Men with the golden arm - Top 5 part-time bowlers in world cricket

3. Steve Smith

Steve Smith

He seems to deliver the juiciest of deliveries with his loopy leg-breaks and it is probably that, which fetches him a lot of wickets. Smith has a leg break that turns a mile, when he lands them right, and also has the ability to bowl the googly. But, more often than not, it is the filthiest of deliveries that he bowls which fetch him wickets. As Ian Bell has found out over the course of these Ashes series, Smith’s leg spin cannot be underestimated, and he needs to be given respect, because he is still a handy option to have as a fall back. Smith – mainly playing only test cricket now – can be very useful on sub-continental wickets, and even in Australia, on grounds like the Adelaide Oval, and the SCG which offer some help for the spinners.

He’s got the great Sachin Tendulkar out in a Test match, with a genuinely good delivery. Now, not many people can say that. Can they?