greatest fast bowling pair

[Shahid_afridi]

who is the best fast bowling pair in your opinion(i hope there is no such thread yet)

mine is waqar and wasim

 

[Beleg]

Wasim/Waqar

 

[steds]

Daren Powell and Corey Collymore

 

[Barney Rubble]

Either Curtly and Courtney or Wasim and Waqar.

Although in twenty years time we could be talking about Harmison and Tremlett - they'll go a long way together IMHO.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Who else but Lillian Thoms....................sorry Lillee and Thomson.

 

[Jamee999]

Two W's.

 

[Sanz]

Alan Donald with anyone bowling from the Other side
Glen Mcgrath/Shane Warne (for the lack of a bast fowler)

 

[Langeveldt]

Donald and Pollock in the mid/late 90's

The perfect combination of Control and Firepower.. Pollock was sickeningly quick when he first started out..

 

[sledger]

Either Curtly and Courtney or Wasim and Waqar.

Although in twenty years time we could be talking about Harmison and Tremlett - they'll go a long way together IMHO.

thats about it for me, cant really separate the two pairs imo.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Donald and Pollock in the mid/late 90's

The perfect combination of Control and Firepower.. Pollock was sickeningly quick when he first started out..

Good call, forgot about them.

When did Pollock's pace disappear? I remember knowing he was deadly quick, but then i didn't watch him for a few years and when I did see him again he was virtually a dobber by comparison. Still a class act, though, but eight years ago you could never imagine Simon Jones smacking him over his head for six, as happened in the winter.

 

[Langeveldt]

Good call, forgot about them.

When did Pollock's pace disappear? I remember knowing he was deadly quick, but then i didn't watch him for a few years and when I did see him again he was virtually a dobber by comparison. Still a class act, though, but eight years ago you could never imagine Simon Jones smacking him over his head for six, as happened in the winter.

Ankle problems I think... I remember him hitting Atherton in the head at Centurion and Atherton said it was the quickest delivery he had faced.. Could never imagine Boucher standing up to him back then!

 

[Barney Rubble]

Could never imagine Boucher standing up to him back then!

Wasn't even aware he did it now - obviously he's even more of a dobber than I thought!

Mind you, Gilchrist stood up to Gillespie in the ODIs this year - don't know if that's wicketkeepers getting braver, Dizzy getting slower, or Kevin Pietersen getting more and more intimidating for the opposition! Gilly will be standing up to Lee soon.....

 

[superkingdave]

a word for Statham and Trueman

 

[sledger]

backing a yorkie dave ?

 

[steds]

a word for Statham and Trueman

yup. Or even Statham and Tyson in the short time they played together

Others of note that no one has mentioned include Lindwall and Miller, Larwood and Vose, Martin and Chapple...

 

[sledger]

Martin and Chapple...

those were the days....

 

[superkingdave]

backing a yorkie dave ?

as a support bowler for Statham he did ok, although i think he would admit himself most of his wickets came about as a result of the panic caused by the legend at the other end

 

[twctopcat]

who is the best fast bowling pair in your opinion(i hope there is no such thread yet)

mine is waqar and wasim

There is (or was), i think i started it! But who cares its a great one to talk about!

Two W's or Courteney and Curtly for me. Holding and Marshall would have to be up there too.

 

[archie mac]

Aust

1= Lindwall & Miller
2= Gregory & McDonald
3= Lillee & Thomson

England

1= Richardson & Lockwood
2= Larwood & Voce
3= Trueman & Statham

Sth Afr

1=Adcock & Heine
2=Donald & Pollock (S)
3=Procter & Pollard (P)

Windies

1= Marshall & Holding
2= Walsh & Ambrose
3= Hall & Griffith

N.Z= Hadlee & Chatfield **** = Wasim & Waqar India= Dev & ?

 

[magsi23]

Great Akram and Younis, who else