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Shane Warne includes one Pakistani in top 10 fast-bowlers of all time

Legendary Australian spinner revealed the names on his official Twitter account

Shane Warne includes one Pakistani in top 10 fast-bowlers of all time PHOTO: AFP

Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has included one Pakistani in his list of top 10 fast-bowlers of all-time.

Warne named legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram, while sharing the elusive list of players on his official Twitter account.

Wasim, also known as the ‘Sultan of Swing’, played 104 Test matches for Pakistan, bagging 414 wickets at an average of 23.6, and 356 One-day Internationals (ODIs) capturing 502 wickets at 23.5.

Warne list also included Australia’s Dennis Lillee, Jeffrey Thomson and Glenn McGrath, England’s James Anderson, New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee, South Africa’s Dale Steyn, and West Indies’ Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose and Michael Holding.

 

No particular order my top 10 fast bowlers…..

Lillee
Akram
Marshall
McGrath
Ambrose
Steyn
Hadlee
Thommo
Holding
Anderson

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) September 1, 2021