Top 10 New Zealand fast bowlers of all time

5 Neil Wagner

Neil Wagner

He might have made his debut for New Zealand in Test cricket only in 2012, but over the past five years, the South African-born Neil Wagner has added a unique extra edge to the teams bowling attack and much of it has to do with his singular approach to bowling.

Wagner is quite simply the battering ram of the bowling attack and his ability to bowl short and at the batsmen's body makes the left-arm fast bowler an extremely awkward customer to handle. The short-ball is Wagner's stock ball and he has the ability to go at it over after over, over long spells. In addition to that, he can swing the ball and recently, he has developed the skill of swinging the old ball as well.

It has made him an extremely difficult bowler to handle. He has only played Test cricket for New Zealand and has already picked up 144 wickets in merely 34 Tests, at an excellent average of 27.87.