It's true that every youth looks at the heroes of their country and try to be like them.
In Australian cricket fast bowling culture is in their blood.
Australian youth grew up watching the legends of the game like Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson in the 70s.
Jeff Thomson
Dennis Lillee
Watching these two bowl was a sheer joy for a cricket fan and suddenly every aspiring cricketer wanted to be like them, bowl like them.
Jeff Thomson held the record for bowling the fastest ball (99.7 mph) in the world for a long time before Shoaib Akhtar toppled it.
Australian cricket pitches are regarded as some of the fastest in the world.
These pitches turned out to be a breeding ground for all the fierce and intimidating great pace bowlers that Australia have produced over the years.
Over the years world cricket has witnessed some of the fastest bowlers coming out of ranks from the land down under. Few notable fast bowlers are-
Brett Lee
Shaun Tait
Pat Cummins
Mitchell Starc
Australia is a breeding ground for the fast bowlers because fast bowling is a culture which gets encouraged by their fans, their cricket pitches and their cricket board.
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