Top 10 New Zealand bowlers of all time

#6 Jack Cowie

Cowie (right) started as a batsman before working on his bowling skills just to fit into the side

Jack Cowie played a total of just nine Test matches but is widely regarded as one among the best fast bowlers New Zealand have produced. A fast-medium bowler hailing from Auckland, he started as a batsman before working on his bowling skills just to fit into the side. But then, he found that he was a much better bowler than a batsman.

He could move the ball off the pitch and Wisden commented that "Had he been an Australian, he might have been termed a wonder of the age". In his 9 Tests, Cowie picked up 45 wickets at 21.53 with four five-wicket hauls. He had a total of 359 First-class wickets, 114 of which came in England-Ireland in 1937.