Top 6 bowlers with the longest run-up

2) Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee in action against England

When one turns back the clock and ruminates of fast bowlers of the yesteryears, the name of Dennis Lillee immediately comes to the mind. Remembered as the outstanding fast bowler of his generation, Lillee was out and out fast with a very long run-up

Making his Test debut during the 1971 Test series against England, Lillee was an instant success as he came away with bowling figures of 5 for 84. By the 1972 Ashes series, he was the bowler to fear as he finished with 31 wickets at an average of 17.67 in the series.

Lillee was at his devastating best in the 1974-75 Ashes series as he formed a formidable bowling partnership with Thomson that made the caption run by The Sunday Telegraph at that time a popular slogan transmitted orally: "Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust, if Thomson don't get ya, Lillee must."