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

 

[PhatBoy]

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?

He’s miles better than Akhtar, Anderson, probably Walsh, tracking to be better than Waqar.

The ONLY thing you could say about his record is that he has got the chance to fatten it during this series against a very underperforming batting line up: but none of the other Indian bowlers have managed to do that. So how much of it is down to Bumrah himself? On his other tours here Australia hasn’t been nearly as inept. Smith has been at his peak, Labuschagne when he was averaging well over 50, Warner, Khawaja, Shaun Marsh who averaged over 40 in Australia, Head has been part of all those series and while not the force he is now was always a comfortable performer at test level. Handscomb played one of those series and he had an average in Australia of 47.

This isn’t a man playing against Bangladesh teams at the beginning of their test journey to fatten his stats. It’s a man who’s averaging 17 for his career in India and also taking his wickets at no higher than 26 in any country he’s played, aside from NZ where he has ‘struggled’ to the tune of 6 wickets at 31 in his 2 tests. Remember, before he came along their second best ever paceman was Javagal Srinath who averaged 30 for his career.

Bumrah’s one ‘weak spot’ is a country where he’s played two tests almost 5 years ago where he averages virtually the same.

Batting quality on a whole may have gone down a bit lately.

But when you balance that out against more teams being able to bat down to 9, 10 or even 11, bigger bats, shorter boundaries, it probably levels out to some extent.

His record is absolutely extraordinary and the only thing most of the bowlers you listed have over him is longevity - and a few of them won’t have that soon: Roberts and Holding for example

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Not as good as Steyn for mine of the recent greats but he's bloody good.

Feel like the batting around the world in general has taken a bit of a downturn recently so I've marked him down a touch due to that. Sure it will pick up soon with some great young talents coming through but he's absolutely dominating those in front of him for the time being.

Would love to see how Smith in his prime would go against him, current Smudge is a fair way off his peak.

 

[JackFlash]

He’s miles better than Akhtar, Anderson, probably Walsh, tracking to be better than Waqar.

The ONLY thing you could say about his record is that he has got the chance to fatten it during this series against a very underperforming batting line up: but none of the other Indian bowlers have managed to do that. So how much of it is down to Bumrah himself? On his other tours here Australia hasn’t been nearly as inept. Smith has been at his peak, Labuschagne when he was averaging well over 50, Warner, Khawaja, Shaun Marsh who averaged over 40 in Australia, Head has been part of all those series and while not the force he is now was always a comfortable performer at test level. Handscomb played one of those series and he had an average in Australia of 47.

This isn’t a man playing against Bangladesh teams at the beginning of their test journey to fatten his stats. It’s a man who’s averaging 17 for his career in India and also taking his wickets at no higher than 26 in any country he’s played, aside from NZ where he has ‘struggled’ to the tune of 6 wickets at 31 in his 2 tests. Remember, before he came along their second best ever paceman was Javagal Srinath who averaged 30 for his career.

Bumrah’s one ‘weak spot’ is a country where he’s played two tests almost 5 years ago where he averages virtually the same.

Batting quality on a whole may have gone down a bit lately.

But when you balance that out against more teams being able to bat down to 9, 10 or even 11, bigger bats, shorter boundaries, it probably levels out to some extent.

His record is absolutely extraordinary and the only thing most of the bowlers you listed have over him is longevity - and a few of them won’t have that soon: Roberts and Holding for example

I take into account the batting isn't as strong, he's not miles better than any of them, Bumrah is a good bowler in a weak era for batting affected badly by T20. The 80s and 90s had TEST batsmen. You could arguably make a case for Bumrah to be included in the top 20 of the past 40 years, but that's about it for me. This current Australian batting line up is very brittle and as usual we over rate blokes and use the GOAT far to frequently.

 

[The hands of stone]

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

I always laugh when people call him medium pace . He wasn't a tearaway but he was quick enough .
Felt a lot quicker than the gun because of that .

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I always laugh when people call him medium pace . He wasn't a tearaway but he was quick enough .
Felt a lot quicker than the gun because of that .

Also the taller bowlers seem to register slower for whatever reason

Whereas the speed gun loves pocket rockets like Fidel Edwards

 

[PhatBoy]

I take into account the batting isn't as strong, he's not miles better than any of them, Bumrah is a good bowler in a weak era for batting affected badly by T20. The 80s and 90s had TEST batsmen. You could arguably make a case for Bumrah to be included in the top 20 of the past 40 years, but that's about it for me. This current Australian batting line up is very brittle and as usual we over rate blokes and use the GOAT far to frequently.

The 80s and 90s had NZ who had 1 batsman that averaged over 40.
England had David Gower and Graham Gooch in the 80s after boycott retired, then Robin smith and they got rid of him halfway through his career. Their team was a joke.
Before Sangakkara and Jayawardene came along the only SL batsmen to ever average over 40 were Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillerkeratne and Jayasuriya, the latter of whom barely managed it.

Sri Lanka now is exponentially stronger than they were. England probably is too. NZ undoubtedly is. Australia right at the moment is weaker but up until 3-4 years ago that wasn’t the case: it’s 80s batting was a joke. 90s - yes it was strong.

Pakistan’s batting doesn’t retrospectively become a glory filled top 6 of world beaters across a couple of generations just because it’s been ordinary lately.

Across a decade and a half from 1980-1995 they had 6 batsmen that managed to average over 40 who played more than a handful of games in that period, and two of those were Zaheer towards the end of his career and Inzamam at the start of his. It did get stronger as Saeed Anwar joined Inzamam and Salem Malik and then later Yousuf, Younis etc came along at various stages.

West Indies have obviously dropped off exponentially, and SA have gone from mostly having a fairly loaded top 6 since readmission to having a poor one in the last 3-4 years.

 

[glengowan]

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.

Great summary. Spot on. Love your final two sentences.

Having witnessed the first two days in Adelaide, I had a chance (time wise) and had to get over to Melbourne to witness my first Boxing Day Test, so left the in-laws farm in the Mallee on Christmas evening to arrive at the MCG in time for ball one. It seemed the few wickets Australia plucked at the end of Day 2 should see the momentum Australia had gained since that Adelaide Test continue. But India dug in on day 3. As the western highway turned into the Dukes Highway and I slowly got closer to home, so to did India edge closer to Australia's target. Close enough for Bumrah, for not the first time, bowl India in front, at least according to winviz - which I had the luxury of viewing as I took in Day 4 at home in front of the TV. But this Australian team has ticker, and the tail lead by Cummins and Lyon, added crucial runs as Bumrah tired. So Australia takes in a hint of momentum to the morning of day 5. I feel more comfortable our bowlers bowling us to victory than if our batsmen were chasing a target with Bumrah opposing them. May Cummins give you another reason to write a piece in praise of his performance. If so, I look forward to reading.