Top 5 Australian left-arm fast bowling greats

#2 Alan Davidson

Alan Davidson announced himself to the world with his flabbergasting performance, when Australia toured South Africa in 1957-58, when he took 72 wickets and scored four centuries on the trip. For the next five years, he firmly plonked himself into the team as a punishing bowler of the new-ball and a dangerous striker in the lower-middle order.

An injury prone Davidson, performed best when he was put to test – whether it was famous tied Test against the West Indies in the 1960-61 series, where he scored his career best 80 in the chase along with captain Richie Benaud and also took 5/135 and 6/87 in the two innings, with a broken finger or the notable contributions he made at Lord’s with an injured back, the following year.

He toured the Indian subcontinent in 1959 and took 30 wickets in 6 Tests against India at an average of just 15.77. As a mark of respect for his great contributions to the game and as a gesture of appreciation, Alan Davidson was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2011.