The greatest fast bowlers of all time?
let's start by listing the best form each country and discuss from there.
West Indies: hall, roberts, holding, croft, garner, marshall, walsh, ambrose, bishop. notable mentions are griffith, clarke, gilchrist, daniel, stephenson, patterson.
Australia: lillee, lindwall, davidson, mcgrath, miller, thomson
Sri Lanka: malinga, vaas
South Africa: peter pollock, shaun pollock, donald, steyn. notable mentions philander, Vince van der Bijl (one of the best to never play test cricket).
New Zealand: Hadlee. notable mention bond.
India: dev, nissar
Bangladesh: mortaza
Zimbabwe: streak
England: larwood, trueman, statham, tyson, snow, willis. might leave barnes out since it's disputed whether he was a pacer or a spinner.
Pakistan: waqar, imran, wasim, akhtar, asif, fazal mahmood. notables zahid
if i've missed anyone don't hesitate to bring up names.
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All Time Test XI: 1 Hobbs 2 B.Richards 3 Bradman 4 Kohli 5 V.Richards 6 Sobers 7 Gilchrist 8 Miller 9 Procter 10 Marshall 11 Warne
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