Sarfraz Nawaz
Test stats - 177 wickets @ 32.75 (4 5WI, best 9/86) in 55 matches
First-class stats - 1,005 wickets @ 24.62 (46 5WI, best 9/86) in 299 matches
Bowling VARP (seam) - 28.13%
The gentle run and action of Pakistani swing bowler Sarfraz Nawaz would not have been out of place on the village green, but the results were almost invariably excellent. His most famous spell - the tireless nine-for against Australia in which he claimed the wickets of Whatmore, Hilditch, Border, Wood, Sleep, Hughes, Clark, Hogg and Hurst (Yallop was run out) fell squarely in the middle of a year-long purple patch when the then 30-year-old could legitimately claim to be the best seamer in the world. The theme of his fellow bowlers doing little wasn't new - his expected "replacement" seamer had a bowling average of over 35.
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Alec Stewart
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Brendon McCullum
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David Allen
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Sarfraz Nawaz
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Dilip Doshi
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