10 players who revolutionised limited overs cricket through innovations

#4 Douglas Marillier

Marillier introduced the shot in 2002 against India when he used the ramp shot constantly against Zaheer Khan to win the game for Zimbabwe.

He used it successfully once again against the legendary Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath in Australia. He scored a lot of runs with that shot as bowlers were clueless against his movement and technique.

Cricket was mostly conventional and orthodox until that moment and Douglas Marrilier's invention revolutionized the game completely. The seed he planted, paved the way for many innovative shots in cricket over the next 15 years.

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#3 Shaun Pollock

In the mid 90's, when Shaun Pollock got into his 30s, his pace dropped and the batsmen were able to play his normal bouncers easily. He then invented the slow ball bouncer to deceive the batsmen.

It was bowled without any change in action but the ball reached the batsman slower than expected. It was a tough delivery to play because batsmen have to put in all their strength into the shot.

After Pollock, Broad and Malinga mastered the delivery and used it to devastating effect. With batsmen dominating the limited overs format, a slow ball bouncer is a weapon that every bowler loves to have in is arsenal.