Five bowlers who didn't do justice to their talent

4. Doug Bracewell

When one thinks of New Zealand's swing bowlers, the names of Tim Southee and Trent Boult spring to mind. These two have combined since 2012 to become one of the most proficient swing bowling duos in international cricket. But before Boult and Southee emerged as the lead strike bowlers for New Zealand, it was another young pacer from Black caps stable of fast bowlers who caught everyone's attention.

Doug Bracewell produced one of the most memorable bowling performances for New Zealand when he bowled them to a historic Test win over Australia at Hobart in late 2011. Hobart had become the most swing friendly venue in Australia and the pitch for this particular match was lush green, making it ideal for swing bowling. And Bracewell made good use of it, troubling the Australian lineup with his movement in the air.

His figures of 6/40 wrecked the Australian batting line up, which was looking quite fragile, in the second innings and gave gave the Kiwis their first victory in Australia in ages.

Bracewell seemed like a perfect article for swing bowling and was expected to become a mainstay of the New Zeland Test team. But he couldn't follow up his performance in Hobart with consistent results and was eventually overtaken by Boult and Southee as the swing kings for their team.