Veteran England paceman Stuart Broad who is already himself one of the best fast-bowlers in the world, has recently named the best speedster of his generation.
With 485 wickets with the red ball under his belt, Broad is England's second-highest wicket-taker and seventh in the list of most wickets in the history of Test cricket. The 33-year-old also has managed 178 ODI scalps and 65 T20I scalps for his country in the limited-overs cricket.
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Amid the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Broad recently appeared on a Sky Sports podcast alongside two other legends of the game – West Indian great Michael Holding and South Africa’s Shaun Pollock. On the podcast, the trio discussed all-time best fast bowlers of the modern era.
Well, Broad has picked experienced South African pace gun Dale Steyn as the best speedster of his generation while praising the legend’s pace and swing and termed it as ‘near-perfect’.
The English star said: “He is the bowler of my generation. The action, the pace, the way he can swing it, the skill. If you wanted to be a bowler, you’d want that sort of ability.”
Interestingly, Holding also included Steyn’s in his list of four best bowlers in the history of cricket and the other three are Malcolm Marshall, Dennis Lillee, and Andy Roberts.
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Praising Steyn Holding said, “You can’t leave Dale Steyn out of the picture. He has been one of the great fast bowlers in an era. You’d pay to watch him.”
On the other hand, Pollock also heaped praise on Steyn, calling him a ‘special’ while praising his pace and his art of reverse swing. He added, “l cannot have enough respect for Steyn. His ability to shape the ball upfront at high speed and then come back later and reverse it.”
Pollock signed off by saying, “He cranked it up on flat wickets and had such good action and variations. He is something special, and his stats back it up,”
(With Sky Sports Inputs)
