7 great bowlers who never topped the ICC Test rankings chart

#2 Courtney Walsh (West Indies)

Courtney Walsh was the first bowler to 500 Test wickets

BEST RATING: 867 (August 21, 2000)

BEST RANKING: 2 (July 30, 1990)

Courtney Walsh became the No.2 bowler for the first time in July 1990, and a decade later he achieved his career high rating of 867, but it only got him the 3rd spot behind Pollock and McGrath.

Walsh was the last great West-Indian fast-bowler and he went to places where nobody did. He was the first bowler to take 500 wickets in Test history and ended his career with 519 wickets, the most by an any bowler at that point.

The only thing Walsh didn't possess was the No.1 ranking. Cricket fans look back at 1990s with much nostalgia, and while it is grating at times, the fact that Walsh was never the No.1 bowler tells you everything you need to know about the standards of fast bowling in the 1990s.