archie mac
International Coach
Foster and Barnes should be mentioned
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Greatest Fast Bowling Pair
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Tom 1972
School Boy/Girl Captain
McGrath/Gillespie were pretty good for quite a while. McGrath-Lee for a bit (statistically like Lillee-Thompson).
smash84
The Tiger King
I remember an article from cricinfo on fast bowling pairs and statistically Wasim and Waqar were slightly better than the others. Here is the article
Top fast-bowling pairs in Tests
Pair Team Matches Wickets Average 5WI 10WM
Lillee/Thomson Australia 26 217 27.20 9 0
Roberts/Holding West Indies30 233 25.65 13 3
Ambrose/Walsh West Indies95 762 22.67 36 5
Donald/Pollock South Africa47 397 21.84 22 1
Akram/Younis Pakistan 61 559 22.12 37 7
McGrath/Gillespie Aust58 484 23.01 23 1
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/490410.html
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smash84
The Tiger King
This is what Geoffrey Boycott had to say
MM: Faisal Cheema writes in from USA and he says that in the last 20 years or so we have seen some excellent fast bowling partnerships like Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald, and Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie. Who in your opinion has been the best fast bowling partnership?
GB: Fast bowlers are a thrilling sight. I think Pollock and Donald were very good, but as much as I love Pollock, he is not going to hurt you bowling a fast-medium pace. That is the thing about fast bowling. McGrath was a great bowler; Gillespie was a good bowler.
I will have to go with Ambrose and Walsh because both of them were fantastic bowlers. Also the two Ws - I liked Akram and Younis. They were fast, they could hurt you, they were a thrilling sight, and they just got wickets. Waqar at his peak was actually getting wickets quicker than anybody in the modern era. It was so thrilling to watch him with his little legs pumping and running in as he got the big swerve with the old ball. Wasim could bowl over the wicket or around the wicket. His bowling was fantastic. I liked the two Ws, to be honest.
'Today's administrators are greedy' | Bowl at Boycs | Cricinfo Talk | ESPN Cricinfo
MM: Faisal Cheema writes in from USA and he says that in the last 20 years or so we have seen some excellent fast bowling partnerships like Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald, and Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie. Who in your opinion has been the best fast bowling partnership?
GB: Fast bowlers are a thrilling sight. I think Pollock and Donald were very good, but as much as I love Pollock, he is not going to hurt you bowling a fast-medium pace. That is the thing about fast bowling. McGrath was a great bowler; Gillespie was a good bowler.
I will have to go with Ambrose and Walsh because both of them were fantastic bowlers. Also the two Ws - I liked Akram and Younis. They were fast, they could hurt you, they were a thrilling sight, and they just got wickets. Waqar at his peak was actually getting wickets quicker than anybody in the modern era. It was so thrilling to watch him with his little legs pumping and running in as he got the big swerve with the old ball. Wasim could bowl over the wicket or around the wicket. His bowling was fantastic. I liked the two Ws, to be honest.
'Today's administrators are greedy' | Bowl at Boycs | Cricinfo Talk | ESPN Cricinfo
Tom 1972
School Boy/Girl Captain
@ their peak (might have only been 18 months), surely Lillee/Thompson were more menacing?Sounds like he changed his mind halfway through.
I think at their peak there's no pair you'd rather watch than Wasim and Waqar. He definately has a point there.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
I've never rated Lee much as a test bowler. McGrath/Gillespie were pretty good for quite a while, yes. Like Lillee-Thomson, yes almost.
smash84
The Tiger King
If by menacing you mean out to hurt the batsmen then surely there would be few, if any, who would be as menacing as Lille Thommo
Howe_zat
Audio File
Undoubtedly. Whether or not that means they were better to watch is obviously something of opinion. For me, it doesn't.
lockton2skipper
U19 Debutant
bob willis and ian botham were farly usefull.
slowfinger
International Debutant
Inzi on his own bowling counts as a pair?
Anyway I like the Curtley/Holding more than anything. Too consistent to miss.
Anyway I like the Curtley/Holding more than anything. Too consistent to miss.