Top 5 wicket takers, in ODI World Cups (part 2)
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Wasim Akram is the best left arm fast bowler to grace the game. He made the cricket ball talk like no one else did. The left-armer had great control over seam swing to go along with his pace and bounce. Whether off a short run-up, or a long run-up, he could
generate the same amount of pace, which is quite remarkable.
Moreover, the left arm great was a complete bowler, he swung the ball in both directions at pace. He had every weapon at his disposal, bounce, pace, cut, swing, seam and a deadly bouncer followed up by an exceptionally deceivable slower delivery.
According to Imran Khan, “The most gifted fast bowler he has ever seen”. Wasim was a captain’s delight, he could bowl around the wicket, over the wicket, and can use the crease to good effect, and provide his skipper with a variety of services.
Sometimes, you have everything as a bowler, but you lack a thinking brain. Wasim Akram’s skills were backed up by a great bowling brain.
The left arm champion is rated by Wisden (the bible of cricket) as the greatest bowler ever in the history of cricket. He took 502 wickets in 356 matches at an impressive average of 23 with an economy rate of 3.89. It is an impressive ODI (One Day International)
record, considering the fact that he was a new ball bowler and he bowled in the death overs of the innings. As a result, he learnt the art of bowling yorkers.
Wasim would come in the later overs with his toe crushing yorkers. His lethal bowling in the later part of the innings always broke the rhythm of the batting side.
On the list of highest wicket takers in World cups, he is statistically at number 2. In all, Wasim Akram has gathered 55 victims in 38 matches at an average of 23 with a best of 5/28. In his hunt for victims, he caught a single five-wicket-haul and maintained
an economy rate of 4.04.
History will still remember him as one of the greatest performers at the biggest stage of the game.
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There is a great debate about Shane Warne and Muralitharan, that who is the greatest spinner of all-times. A few would say Warne, and some would reckon Murali as the best spinner in the history of cricket.
Murali can spin it on any track. His big booming off-spinners are backed up by a straighter one and a well disguised doosra. Add to this, his jerky action with his fast movement of wrist and it was difficult for the batsmen to pick Murali.
A few would doubt his credentials as the greatest off-spinner the World has ever seen. Perhaps, he is the only wrist spinning off-spinner. History will see him as the most successful bowler in the game as he is the leading wicket taker in both forms of the
game.
The off-spinner is the only bowler in Test history to take 800 wickets, and the 2nd in ODIs to take 500 wickets. In addition, he is the leading wicket taker in One day cricket with 515 wickets in 337 matches at an average of 23.
The man from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 is the greatest match winner in their cricketing history. In World cups, Sri Lankan success was largely due to none other than Murali.
In his quest, he has played 31 World cup matches, gathering 53 wickets at an average of 19 with a best of 4/19. An impressive economy rate of 3.8 shows the variety in his bowling to distract the batsman from scoring runs.
Murali, though third in the list of the leading wicket takers, still remains the best spinner in the ODI format of cricket.
Chaminda Vass
He is the most successful, Sri Lankan fast bowler with 755 international wickets to his name. Previously, it was said that fast bowling is only about pace and bounce. It was thought that bowlers, who don’t have any pace or an extra amount of bounce, cannot
succeed as a fast bowler, until Chaminda Vass burst onto the scene.
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