Don't get too far ahead of yourself, Australia still has more class fast bowlers in the wings than any other nation.

Ishant, however, is the bowler India has been after for years. I reckon by the end of his career he will be regarded as the greatest of all Indian fast bowlers, even better than the man who had everything going for him, Kapil Dev.

It gives the Indian attack great balance with his presence.

he does remind me a bit of Walsh but Ishant's action & run up is more fluid & he is able to get movement in the air& off the wicket,whereas courtney couldn't swing the ball much.Also walsh played most of his tests in seamer friendly conditions in England,Australia & the West Indies.this is a rare jewel that india have got & we must take good care of him.

This was an excellent bit of propaganda about how few fast bowlers Australia has compared to other nations, lucky the first comment set things straight!
But there's no doubting Sharma's class, one of the few fast bowlers who doesn't believe he needs to cuss to show how aggressive he is, he lets the ball do the talking.

Whoa..I did manage to ruffle a few feathers,though funnily, nowhere in my post do I talk about Australia's fast bowling resources or,as presumed by some,the lack of them! My blog was about India finding a genuine fast bowler after ages who could trouble the best in the world,and just to make things clear I agree with you guys that Aussies have a good pace attack...but then,my post was about Ishant,and not once did I condemn the Aussie pacers or even compare them with Ishant...Peace!

'like Australia and Pakistan, once the powerhouses of fast bowling '

This is the sentence you trapped yourself on. And if you check my comment, I agreed with you. As did we all.

Trapped,eh?

'like Australia and Pakistan, once the powerhouses of fast bowling '

Come on mate,You cannot be serious! Do you really rate Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark as high as McGrath/Gillespie? Or,for that matter Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul as high as Wasim or Waqar?

It is pretty obvious that while Australia are going through a transition,India has,for the first time come up with a crop of pace bowlers who could give any batting line up a run for their money...which is a BIG change from the 1980s and 1990s when it was completely in favour of Australia.No disrespect to the current Aussie attack,all I said is that its an even contest now,unlike the old days when the Aussies and the Pakistanis were the super powers of fast bowling

So yes,I'll stick to
"teams like Australia and Pakistan, once the powerhouses of fast bowling"

PS- I'm glad we agree on something!

Not to split hairs, but in the recent Australian series in India the Indian quicks outbowled the Aussies in good batting conditions!