5 most successful bowler-fielder combinations in recent Test history
Cricket is a game of partnerships. A century stand in the middle of the innings or a couple of short, tight bowling spells in tandem from each end can shift the momentum of a game quite swiftly. However, one of the least talked about but one of the most significant partnerships in cricket is the bowler-fielder combination.That is so because it’s convenient to credit the bowler for inducing a fine edge, even though the fielder is equally involved in completing the dismissal; or point to the chinks in the batsman’s stance instead of applauding the slip fielder’s reflexes.So, here we list five of the most formidable and successful bowler-fielder combinations in recent cricket history that made for interesting on-field duels.
#1 Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist
Glenn McGrath was a class act. He set-up the batsman beautifully even on placid tracks and his consistency was unparalleled on a cricket pitch. As his inch-perfect lengths piled on the misery on the opposition, there was no reprieve for them behind the stumps as Adam Gilchrist made sure the deed was complete most of the time.
This deadly combo picked 90 wickets in 71 test matches in an era of Aussie world domination. The duo accumulated these astonishing figures from 1999 to 2007 as we saw caught Gilchrist bowled Mcgrath turn into one of the most common sights on a scoreboard.