10 bowlers from the 90s era who we would have loved to watch in the IPL

#9 Damien Fleming

Damien Fleming was as lethal as it gets with his swing

Damien Fleming, whose test career began in a roaring fashion with a hat-trick against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, showed the potential to take 300 wickets in both ODIs and tests but finished off his career with far less, thanks to a spate of injuries that often restricted his international appearances. Fleming’s ODI career lasted only 88 matches in which he took 134 wickets.

However, when fully fit, he delivered outswingers and precise yorkers at a lively pace that made life difficult for the men with the willow. He was highly underrated and lived under the shadows of the unerring Glenn McGrath, but when in rhythm, Fleming could match even the best.

Fleming will be best remembered for bowling the last over of the semi-final in 1999 against South Africa which ended in heartbreak for the Proteas. After conceding two boundaries off the first two balls to Lance Klusener, who was in a murderous mood, Fleming came back well with two dot balls that culminated in Allan Donald’s run out.

Fleming’s ability to send down deliveries into the block-hole that the batsmen could only defend made him a death overs specialist in the ODIs. For his adeptness at bowling at the death, Fleming would have been an easy pick in the IPL.