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dude, everybody saw Anderson’s career. It took place in the 21st century entirely and most if not all of their tests were broadcasts through cable television. I remember Anderson’s first big performance actually happened in a World Cup against Pakistan under lights at Newlands, Cape Town in 2003. All the England commies were going gaga while Michael Holding and Ian Healey were the only two stating his head falls away when he was bowling. And that kept him out of the side as a regular for years. Imagine Anderson could only make the team after Harrison dominated cricket for two years then returned to the homesick, low confidence wreck he started as. Simon jones was frequently injured and still was a surer pick than Anderson. Which goes back to my original point. There has been a definite and marked decline in cricketing standards and skills over the last 20 years or so which in no small way contributed to Anderson’s successThere have been exceptions but the skills, even of the performing teams have diminished in a way that can be quantified. Almost no Australian knowing the off stump from their you know what so every time they come up against a quality paceman: bumrah, Ramada, Jansen, Shamar, Seales, they falter and falter badly. India being whitewashed on the back of an off spinner in Satner who barely turns the ball would have been unthinkable even ten years ago but here we are. But then everything with the millennial( my generation) and genz( even worse) is fast food and actually acquiring skills through practice is almost non existent
Dale Steyn on the other hand was a genuinely great paceman. A man who asked 90s stalwarts like Tendulkar , Dravid and Ponting serious questions every single time he faced them. And he did this over a long period of time. From about 2008 til 2016