West Indies pace legends Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh formed one of the greatest fast bowling partnerships in cricket history.
They played a total of 230 Test matches and had an combined tally of 924 wickets between them – 519 for Walsh and 405 for Ambrose.
They opened the bowling together in 52 Test matches with 412 dismissals between them. Only two new-ball partnerships have managed more wickets than them.
Watch the two greats discuss all things fast bowling and why they worked so well in tandem.
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