickets @ 21.73, ER 2.65, SR 49.20;

ODI: 70 matches, 113 wickets @ 25.42, ER 4.66, SR 32.77;

T20I: 57 matches, 67 wickets @ 19.90; ER 6.51, SR 18.34.

The stats I posted in the OP were pretty unsustainable, and there has been a bit of regression towards the mean, though his T20I stats have improved slightly. Still, very bloody impressive!

 

[MC Bad Genius]

I thought I'd update this thread, seeing as he's just bowled India to victory over Sri Lanka with match figures of 8-47.

His stats (as of today):
Tests: 29 matches, 123 wickets @ 21.73, ER 2.65, SR 49.20;

ODI: 70 matches, 113 wickets @ 25.42, ER 4.66, SR 32.77;

T20I: 57 matches, 67 wickets @ 19.90; ER 6.51, SR 18.34.

The stats I posted in the OP were pretty unsustainable, and there has been a bit of regression towards the mean, though his T20I stats have improved slightly. Still, very bloody impressive!

That's still amazing reading in all forms. I know stats don't always tell the whole story, but where do his Test stats rank compared to the other current fast bowlers?

 

[The Passenger]

That's still amazing reading in all forms. I know stats don't always tell the whole story, but where do his Test stats rank compared to the other current fast bowlers?

Last 5 years, minimum 50 wickets, fourth best average.

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

stats.espncricinfo.com

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2022	14	28	478.3	158	1236	66	6/48	11/117	18.72	2.58	43.5	5	1
M Morkel (SA)	2017-2018	14	27	452.2	109	1390	65	5/21	9/110	21.38	3.07	41.7	2	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2017-2022	47	86	1592.4	484	3704	173	7/42	9/43	21.41	2.32	55.2	10	0
JJ Bumrah (INDIA)	2018-2022	29	56	1008.4	250	2673	123	6/27	9/86	21.73	2.65	49.2	8	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2022	39	75	1425.4	353	3939	180	6/23	10/62	21.88	2.76	47.5	5	1
K Rabada (SA)	2017-2022	37	69	1238.0	256	3983	179	6/54	11/150	22.25	3.21	41.4	6	2
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2022	18	34	534.0	128	1649	74	5/27	10/114	22.28	3.08	43.2	6	1
I Sharma (INDIA)	2017-2021	29	54	761.5	168	2127	94	5/22	9/78	22.62	2.79	48.6	4	0
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	12	23	300.0	47	1162	51	6/37	11/96	22.78	3.87	35.2	3	1
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2021	25	44	855.4	261	2072	90	5/33	10/95	23.02	2.42	57.0	4	1
R Ashwin (INDIA)	2017-2022	39	74	1542.2	325	3997	173	7/145	9/207	23.10	2.59	53.4	5	0
JO Holder (WI)	2017-2022	34	63	1046.0	296	2554	110	6/42	11/103	23.21	2.44	57.0	7	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2017-2022	29	57	1155.0	286	3207	137	6/43	9/110	23.40	2.77	50.5	8	0
Mohammed Shami (INDIA)	2017-2022	37	70	1049.5	221	3311	138	6/56	8/107	23.99	3.15	45.6	4	0
KAJ Roach (WI)	2017-2022	32	58	960.3	251	2739	113	5/8	8/82	24.23	2.85	51.0	3	0
VD Philander (SA)	2017-2020	23	43	630.1	195	1530	63	6/21	9/51	24.28	2.42	60.0	2	0
N Wagner (NZ)	2017-2022	28	53	1027.0	228	2946	121	7/39	9/73	24.34	2.86	50.9	5	0
UT Yadav (INDIA)	2017-2022	23	46	567.4	84	1944	78	6/88	10/133	24.92	3.42	43.6	2	1

 

[STFU Donnie]

Last 5 years, minimum 50 wickets, fourth best average.

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

stats.espncricinfo.com

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2022	14	28	478.3	158	1236	66	6/48	11/117	18.72	2.58	43.5	5	1
M Morkel (SA)	2017-2018	14	27	452.2	109	1390	65	5/21	9/110	21.38	3.07	41.7	2	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2017-2022	47	86	1592.4	484	3704	173	7/42	9/43	21.41	2.32	55.2	10	0
JJ Bumrah (INDIA)	2018-2022	29	56	1008.4	250	2673	123	6/27	9/86	21.73	2.65	49.2	8	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2022	39	75	1425.4	353	3939	180	6/23	10/62	21.88	2.76	47.5	5	1
K Rabada (SA)	2017-2022	37	69	1238.0	256	3983	179	6/54	11/150	22.25	3.21	41.4	6	2
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2022	18	34	534.0	128	1649	74	5/27	10/114	22.28	3.08	43.2	6	1
I Sharma (INDIA)	2017-2021	29	54	761.5	168	2127	94	5/22	9/78	22.62	2.79	48.6	4	0
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	12	23	300.0	47	1162	51	6/37	11/96	22.78	3.87	35.2	3	1
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2021	25	44	855.4	261	2072	90	5/33	10/95	23.02	2.42	57.0	4	1
R Ashwin (INDIA)	2017-2022	39	74	1542.2	325	3997	173	7/145	9/207	23.10	2.59	53.4	5	0
JO Holder (WI)	2017-2022	34	63	1046.0	296	2554	110	6/42	11/103	23.21	2.44	57.0	7	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2017-2022	29	57	1155.0	286	3207	137	6/43	9/110	23.40	2.77	50.5	8	0
Mohammed Shami (INDIA)	2017-2022	37	70	1049.5	221	3311	138	6/56	8/107	23.99	3.15	45.6	4	0
KAJ Roach (WI)	2017-2022	32	58	960.3	251	2739	113	5/8	8/82	24.23	2.85	51.0	3	0
VD Philander (SA)	2017-2020	23	43	630.1	195	1530	63	6/21	9/51	24.28	2.42	60.0	2	0
N Wagner (NZ)	2017-2022	28	53	1027.0	228	2946	121	7/39	9/73	24.34	2.86	50.9	5	0
UT Yadav (INDIA)	2017-2022	23	46	567.4	84	1944	78	6/88	10/133	24.92	3.42	43.6	2	1

Good stuff. Jimmy Anderson stands out - third best average coupled with best economy rate. Plus the most Michelles. Ageless.

