Top 5 Interesting Bowling Pairs in the Cricket World

BENGALURU: In the world of cricket, bowlers are the most crucial to look upon, as the entire innings depends on them. The strategy is confined to bowlers in pairs making them lethal and dangerous for opponents. Last few decades has witnessed some of the astonishing pairs including Walsh and Curtly Ambrose, Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie, Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble. With the times running out and players being prone to injuries, very few players have sustained their partnership consistently over time.

A good cricket team always comes with a good partnership; here is the list of five pairs of bowler who have played a significant part in their team’s success.

James Anderson and Stuart Broad (England)

The England team pace spearheads James Anderson and Stuart Broad have emerged as the most consistent new-ball bowlers in world-cricket. The last 5 years of the test-cricket has seen Broad leading the way with 238 wickets at an average of 25 in 106 innings with 12 5-wicket hauls, including the sensational figure of 8/15; acquiring the top notch position in the test- cricket chart.

Anderson at the same time picked up 236 wickets at 25.91 of average with 11 five-wicket hauls by playing 57 tests and 110 innings. The partnership between these two England players has remained neck to neck in the last couple of years. Broad has scalped 108 wickets at 20.87 of average in 23 Tests while Anderson is nowhere behind with 105 at 24 in 26 Tests.

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