Top Level (Bowlers who were the strike bowler in an already great bowling lineup)
- Malcolm Marshall - WI
- Dennis Lillee - Aus
- Waqar Younis - Pak
- Joel Garner - WI
- Curtly Ambrose - WI
- Glen McGrath - Aus
- Alan Donald - SA
- Wasim Akram - Pak
- Imran Khan - Pak
- Michael Holding - WI
- Richard Hadlee - NZ
- Malcolm Marshall
- Dennis Lillee (looses for not playing in India)
- Waqar Younis
- Curtly Ambrose
- Imran Khan
- Michael Holding
- Richard Hadlee
- Glen McGrath
- Wasim Akram
- Joel Garner
- Alan Donald
- Kapil Dev
- Ian Botham
- Courtney Walsh
- Bob Willis
- Jeff Thompson
- Andy Roberts
- Craig McDermott
- Sean Pollock
- Curtly Ambrose (4 years)
- Alan Donald (8 years though the last phase he was a shadow of himself)
- Wasim Akram (5 years, 10 tests with last test 1999 against them, again a shadow of himself after 1996)
- Waqar Younis (8 years, 8 tests with the last 3 when he was almost finished)
With the exception of Ambrose (3 years at his peak) and to an extend Donald (about 4 years at his peak), there was no quality pace bowler at the peak of his prowess in any opposing team.
Now with the emergence of new quality pacers like Steyn, Ishant etc. the contest is getting more even.
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