Islamabad
Former Pakistan Coach Mickey Arthur on Thursday named Sultan of Swing, Wasim Akram on top of the five greatest bowlers of all-time in cricket history.
“Wasim has be right up there followed by South African Allan Donald, West Indian Malcolm Marshall, Dale Steyn and Australian Shane Warne,” Mickey said while picking his all time greatest batsmen and bowlers on YouTube Channel ‘Cricingif’. Wasim was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket mark in ODI cricket during the 2003 World Cup. In 2002, Wisden released its only list of best players of all time. Wasim was ranked as the best bowler in ODI of all time, with a rating of 1223.5, ahead of Allan Donald, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Joel Garner, Glenn McGrath and Muralitharan. In November 2018, he joined PSL franchise, Karachi Kings, as a President. “I have played a lot of cricket with Allan Donald, he was simply amazing and I loved watching Malcolm,” he said.
While picking the best all-time batsmen, Mickey, who was appointed as head coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team in May 2016, placed South African cricketer Barry Richards on top saying he was his ideal and he grew up watching him. The other top batsmen he named included Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, South African Jacques Kallis and Australian Michael Clarke.—APP
