10 bowlers of the world, who did not bowl a single wide ball in their cricket career

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Tezzbuzz|18-07-2024

Delhi- Whenever cricket is discussed, Sir Don Bradman, Sir Gary Sobers, Viv Richards, Wasim Akram, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, James Anderson and Virat Kohli are discussed. But history has been a witness that bowlers often do not get the stardom that batsmen get. In cricket, only batsmen have always been praised. If we talk about today's era, then despite having equal ability, bowlers do not get the wealth and fame they deserve compared to batsmen. If you look at the list of the 10 richest cricketers in the world, then all batsmen will be seen in it. Cricket fans around the world also like 'fours and sixes' more than 'wickets'. Only those who understand cricket are the ones who consider batsmen and bowlers equal. That is why today we are going to tell you about 10 such great bowlers of world cricket, who have done an amazing feat in the world of cricket.

There have been many great bowlers in the world of cricket. Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Richard Hadlee, Allan Donald, Curtly Ambrose, Dennis Lillee, Malcolm Marshall, Waqar Younus, Anil Kumble, James Anderson are some of them. During this time, someone made the record of taking the maximum number of wickets, while someone achieved the feat of taking all 10 wickets in an innings of a test match. Some also made records like giving the least runs, clean bowling the maximum number of batsmen, getting a batsman out the maximum number of times. But there were some bowlers in the world of cricket who made the record of not bowling a single 'wide ball' in their international career.

Let us know which great bowlers of the world are included in this list-

1- Sir Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard Hadlee of New Zealand, one of the greatest bowlers in the world, played 86 Tests and 115 ODIs in his 17-year international career. During this time, he bowled a total of 28,100 balls, but did not bowl a single wide ball. Richard Hadlee was the first bowler in the world to take 400 wickets in Test cricket.

2. Garry Sobers

Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest players of West Indies, played cricket for his country for 20 years. This great all-rounder scored 8,032 runs and took 235 wickets in 93 Tests for West Indies. Apart from this, he also played 1 ODI match. In a career of 20 years, Sir Garry Sobers bowled 21,599 balls, but the surprising thing was that there was not a single wide ball among them.

3- Bob Willis

England's great fast bowler Bob Willis played 90 Test matches for his country and took 325 wickets. Apart from this, Bob Willis also played 64 ODI matches in which he took 80 wickets. During this period, he bowled a total of 20952 balls, but not a single ball was wide.

4- Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee has been one of Australia's greatest fast bowlers. Lillee has played 70 Tests and 63 ODIs for Australia, but during this time he did not bowl a single wide ball. Dennis Lillee has been a dangerous bowler but surprisingly he never bowled a no ball.

5- Imran Khan

Imran Khan, who made Pakistan the world champion in 1992 under his captaincy, has been the best all-rounder in world cricket. Imran played a total of 88 Tests and 175 ODIs for his country, but during this time he did not bowl a single wide ball.

6- Ian Botham

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham also did not bowl a single wide ball during his international career. Botham played 102 Tests and 116 ODIs for England. During this time, he took 383 wickets and scored 5,200 runs in Tests, while he scored 145 wickets and 2,113 runs in ODIs.

7- Lance Gibbs

Lance Gibbs was one of the fiercest bowlers of West Indies from the 60s to the 80s. In a career spanning 17 years, he played 79 Tests and 3 ODIs for his country. During this period, Lance Gibbs bowled 27271 balls, but did not bowl a single wide ball.

8- Fred Truman

England's fast bowler Fred Trueman played 67 Test matches for his country and took 307 wickets. During this time, Fred made a record which today's bowlers will hardly be able to break. Fred Trueman bowled a total of 15178 balls in his international career, but there was not a single wide ball among them.

9- Derek Underwood

Former England spin bowler Derek Underwood played 86 Tests and 26 ODIs for his country. During this time, he took 297 wickets in Tests and 32 wickets in ODIs. But Derek did not bowl a single wide ball during his entire international career.

10- Clary Grimmett

Former Australian spin bowler Clarrie Grimmett was born in New Zealand. After making his first-class debut in Wellington at the age of 17, he started playing international cricket for Australia. Clarrie bowled 14,513 balls in 37 Test matches, but did not bowl a single wide ball.

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