TOP BOWLERS

People would putup some for statistics and some
for the way they played their game. Damn it,
why is Manoj Prabhakar's name popping into
my head.
Anyways, I have not seen much of Dennis Lillee
so he is not going to be in my top bowler's
list. Similar many of great bowlers of yesteryears
may miss out for similar reason. Infact when I
saw Imran Khan he used to get thrashed by
Kris Srikanth. Imran was past his prime I guess.

Well the first bowler I saw on TV was Chetan Sharma.
So it was as bad as it could get. Well unless
you want to consider Mohanty (but man could he
swing the ball sometimes).
I started watching cricket on TV from say 1985.
Also I may tend to be a bit partial to pace
bowlers.

Ok, let me start.

Wasim Akram, the greatest bowler I have seen.
The finals in 92. The ease with which he could
pick Tendulkar, his yorkers. A more complete
bowler than the next man in my list.

Waqar, wow, if only his back had remained ok.
His runup was a sight to behold. His
inswingers and the yorkers.
(Shoaibs runup is better, but his action ruins the entire show)

Ian Bishop, this is controversial but before he got
injured he was quick and I tried his bowling action
for a long long time.

Shane Warne, control, variety and reviver of
a lost art.

Fannie de villers, a very very smart bowler

Allan Donald, a beautiful jump and nice action
and pace

Richard Hadlee, didnt see much. But the flow.

Ambrose, almost a complete right hand fast bowler.
Tall, high action, could move the ball both ways.

Kapil, he did a lot for my team. And he could
pick Haynes so easily.

Glen Mcgrath, I hate him, he is tall and well
build and pitches the ball at the right spot
and moves it a bit. Whats the big deal.
But I would not mind him playing for my team

the others would be
Shaun Pollock, Malcolm Marshall (saw very less of him),
Walsh, Aaqib Javed.
Will update this entry. Its getting late and need to
hit the bed