Top 10 bowlers who never got their due because of the greatness of their peers 

#4 Fanie de Villiers

In the early years following South Africa's readmission to international cricket, their fast bowling arsenal proved to be a particularly fearsome prospect for many teams and one of the unsung heroes of that bowling attack for around 5 years was the right arm fast-bowler Fanie de Villiers.

De Villiers was an excellent swing bowler and bowled at a lively pace, which made him a bowler to be feared. He shone for South Africa in both formats of the game, despite gaining the reputation of being a specialist limited overs bowler.

However, try as he might, De Villiers could never quite shake off the large shadow of his bowling partner Allan Donal, who remains one of the greatest fast bowlers to have played the game.

De Villiers averaged 24.27 in 18 Tests and took 85 wickets, while in the 83 one-dayers he took 95 wickets and averaged 27.74.