{"id":195741,"date":"2025-06-19T00:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195741\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T00:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:18:11","slug":"nobody-has-been-as-quick-david-bumble-lloyd-names-the-one-bowler-better-than-jasprit-bumrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195741\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Nobody has been as quick’ – David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd names the one bowler better than Jasprit Bumrah"},"content":{"rendered":"

David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd has revealed the one feat stopping Jasprit Bumrah from being the greatest bowler of all time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Indian cricketer has dazzled with his pace during his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

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Lloyd has dismissed the suggestion Bumrah is the greatest bowler of all timeCredit: Getty Images – Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The India pace bowler has taken 205 Test wickets in 45 matchesCredit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n

Bumrah has taken 205 Test wickets in 45 matches as well as starring for Gujarat domestically.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he won the T20 World Cup with India last year and features in the IPL for the Mumbai Indians.<\/p>\n

Despite his ability and accolades, Lloyd believes there is one legendary bowler who stands head and shoulders above the rest.<\/p>\n

The former England man highlights the pace and wicket haul of Fred Trueman as the difference between him and Bumrah.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch of The Overlap and Betfair’s Stick to Cricket show Lloyd explained: “Jasprit Bumrah is a very good bowler but is he the greatest bowler of all time? No, Fred Trueman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Nobody has been as quick as Fred. Who was the first person to get 300 test match wickets? Fred. And he only played 60 test matches.<\/p>\n

“I remember one day someone said to him: \u2018He’s marvellous this chap (Darren) Gough, he’s rather quick. I think he’s probably the quickest bowler that Yorkshire has produced since the war.\u2019<\/p>\n

“Fred just replied with, \u2018I can bowl faster than that in my mac and a pair of f****** wellingtons!\u2019”<\/p>\n

Trueman holds the distinction of being the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets.<\/p>\n

Across just 67 Test matches between 1952 and 1967, the Englishman took 307 wickets.<\/p>\n

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Trueman’s pace and wicket haul set him aside according to LloydCredit: Getty Images – Getty\"Bumrah<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bumrah will lead India’s attack against England this summerCredit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also claimed 2,304 first-class wickets, with the majority coming for Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Trueman sadly passed away aged 75 in 2006 but was later honoured by the ECB.<\/p>\n

He was named in England’s all-time greatest Test XI in 2018 ahead of their 1,000th Test match.<\/p>\n

Lloyd had witnessed Trueman’s prowess himself before playing nine Test matches for England between 1974 and 1975.<\/p>\n

As for Bumrah, the 31-year-old can add to his own legacy during India’s tour of England<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n

Their five-match Test series<\/a> is set to get underway in Leeds this week.<\/p>\n

The first Test at Headingley starts on Friday, with Bumrah a member of the India squad.<\/p>\n

Further Tests are scheduled for Edgbaston, Lord’s, Old Trafford and The Oval across July and August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd has revealed the one feat stopping Jasprit Bumrah from being the greatest bowler of all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79554,7504,79555,43158,11539,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-195741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-david-lloyd","10":"tag-england-cricket","11":"tag-fred-trueman","12":"tag-india-cricket","13":"tag-jasprit-bumrah","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114707163208090529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}