 

[STFU Donnie]

I thought I'd update this thread again.

His stats (as of today):
Tests: 43 matches, 194 wickets @ 19.53, ER 2.75, SR 42.53;

ODI: 89 matches, 149 wickets @ 23.55, ER 4.60, SR 30.74;

T20I: 70 matches, 89 wickets @ 17.74; ER 6.28, SR 16.96.

Ignore what I posted in my previous post about being unsustainable, and regression towards the mean. His averages and strike rates are all better - a test bowling average south of 20. Freak!!

 

[010203]

Well done to this site for going over 30 posts without turning a discussion about Bumrah into a debate about the legality of his action.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Well done to this site for going over 30 posts without turn6 a discussion around Bumrah into a debate about the legality of his action.

Until you brought it up

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

he's a joy to watch

can't imagine those facing him feel the same

 

[corbies]

Well done to this site for going over 30 posts without turning a discussion about Bumrah into a debate about the legality of his action.

It's because this place has become woke

 

[PhatBoy]

It's because this place has become woke

Good one Bear.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

If he was throwing in the way certain elements of cricket twitter seem to think he is, his elbow would have ceased functioning four or five years ago.

Just an absolute freak of nature - up there with Curtly, Warne, Steyn and Johnson (circa 13-14 at least) in terms of bowlers where you literally can't look away when you're watching live, because there's a chance you'll miss something amazing.

 

[Golumless]

While the validity of any x-score ranking should be taken with a grain of salt, that's a real "Jasprit is a genuine master of fast bowling" kind of stat.

 

[Pistol Night]

If he was throwing in the way certain elements of cricket twitter seem to think he is, his elbow would have ceased functioning four or five years ago.

Just an absolute freak of nature - up there with Curtly, Warne, Steyn and Johnson (circa 13-14 at least) in terms of bowlers where you literally can't look away when you're watching live, because there's a chance you'll miss something amazing.

Hes got me fooled. He looks like hes bowling with 2 straight arms in plaster

 

[Cursed Cat]

It's no coincidence that India breached Australia on her own shores twice - and now maybe thrice - with Jasprit Bumrah as a spearhead.

From the moment I first laid eyes on him he presented as a unique and formidable talent, winning Man of the Match honors in his first game in Australia with the white ball.

The late Dean Jones was in the commentary box for that match, and he foresaw big things for the young Indian quick with the surely unsustainable run-up/action.

Dean Jones informed audiences that he'd previously dubbed Bumrah ''The Grinch'' - something relating to his prominent and expressive eyebrows from memory - which seemed a reductive and vaguely distasteful moniker for such a promising young talent.

Years later coming into a Boxing Day test match it seems all-too poignant; the Outsider who came to Ruin Christmas.

Jasprit Bumrah has had as much impact as any fast bowler I have seen bowl in Australia in the last 39 or so years (I'm older than that, but I remember cricket well from about 1985) - Sir Richard Hadlee and Curtly Ambrose are perhaps the only other quicks that have quite so regularly humbled Australia, in Australia.

Bumrah's method is every bit as remarkable as the results.

We all know the method: truncated, stuttering run up. Exaggerated windmill action, the elbow hyperextending in the ''wrong'' direction.

The delivery release deceptively closer to the batsman than any other fast bowler gets; the ball also coming out of the hand with wonderful dexterity and craft; Bumrah can vary his pace at will but his very best, but his fizziest deliveries seem to come over the top of the hand, almost like an off-spinner's arm-ball.

Like it or not he is every bit as quick as Pat Cummins, probably as quick as Rabada too for that matter. Starc might have him covered, but there's not a lot in it (Yes quicks like Mark Wood and Andrich Nortje are quicker, but lets not be pedantic).

Bumrah consistently gets more bounce than the batsman his anticipating; good length balls threaten the knuckles and forearms.

His yorker is a searing, venomous snake, usually ducks in dramatically but can also on occasion pitch on leg stump and knock over middle and off.

Cuts it off the pitch either direction seemingly at will.

Historically he will fall somewhere between the artistry and brilliance of Malcolm Marshall and Wasim Akram and the control and relentlessness of Glenn McGrath and Curtly Ambrose.

In saying all that, if Pat Cummins is able to deliver us a step closer to an overdue BTG trophy tomorrow with the ball I will be writing a post every bit as flowery as this one for the skipper.

 

[JackFlash]

Bumrah is a great bowler, but let's not get carried away. The batting isn't the best by a long way.

My top 12 opposition fast bowlers i've seen:

Malcolm Marshall
Andy Roberts
Michael Holding
Curtly Ambrose
Wasim Akram
Alan Donald
Jimmy Anderson
Courtney Walsh
Shaob Aktar
Dale Steyn
Waqar Younis
Richard Hadlee

You could argue to consider Bumrah somewhere between 13-20?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

From memory Glenn McGrath was another bowler whose release point was well in front of the crease, making him quicker than the radar would indicate