Forgot to include some very very special names. : Allan Donald (the white lightning), Curtly Ambrose.

Wasim to me was the most skillful bowler. Early on when he was spotted by the great Imran Khan when he was just 18, he was lightning fast and unplayable. But later he had to cut down on his pace and his run up, and guess what, he became more lethal. He was master of swing, reverse swing at a high pace. Reason why I give batsmen of 90s more credit because there were some like Sachin, lara, AB, who played him really well..at the same time there were plenty (specially England players 92 series, NZ batsmen)  who never had an idea what the ball's gonna do, in swing, out swing, reverse swing. He could bowl 6 deliveries of 6 different kinds and the lesser batsmen would never figure out what in the name of god just happened.

2003 World cup, India vs Pak, if anyone noticed, Sehwag..though in good form, was literally shielded from Wasim Akram by Sachin Tendulkar, who played most of Akram's deliveries and left Sehwag to face Shoaib and Waqar. Waqar was very fast, I have this feeling he was probably faster than Brett Lee or even Shoaib Akhtar...I don't give a damn to these speedometers, u got to ask the batsmen who faced him, and he would bowl mostly the fuller  those inswinging yorker deliveries at a very very high pace, which would do either of 3 things, clean up ur stumps, crush ur toes or a plumb lbw. But his peak was just few years after which he was not the same force. Akram was always the most versatile, no batsman could ever afford to relax while playing him even to his later days.

And Yes, the duel between Athers and Allan Donald has to be the most thrilling spectacle in test cricket's history. Hats off to u Athers.