5 best bowling pairs in world cricket currently

Trent Boult and Tim Southee (New Zealand)

Boult has 147 wickets in 39 Tests at 29 in the last 5 years. Tim Southee has 131 in 35 Tests at 29.33 around the same time. In the last two years, they have been consistent and at the batsmen constantly, although some ranked flat tracks have hurt their numbers. In the last 24 months, Boult has picked 65 wickets in 17 Tests while Southee has played the same number of Tests and picked up 54 wickets.

While Southee is more a form bowler, swinging the ball and moving it off the seam on his day, Boult is couple of yards faster and more consistent. He swings it into the right-hander too and his left arm bowling complements Southee’s right arm pace perfectly.

The couple are a handful on New Zealand tracks where the ball swings in the air and moves off the track too. The duo have also been quite successful in the shorter formats of the game, instrumental in NZ’s best showing ever at the ODI World Cup, reaching the Final in 2015.