10 great bowlers and their most feared batsmen

Cricket is supposed to be a game which produces a feisty contest between the bat and the ball. However, since the game has advanced over the years, the balance seems to now be favouring the batsman. In fact, the limited-overs cricket is now often said as the batsman’s paradise. But over the years, the bowling greats do have made their way back and have brought their skill’s resurgence.

Speaking about some bowling greats, then, there was the West Indian quartet who could bounce the life out of you. That’s why they were regarded as the ‘fearsome foursome’ or whether it was about facing against the Thomson’s action which delivered the ball as if it came from a catapult. The sight of watching spin meeting glove is in itself another topic featuring another set of legends.

However, there have been occasions when such greats have been vocal whenever they have been made to face the vigorous heat coming out of a bat’s willow. So here’s the list of

10 bowling greats and their most feared batsmen-

1. James Anderson – Graeme Smith

James Anderson is no doubt one of the most legendary fast bowlers of our time and his pursuit of making the red cherry move is a form of artistry in itself. Even the greatest of batsman like Sachin Tendulkar has found himself in trouble against Jimmy. However, recently in a live Q&A Anderson did speak about how challenging it was to bowl at Graeme Smith.

Graeme Smith’s record in Test matches is absolutely a different class especially considering that he faced the new ball as an opener. Smith has played around 117 Tests for South Africa and has more than 9,000 runs in this format. He had a dream tour of England back in 2003 scoring two double hundreds.

Here’s what Anderson said “My first series against him was in 2003 and at that time I could only swing the ball back in, I didn’t have an out-swinger to a left-handed batsman. He further adds, “I was just feeding his strength, and I was getting so annoyed. He always got it through the leg-side. That series he got two double centuries and it was just impossible to bowl at him.”