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Simon Jones was an amazing fast bowler with good height and pace and good swing the ball incredibly well. The highlight of his career must be the 2005 Ashes series where he picked up 18 wickets and an incredible average of only 21! His career was looking very promising back then but final test at the Oval of the 2005 Ashes series would turn out to be the last time he played international cricket for England 
He would miss the tour of Pakistan and India in 2006 and just succumbed to injury after injury - what a sad and early end to what could have been...
Laxshmipathy Balaji was a very good fast bowler for India who debuted back in 2002. He was most well known for his exploits against Pakistan during India's tour in 2004 in which he and Irfan Pathan bamboozled the Pakistani batsman in the ODI and Test series. Many Pakistani fans heckled him with chants of "Balaji zara dheere chalo!". He was in great form when Pakistan toured Indian in 2005 but the epic test of Bangalore where YK scored 267 would turn out to be the last for Balaji in his Test career Back injuries just destroyed him although he did play T20's for India until 2012.
IMO - Shane Bond was one of the best fast bowlers I have ever seen in the 2000's. His incredible spell in the 2003 WC was a sight to watch. Makes Boult and Southee look like amateurs now! Had incredible pace and control and was unplayable on green wickets. Again back injuries destroyed him and he pre-maturely retired from cricket in December 2009 after the 3rd Test against Pakistan (coincidentally that test was also the last time Iain O'Brien played as he retired and Fawad Alam last test match for Pakistan )
Which career was the most tragic and who was the biggest loss to cricket?
He would miss the tour of Pakistan and India in 2006 and just succumbed to injury after injury - what a sad and early end to what could have been...Laxshmipathy Balaji was a very good fast bowler for India who debuted back in 2002. He was most well known for his exploits against Pakistan during India's tour in 2004 in which he and Irfan Pathan bamboozled the Pakistani batsman in the ODI and Test series. Many Pakistani fans heckled him with chants of "Balaji zara dheere chalo!". He was in great form when Pakistan toured Indian in 2005 but the epic test of Bangalore where YK scored 267 would turn out to be the last for Balaji in his Test career
Back injuries just destroyed him although he did play T20's for India until 2012.IMO - Shane Bond was one of the best fast bowlers I have ever seen in the 2000's. His incredible spell in the 2003 WC was a sight to watch. Makes Boult and Southee look like amateurs now! Had incredible pace and control and was unplayable on green wickets. Again back injuries destroyed him and he pre-maturely retired from cricket in December 2009 after the 3rd Test against Pakistan (coincidentally that test was also the last time Iain O'Brien played as he retired and Fawad Alam last test match for Pakistan
)Which career was the most tragic and who was the biggest loss to cricket?
) I will admit that Bond was one of NZ's best fast bowlers and could've bagged 400+ wickets in Test cricket if he didn't get injured a lot but his bowling action was too much for his body to cope with hence he looked like he had to bend his back a lot more to get more out of his bowling. So I'll still stick with me thinking his bowling action is hideous 
