5 cricketers who are a throwback to past legends

#4 Josh Hazlewood - Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath is among the greatest fast bowlers to have ever played the game and during his time, he was the pillar of the Australian fast bowling machinery that used to flatten batting lineups all over the world.

For many years after his retirement in 2007, Australia struggled to find a player in the same mould but the emergence of Josh Hazlewood seems to be a godsend.

He is a throwback to the Glenn McGrath school of bowling and almost everything about his bowling reminds cricket fans of the great Australian bowler. His nagging accuracy, ability to bowl relatively long spells and extract just the right amount of seam movement to induce an edge is quite similar to McGrath.

The only difference between the two lies in the fact that McGrath was perhaps a few yards quicker and had a lethal bouncer during his peak.