Men with the golden arm - Top 5 part-time bowlers in world cricket

5. Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan

With 76 wickets at an Economy Rate of 4.7 in ODI cricket, Dilshan is probably as good a non-regular bowler as there is in world cricket at the moment. Dilshan has the ability to genuinely spin the ball, something that not too many non-regular bowlers can boast of. Also, because he plays a lot of his games on the slow pitches in the Emerald Isle, Dilshan can generally be relied upon to give the Captain a frugal 10 overs. He is someone, who apart from his bowling, is a brilliant fielder, and very often, he has made his own wickets with outstanding bits of fielding.

Apart from these five mentioned, there are a few others, who in days gone by, used to be very threatening bowlers, but they do not bowl as much these days. The likes of Michael Clarke and Yuvraj Singh spring to mind immediately. Who can forget Clarke’s 6-9 in Mumbai, or his spell in Sydney that won Australia the game against India. Yuvraj had an outstanding World Cup in 2011 as a bowler as well, which was a catalyst to him winning the Man of the Tournament award.