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Fast/Seam Bowlers of the 1990s - anyone for a Top Ten?
Just continuing from the earlier thread, it's difficult to remember another era where there was so much depth of quality pace and seam bowling.
There were clearly some sides possessed of greater strength in depth than others, but there was at least some sense of it being a worldwide thing, with all of the Test nations having at least one decent new ball bowler. My top ten from the 1990's for what it's worth, looks something like:- 1 - Curtly Ambrose 2 - Waqar Younis 3 - Allan Donald 4 - Glenn McGrath 5 - Wasim Akram 6 - Courtney Walsh 7 - Jason Gillespie 8 - Shaun Pollock 9 - Heath Streak 10 - Angus Fraser Some quality bowlers ommitted from this list, which simply serves to illustrate the depth that was around at the time. Thoughts appreciated - thanks... |
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1990s (Top Ten without any order)
Glenn McGrath Curtly Ambrose Allan Donald Waqar Younis Wasim Akram Courtney Walsh Shaun Pollock Craig McDermott Jason Gillespie Ian Bishop *Darren Gough/Angus Fraser/Heath Streak But my favorite is 1950s (Top Ten without any order) Ray Lindwall Fred Trueman Alan Davidson Alec Bedser Wes Hall Keith Miller Fazal Mahmood Neil Adcock Frank Tyson Bill Johnston/ Brian Statham
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Surely Srinath ahead of Heath Streak?
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Streak had the pressure of carrying a weak attack and keeping it competitive. He was miserly with the ball and gave nothing away - of course, the same could be said of Fraser. Caddick's best form probably came in the early 2000's. De Villiers was a strong third seamer in a quality attack. Lots of close calls and possible contenders down the bottom of this list... |
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Vaas should be in there.
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