shortpitched713
International Captain
No. Study physics and you will understand why.
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Shaun Tait-Potential to be the fastest ever?
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Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I don't want to seem pedantic, but pad-making technology hasn't improved since Tyson's days either has it? That's not denying he was extremely quick, but I don't think bruising batsmen through their pads can be held up as evidence.
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I know you're not Lieng...you're Fraz!
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I don't think Tait will be the fastest, I think there's a limit to which he can push his body with that action, and the faster he tries to bowl the more injuries he will sustain. He certainly won't be one of the best, unless he manages to mix pace with some sort of accuracy. Brett Lee is a far better bowler at the moment in my opinion, and I'm aware of a lot of people's opinions on here about him. Tait can bowl an unplayable delivery, but seems to mix it in with too many wide balls and other rubbish. He certainly not an answer in one-day cricket. (As I type this I'm thinking that today he'll go out and take 6 for 12 or something stupid! 
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FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Indeed. Bichel was reasonably sharp until the last year or two, but he was never a 90+ bowler, and he was certainly being clocked that way in the 03 WC.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
It has, presumably, but why did no-one else get bruised through them in Tyson's day and before?
They can't ever have been that bad. Larwood, for example, however fast he may or may not have been, struck many a painful blow (most notably, of course, on Woodfull and Oldfield at Adelaide in 1932\33, but they're only the 2 most notable of 100s of occasions). But never was he reported to have bruised a batsman through his pads.
If Tyson's case wasn't unique, why would anyone (never mind our Richie) even bother mentioning it?
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
At the start of said ODI, with him bowling breakbackers at 95mph, I could see Joyce being lbw at any time.I don't think Tait will be the fastest, I think there's a limit to which he can push his body with that action, and the faster he tries to bowl the more injuries he will sustain. He certainly won't be one of the best, unless he manages to mix pace with some sort of accuracy. Brett Lee is a far better bowler at the moment in my opinion, and I'm aware of a lot of people's opinions on here about him. Tait can bowl an unplayable delivery, but seems to mix it in with too many wide balls and other rubbish. He certainly not an answer in one-day cricket. (As I type this I'm thinking that today he'll go out and take 6 for 12 or something stupid!
Soon, of course, the swing evaporated and he was happily spraying it.
But if he could attain some swing for a lengthy spell, it's inconceivable that he'd not do serious damage. If you can bowl full inswingers at 95mph, it only takes 1 delivery, and even if you make a batsman play just 1 out of 24 deliveries, that 1 can do the trick easily.
Fiery
Banned
Burning the midnight oil Richard?
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I vaguely remember him touching the 145kph mark in some game in Australia, presumably in 2000\01, but 150+?
D'you remember if this game was at altitude or not?
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Uh?
Fiery
Banned
It must be late, (or early), over there in Old BlightyUh?
Fiery
Banned
Yep, looking forward to it too. Who ya pickin?Oh, yeah, it is - 2:30ish.
But I have a game to watch in 1\2hr's time, so no complaints there.
Fiery
Banned
mmm. Will you be sticking to your "no posting in match threads" policy? Why do you have that policy, just out of curiosity? I would like to hear your thoughts throughout the match
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Oh, it's not a policy with strict no-posting-there - it's just I don't like posting in threads where I respond to a post made 5 hours ago and it's 7 pages down. And I rarely bother with a thread where there've already been 120 replies without me viewing.
And in this case - I'm hitting the sack soon, to doze throughout the night! And watch highlights of anything I miss later.
And in this case - I'm hitting the sack soon, to doze throughout the night! And watch highlights of anything I miss later.
Craig
World Traveller
What run 100m every 7.5 seconds? Um that hasn't happened. let alone any sprinter running 100m in 7.5 seconds.
It's physically impossible to sprint more then 400m. Fact.
shortpitched713
International Captain
I was reffering to how one could not run any faster on the moon than on Earth.
pasag
RTDAS
Match threads are one of the best things about CW imo.