HAS THE WORLD OF FAST BOWLING EVER HAD IT SO GOOD?

The amiable fast bowler among the last in the assembly line of great pacemen is known for his knowledge...

- PARTAB RAMCHAND

It is an accepted fact that Indian fast bowling has never had it so good but actually on closer scrutiny it would appear that pace bowling the world over has never had it so good. And when Ian Bishop in a recent interview says that he is salivating about the fast bowlers now available in world cricket he is not far off the mark. The amiable fast bowler among the last in the assembly line of great pacemen from the Caribbean who is now one of the best commentators in the business is known for his vast knowledge and balanced views and when he says that he is this enthusiastic about the quality of fast bowlers in the game today there has to be more than a grain of truth.Indeed the question has to be asked whether the world of fast bowling has ever been better. In the past there were two or three countries with some great pacemen but other than that the cupboard was bare. So you had Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson for Australia and the deadly West Indian pace quartet and Imran Khan of P