There is no doubt that Shaun Pollock is one of those but when you ask him to name the best fast bowlers of cricket across generation, like a true gentleman, he prefers to bypass his name while heaping praise on others. In a podcast with former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding and England’s Stuart Broad, former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock discussed the greatest fast bowlers in different generations. While Holding was pretty definite in his answer, naming four best fast bowlers who according to him were the best to play the game, Pollock decided to dissect it by generation. “I thought India’s Javagal Srinath didn’t get the credit he deserved,” said Pollock while talking about bowlers from his generation. Apart from Srinath, Pollock named Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Glenn McGrath, and Brett Lee as the best bowlers of his generation.

Source: Hindustan Times April 18, 2020 03:11 UTC