Top 6 bowlers with the longest run-up

3) Sir Wesley Winfield Hall

Wes Hall during a practice match

Sir Wesley Winfield Hall or Wes Hall as he is popularly remembered was a tall, lanky fast bowler from Barbados who had the reputation of having one of the longest bowling run-ups. The most interesting anecdote about him is that he was a batsman and a wicket-keeper during his school days and took to fast bowling only much later.

He was the chief tormentor of India's batting line-up during his debut series in India in 1959. He dismissed Nari Contractor for a duck and quickly followed it up with the wickets of Pankaj Roy and Vijay Manjrekar on his debut. In the second match at Kanpur, he ended up taking 11 wickets.

He followed it up with a Test hat-trick in Pakistan in 1959. For the next few years, Hall was a force to reckon with in the famous West Indian bowling line-up. His long run-up was so famous that on being appointed senator after his retirement, he quipped, "You think my run up was long. Now you should hear my speeches."