If Donald only bowled 92mph (147kph) on average then it would be slower then Lee and Shoaib, who both use to consistantly be above 150kph in their hayday.
Donald wasnt as quick as Lee or Shoaib. He was the quickest around and then they raised the bar.
Not as fast as Shoaib overall, but when he bowled against Atherton, he was lightning fast and in a spell, it's not beyond possibility he was hitting serious speeds.
I actually meant in my post LOWEST speed of 92mph, not average. I think he bowled an average speed of 92mph as a general rule, but in a 6-7 over spell I'm sure he could hit 97-98mph top whack. No-one pissed him off as much as Athers did (and Athers was awesome against South Africa) and he looked to be bowling faster against him than in general.
Though this is summise, since there weren't speed guns in use I don't know for sure, but
Whilst Lee has clocked some silly speeds, from memory he wasn't as fast as Shoaib in average speed who was ca 150kph/93mph.
Plus, Lee had to put everything into a delivery to clock 150+ whereas Shoaib didn't spend too much energy to hit the same speed. The Donald of 92-96 would've been as fast as Brett Lee IMO.
Not in 1998 or 1999 he wasn't, but it's not completely and totally inconceivable (though, I think, unlikely) that he was quite as quick as they were in 2001-2002 sort of time in 1992-1994-ish.
Not Shoaib overall during his fastest (1999-2003), but I think the Donald of 1992-1996 was as fast as Lee at peak.
The problem is the lack of speed guns. But Donald hitting 95mph when he was 31 in 1998 makes it possible he could've hit 97-98mph, particularly in 1994-1996 when he was playing against us.
Nantie Hayward has hit 97mph and I don't think Donald at peak was slower.