With no international or domestic cricket going on due to the Coronavirus pandemic, former and current cricket stars are keeping themselves busy with different activities.
While some are engaging with fans on social media, some are picking their all-time XIs and favourite players from the past and modern-day cricket.
Recently, former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock enlisted the best fast bowlers he has seen across generations.
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In a podcast for Sky Sports, Pollock revealed his list and the only Indian to feature in it was Javagal Srinath. The Proteas legend termed the former India pacer as someone who didn’t get the due credit he deserved.
“I thought India’s Javagal Srinath didn’t get the credit he deserved,” said Pollock while speaking in the podcast with legendary West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding and England’s Stuart Broad.
Srinath represented India in 67 Tests and 229 ODIs from 1991 to 2003. While he claimed 236 wickets at an average of 30.49 in red-ball cricket, he took 315 scalps at 28.09 in the 50-over format.
Besides Srinath, Pollock named Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Glenn McGrath, and Brett Lee as the best bowlers of his generation.
“In my era, you had great combinations like Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis for Pakistan and Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh for West Indies.
“Australia had Glenn McGrath and Bett Lee. You now have James Anderson and Stuart Broad in this era.
Among the bowlers before his era, Pollock took the name of Malcolm Marshall.
“Marshall was next level and I was lucky enough to meet him early in my career as it made me think about fast bowling in a completely different way.
Talking about the modern-day pacemen, Pollock rated James Anderson, Stuart Broad highly while he reserved special praise for compatriot Dale Steyn.
“But since I’ve stopped playing, 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.
“He cranked it up on flat wickets and had such a good action and variations. He is something special and his stats back it up,” he said.
