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Wasim, Waqar, McGrath, Gillespie etc were all playing late 90's early 2000's ftr. And they've got Anderson and Philander covered tstl.
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Best Fast Bowler of the last 20 years
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Wasim and Waqar weren't really the same bowlers they were in the 90s though.. Really it was only McGrath, Gillespie and Akhtar, maybe
Agent Nationaux
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Asif was amazing during his short stint. Could have challenged Philander right now.
harsh.ag
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I agree with Benchy that batting conditions seemed easier in the early to mid 2000s. Why this was so? I always assumed it was a combination of flatter pitches and lesser quality of bowlers after Ambrose, Wasim-Waqar, Donald retired.
But now I am thinking along the lines of historical patterns. Before the early 70s revolution of fast bowling, there were usually just 1 or 2 great pacers in a generation. Larwood (the first great pace bowler), Lindwall-Miller, Trueman-Hall, Snow.
So perhaps the great numbers we saw in the 70s, 80s and 90s were not the normal state of affairs.
Now South Africa has definitely been a god place for fast bowling, considerably better than Australia, where the pitches have definitely flattened since the 90s, although I would be hard pressed to give an exact date for the decline.
But now I am thinking along the lines of historical patterns. Before the early 70s revolution of fast bowling, there were usually just 1 or 2 great pacers in a generation. Larwood (the first great pace bowler), Lindwall-Miller, Trueman-Hall, Snow.
So perhaps the great numbers we saw in the 70s, 80s and 90s were not the normal state of affairs.
Now South Africa has definitely been a god place for fast bowling, considerably better than Australia, where the pitches have definitely flattened since the 90s, although I would be hard pressed to give an exact date for the decline.
the big bambino
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Fast bowling numbers for all countries have been pretty constant over the generations or thereabouts. The only team where there was an abnormal breakout of fast bowlers was the WI from the late 70s to early 90s