Top 10 Greatest bowlers of all time in the history of cricket
Top 10 Greatest Bowler In Cricket History All Time 2016
Cricket is said to be a batsman’s game. Bowling is not an easy task as the rules of the game favour the batsman more than the bowler and hence is always dominated by batsmen.
But there are some bowlers with extraordinary talent who gave a torrid time to the batsmen during their playing days and were able to etc.
Their names with golden letters in the history of cricket by dint of their performances with the ball.
Here let’s take a look at the top 10 greatest bowlers of all time in the history of cricket.
1 Sydney Barnes is an English fast bowler and is regarded as the best bowler of all time in the history of the game.
He had a wide variation in his pace bowling from Slow medium to Medium Fast. He made his Test debut against England at Sydney on 13th December 1901. He is ranked number 1 in the ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating for bowlers.
He took 1,432 wickets playing for Staffordshire at an awe-inspiring average of 9 runs per wicket and played for the county until the age of 61. In Test cricket,
Barnes played for England on 27 occasions from 1901 to 1914, scalping 189 wickets at an healthy average of 16.43 runs each.
2 Muttiah Muralitharan is the greatest spinner the world has ever seen. He played for Sri Lanka during 1992 – 2011.
Murali made his Test debut against Australia at Colombo on 28th August 1992 and ODI debut against India at Colombo on 12th August.
Controversies always followed him but that could not dent his performance on the field and he kept tumbling the records one after the other. He is the highest wicket taker in both Tests and ODIs. With over 1300 wickets to his name,
Muralitharan occupies the number 2 position in our list of top 10 greatest bowlers of all time.
3 Shane Warne is a right arm wrist spinner playing for Australia during 1992 – 2007.
One can say Shane Warne and Controversy are synonymous as controversies followed him one after the other both on and off the field. Nevertheless, he is one the greatest bowler of in the history of cricket.
The fact that he has scalped 1001 wickets in international is itself a wonder of cricket. Considering the fact that he had taken most of his wickets in no so helpful conditions for spinners makes him one of the top 10 greatest bowlers of all time in the world.
He is given the number 3 position in our list of top 10 greatest bowlers of all time.
4 Wasim Akram is a left arm fast bowler who played for Pakistan during 1984 – 2003.
He made his ODI debut against New Zealand at Faisalabad on 23rd November 1984 and also made his Test debut against the same opponent at Auckland on 25th January 1985.
He is considered the best left arm fast bowlers of all time in the world. Having mastery over swing and reverse swing, he is known as the Sultan of Swing. He has scalped over 900 wickets in his 19 years long international career.
Wasim Akram occupies the number 4 position in our list of top 10 best bowlers of all time.
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Cricket is said to be a batsman’s game. Bowling is not an easy task as the rules of the game favour the batsman more than the bowler and hence is always dominated by batsmen.
But there are some bowlers with extraordinary talent who gave a torrid time to the batsmen during their playing days and were able to etc.
Their names with golden letters in the history of cricket by dint of their performances with the ball.
Here let’s take a look at the top 10 greatest bowlers of all time in the history of cricket.
1 Sydney Barnes is an English fast bowler and is regarded as the best bowler of all time in the history of the game.
He had a wide variation in his pace bowling from Slow medium to Medium Fast. He made his Test debut against England at Sydney on 13th December 1901. He is ranked number 1 in the ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating for bowlers.
He took 1,432 wickets playing for Staffordshire at an awe-inspiring average of 9 runs per wicket and played for the county until the age of 61. In Test cricket,
Barnes played for England on 27 occasions from 1901 to 1914, scalping 189 wickets at an healthy average of 16.43 runs each.
2 Muttiah Muralitharan is the greatest spinner the world has ever seen. He played for Sri Lanka during 1992 – 2011.
Murali made his Test debut against Australia at Colombo on 28th August 1992 and ODI debut against India at Colombo on 12th August.
Controversies always followed him but that could not dent his performance on the field and he kept tumbling the records one after the other. He is the highest wicket taker in both Tests and ODIs. With over 1300 wickets to his name,
Muralitharan occupies the number 2 position in our list of top 10 greatest bowlers of all time.
3 Shane Warne is a right arm wrist spinner playing for Australia during 1992 – 2007.
One can say Shane Warne and Controversy are synonymous as controversies followed him one after the other both on and off the field. Nevertheless, he is one the greatest bowler of in the history of cricket.
The fact that he has scalped 1001 wickets in international is itself a wonder of cricket. Considering the fact that he had taken most of his wickets in no so helpful conditions for spinners makes him one of the top 10 greatest bowlers of all time in the world.
He is given the number 3 position in our list of top 10 greatest bowlers of all time.
4 Wasim Akram is a left arm fast bowler who played for Pakistan during 1984 – 2003.
He made his ODI debut against New Zealand at Faisalabad on 23rd November 1984 and also made his Test debut against the same opponent at Auckland on 25th January 1985.
He is considered the best left arm fast bowlers of all time in the world. Having mastery over swing and reverse swing, he is known as the Sultan of Swing. He has scalped over 900 wickets in his 19 years long international career.
Wasim Akram occupies the number 4 position in our list of top 10 best bowlers of all time.
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