Bhaijaan
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Curlly did talk to man, but he also only took 18 test wickets in Asia at a mediocre SR of 53!
To put things in perspective, Mohammad Shami's SR here is 41. Only Waqar has a better SR than Shami in Asia. Thats how good Shami is over here.
The 3 stand out pacers in Asia based on what i saw growing up as a cricket fan were :-
1. Allan Donald - Just unplayable at peak during early 1990s. Have never seen a bowler generate that much pace off the wicket in Asia.
2. Dale Steyn - Bowled his heart out and dominated quality batting line-ups of India, Pakistan.
3. Courtney Walsh - Relentless and skillful
Honorable mentions to McGrath who was a poor man's Courtney Walsh, to Shaun Pollock who was an even poorer man's Courtney Walsh, Darren Gough, who was a fighter to the core for Nasser Hussein's England
Thats about it!!
Really, thats about it.
That's pretty much all that the poor SENAW, with their 200+ fast bowlers have top show for in #AsianBloc, the grave yard of fast bowlers.
Would have to go way to find some performers in Asia, but given the quality of batting in SENAS as an overall 8 men unit was not up to modern day standards, i would take statistics of older generation SENAW fast bowlers in #AsianBloc with a pinch of salt. Having said that, Denniss Lillee is still a nobody in this part of the world.
To put things in perspective, Mohammad Shami's SR here is 41. Only Waqar has a better SR than Shami in Asia. Thats how good Shami is over here.
The 3 stand out pacers in Asia based on what i saw growing up as a cricket fan were :-
1. Allan Donald - Just unplayable at peak during early 1990s. Have never seen a bowler generate that much pace off the wicket in Asia.
2. Dale Steyn - Bowled his heart out and dominated quality batting line-ups of India, Pakistan.
3. Courtney Walsh - Relentless and skillful
Honorable mentions to McGrath who was a poor man's Courtney Walsh, to Shaun Pollock who was an even poorer man's Courtney Walsh, Darren Gough, who was a fighter to the core for Nasser Hussein's England
Thats about it!!
Really, thats about it.
That's pretty much all that the poor SENAW, with their 200+ fast bowlers have top show for in #AsianBloc, the grave yard of fast bowlers.
Would have to go way to find some performers in Asia, but given the quality of batting in SENAS as an overall 8 men unit was not up to modern day standards, i would take statistics of older generation SENAW fast bowlers in #AsianBloc with a pinch of salt. Having said that, Denniss Lillee is still a nobody in this part of the world.
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