At a time when all the cricketing activities around the world are at halt, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is keeping its fans entertained these days by coming up with unique ways, be it digging deep into their archives to inform some record-breaking facts or raising some questions for its followers.
On Monday, the world’s cricket governing body once again took to its official Twitter handle and asked its followers to name their favourite fast-bowling pair of all time.
Along with the question, the ICC posted four pictures namely of former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, Australian pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, West Indies fast bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh and South Africa women cricketers Marizanne Kapp and Shabnim Ismail.
The caption of the post read,"Who is your favourite fast-bowling pair of all time?"
Soon after the ICC posted the pictures, a lot of fans started coming up with replies. Though many of them named their favourites from the collage shared by the ICC, some of them also opted for the players other than the ones shared by the world’s cricket governing body.
While majority of them went for Pakistan duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, the pair Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar was among the favourite Indian fast-bowling duo.
Let us take a look at some of the replies:
My favourite fast bowling pair. Waqar and Wasim paji. Respect for both of them from India pic.twitter.com/wHo6dRs4ft
— Pradyumna Chakraborty (@PradumnaChakra1) May 11, 2020
@BhuviOfficial & @Jaspritbumrah93
— Nikita Malviya (@NkMalviya10) May 11, 2020
Their feud and personal rivalries aside, the two best combined to become one of the most lethal bowling pairs of the 90s.
Together : 476 wickets at 22.39 in 56 Tests.#Cricket #LoveCricket pic.twitter.com/9HJEHkgcJQ
— Akshay Tadvi (@imAkshaytadvi) May 11, 2020
Two W's they were best in business, There was an unmatchable era of @waqyounis99 and @wasimakramlive ,They were fast, accurate, swung the ball both ways, This pair was nightmare for world best batsmen
Video courtesy: Lord's pic.twitter.com/ofjSYVRFB5— Rehan Nawab (@RehanNawab9) May 11, 2020
curtly ambrose and courtney walsh - The Legends! pic.twitter.com/i0C4xcbmJx
— Rajender Reddy (@killernani) May 11, 2020
Hello Youngsters pic.twitter.com/5FAI0W5XXj
— Shivam Sharma (@SharmaJiKaTweet) May 11, 2020
On Sunday, the world's cricket governing body shared the list of top five players to notch up most international runs from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2010.
Most international runs from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010:
Ricky Ponting 19718 at 48.56
Kumar Sangakkara 17069 at 44.10
Jacques Kallis 16712 at 54.08
Mahela Jayawardene 16269 at 41.50
Sachin Tendulkar 15825 at 52.40Phenomenal pic.twitter.com/Sh9WyIkjA5
— ICC (@ICC) May 10, 2020
Notably, all the cricketing activities across the world are at halt due to coronavirus pandemic that has affected more than 40,97,000 people in the world and claimed the lives of 2,82,400 persons globally.