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Top 10 Bowlers in the World

1. Sydney Barnes

He is an English player, plays for England. He is positioned at number 1 in the Best-Ever Test Championship for bowlers by the ICC, Sydney Barnes’ stunning record, in 27 Test matches bowled with an average of 16.44, which gives a sign of the force of the England quick bowler.

Being able to stir up his lethargic and medium speed conveyances, Barnes took 719 wickets in his five star vocation too, an accomplishment which has reserved him as the best bowler in the game across all ages.

2. Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall is a right handed bowler. He plays for West Indies. Regardless of estimating only under 6 feet, Malcolm Marshall’s singing speed, swing and varieties made him perhaps the most threatening West Indian bowler.

With bouncers zooming past the batsmen consistently, Marshall turned into a puzzle in quick bowling with abilities that isolated him from any semblance of Courtney Walsh, Michael Holding and Curtly Ambrose. 376 Test wickets from 81 games at a normal of 20.94 is sufficient evidence of the danger that the West Indian used to be.

3. Curtly Ambrose

Curtly Ambrose is a Caribbean player, plays for West Indies. He a wonderful bowler of all times. With deadly speed, fearsome ricochet and swing in his ordnance, he has a height of 6’7”, Ambrose was nothing not exactly a living bad dream for the bowlers.

Ambrose played total 98 test matched and bowled 1000 over and took 405 test wicket. Ambrose was also very good at his ODI records, he took 225 ODI wickets in 176 matches played.

Scaring players with his simple presence, the man from the Caribbean left behind an enormous inheritance in the game. He a long and wide strong Right handed batsmen.

4. Joel Garner

Joel Garner is a West Indies player. He is again 6’7” tall. He is a great specialist for his Yorkers and Bouncers. The speed of a Holding or Marshall, threatened the batsmen with his fantastic presence and economy, which made him basically unplayable.

He played total 58 test matches and took 259 wickets with a average of 20.97 make for a noteworthy read however in the also ODIs that his genuine presence was felt. He took 146 ODI wickets at the average of 18.84, the best normal for anybody with in excess of 35 wickets, alongside a dazzling economy of 3.09, made Joel Garner had a wonderful cricketing career and made his good name in the history of cricket.

5. Fred Trueman

Fred Trueman is an English player, plays for England. Viewed as probably the best bowler to have played the game, England’s Fred Trueman, known for his speed, out-swing and his capacity to bowl off the crease, kept on alarming the batsmen in his Test vocation.

His intense in-swing joined with his devastating Yorkers and bouncers, particularly on a green wicket, supplemented his bowling accomplice Brian Statham’s unflagging exactness, making the team one of the most deadly quick bowling sets in the 20th century. He was the first player to take 300 wicket in 67 test matches with an average of 21.57.

6. Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath is an Australian Right Arm fast bowler. He is considered as a best bowler and carries a record of best figure in the series. In his ODI matches, he played total 250 matches and took 381 wickets and also with a great economy rate of 3.88.

He is also quite impressive in his ODI matches, where he played 124 matches and took massive 563 runs. During his career he was a best bowler in the history of cricket.He has a best bowling figure of 15/7. 

7. Sir Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard Hadlee is a New Zealand player. He is a first bowler to achieve 400 test wickets. He is a perfect example to the young generation cricketer. He had a good control and pace in his bowling. He had a good capability of air swing the bowl.  

He took 431 test wickets in 86 matches with an average of 22.29 and also consistently took 5 wickets in an innings in 36 matches. Richard single handedly took his team towards the great victory.

8. Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram is a Pakistani Left arm fast bowler. He is known as the Sultan of Swing. He is considered as one of the best swing bowler in the history of cricket. Excelling at invert swing when the world was all the while grappling with the idea, the Pakistani baffled the batsmen by moving the ball the two different ways noticeable all around at an express speed.

He is the first bowler to reach 300, 400 and 500 wickets in his ODI career. He was also very impressive with the white ball. He took 414 wickets in 104 test matches with an average of 23.62. He was rated as the best bowler in ODI by ICC.

9. Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee is an Australian Bowler. He is a Right arm fast bowler. He has a good combination of speed as well swing in the air as well as on the pitch. He is considered as a terrific bowler in the Australian team. He broke the world record of Lance Gibbs and took 309 wickets in test.

Dennis took 355 wickets in 70 test matches with an average of 23.92 and with this tremendous record he was considered as one of the greatest bowler in the history of cricket.

10. Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis is a Right arm fast Pakistani bowler. Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram both have the deadly combination of swing and Yorkers and with this capability both have found there place in the top greatest player of all times list.

Waqar always had a good mentorship from Wasim Akram, which really helped him to take 373 wickets in the Test cricket with an average of 23.56. During his career he had a good strike rate of 43.4 and hold the second best strike rate of 43.4 and taking 350 test wickets after Dale Steyn of South Africa.

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