Pat Cummins leads the pack of fast bowlers who dominate the list of Test bowling nominees within the ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019. Click here for the Test batting shortlist
Kemar Roach
5 for 17 v England
first Test, Bridgetown
West Indies had been dismissed for 289, but Roach turned during a ferocious spell of fast bowling that cut England to ribbons and brought him five wickets for four runs during a performance fit to rank among the type West Indies bowlers appeared to produce at whim three decades ago. England was all out for 77, rock bottom Test total Bridgetown has ever seen. Roston Chase took eight wickets within the second innings, but it had been Roach's 27-ball burst that routed England by 381 runs.
Pat Cummins
4 for 43 v England
fourth Test, Manchester
England needed to survive seven overs and each day to increase the Ashes series to a fifth Test. that they had proved difficult for Australia to place away from a game earlier, when at Headingley, Ben Stokes… you recognize the remainder. Enter Cummins, who needed just four balls to tear the spine out of England's resistance: Rory Burns edged to hide off the third before the right fast bowler's delivery knocked back Joe Root's off stump. Cummins would return to dismiss Stokes cheaply, quashing any thoughts of a repeat miracle, and when he dismantled Jason Roy's stumps, the destination of the urn was about confirmed.
Tim Murtagh
5 for 13 v England
only Test, Lord's
This was only Ireland's third Test, but the notion that they could be certain a whipping flew out of the window on a primary morning. Murtagh sent both openers back cheaply on a wicket so green you didn't know where the square-ended and therefore the outfield began. It wasn't all just right down to the surface, though, and Murtagh continued to torment England during a nine-over spell where he maintained both intensity and pace. Three middle-order batsmen fell to him without adding a run to the score. there have been inswingers, outswingers, bowled, lbw and caught-behinds. The players hadn't yet broken for lunch when, because of Murtagh, England had been bowled out for 85.
Josh Hazlewood
5 for 30 v England
third Test, Leeds
Yes, other things happened during this match too. the top of England's first innings was widely decried or celebrated, counting on your persuasion, making clearer, as it did, which way the Ashes were headed. England was rolled for 67, and Hazlewood's metronomic precision was largely responsible. He seamed the ball from off stump with consistency, and to devastating effect. Jason Roy and Joe Root nicked to slide to place England on the rear foot - quite literally; poor footwork played a neighborhood in Hazlewood's next three wickets. for nearly 72 hours, it had been considered a match-winning performance, and it had been deserved being one.
Jofra Archer
6 for 62 v Australia
fifth Test, The Oval
The Ashes may need to be been lost by then, but Archer's performance signaled that within the years ahead Australia will see plenty more of England's most explosive pace bowler during a generation. After England posted 294, Australia was rattled by the first loss of both openers to Archer's pace. Then Marnus Labuschagne was trapped ahead even as he looked to be getting himself in. Archer would return to say three lower-order wickets, even bringing out the knuckleball from his box of tricks. He gave England a 69-run first-innings lead that ensured their record of no home Ashes defeats stretching back to 2001 wouldn't be broken.
Jasprit Bumrah
6 for 27 v West Indies
second Test, Kingston
It isn't India's fast bowlers who have historically made headlines in games between these two teams, but history was turned on its head during a mesmerizing session of play on day two, where seven West Indian wickets fell, six of them to Bumrah. Numbers three, four and five would fall in successive balls during Bumrah's fifth over as he became just the third Indian to require a Test hat-trick. the complete deliveries were complemented perfectly by the surprise short ball, and Bumrah found many sideways movements both ways. it might prove too good for half a dozen West Indians and would cause a series-sealing 257-run win for India.
Rashid Khan
6 for 49 v Bangladesh
only Test, Chattogram
Khan could make a lucrative career only playing for the myriad franchises falling over themselves to sign him up. But in only his third match game, the legspinner showed he was capable of fulfilling a more traditional role too. With but one full day available to Afghanistan to bowl Bangladesh out, the responsibility fell to their young captain and totem. He started by trapping Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque ahead in successive overs to carve the hosts open; the lower order was no match for Rashid, and even the rain that ominously hung around Chattogram couldn't deny him. the ultimate wicket fell because the drizzle steadied into a shower, but Rashid's fire had held it cornered for just long enough.
Neil Wagner
5 for 44 v England
first Test, Mount Maunganui
In a Test where 19 wickets had fallen in 11 sessions, New Zealand needed ten of England's in four for victory. The pitch hadn't deteriorated much, and injury to Trent Boult had deprived the hosts of their most potent threat. But Wagner wasn't abandoning. The short ball under the armpit may need rattled the batsmen most, but he was no one-trick spell. Joe Denly fell to a brief ball outside off, Ollie Pope was done by a slower delivery, and a new-ball yorker cleaned up Jos Buttler. it might have done Boult proud. Wagner would continue to wash up the tail summarily, and with eight wickets within the match, he was not just the undercard to Boult and Tim Southee.
Pat Cummins
5 for 28 v New Zealand
second Test, Melbourne
It was only fitting that the world's No. 1 fast bowler rounded off the year underlining that status. On an MCG surface where Australia had batted for 155 overs, Pat Cummins showed a turgid strip needn't be a barrier to wicket-taking. His pace was 8-10kph above that of latest Zealand's bowlers, and he was patient together with his line. Tom Blundell succumbed to at least one at 146kph that darted away, while Kane Williamson was rushed into a pull shot. Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls fell off successive balls, and Tom Latham, who had held out for four hours, was prised out with a nagging fourth-stump line. New Zealand was bowled out for 148, and a 247-run win was soon sealed.
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