I started taking fast bowling seriously after watching Shane Bond bowl,Bat against: Shane Bond, Shane Warne
Bowl against: Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting
I don't really understand this, unless you are playing premier grade club cricket you will get hurt by shane bond and possibly sent to the hospital.Bat against: Shane Bond, Shane Warne
Bowl against: Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting
Maybe we can request them to bowl away from the bodyI don't really understand this, unless you are playing premier grade club cricket you will get hurt by shane bond and possibly sent to the hospital.
Same thing with Garner - Imran and so forth. You fellows must be very good cricketers.
I personally would not agree to face Chris Martin. He would hurt me. I would probably go out against Tuffey though at 120kms I have faced that speed before.
lolmaybe we can request them to bowl away from the body:d
I have faced a lot of EXTREMELY quick bowlers in pak street cricket. Agreed that it is with a tape ball and not the cricket ball but a number of them would be 90mph.I don't really understand this, unless you are playing premier grade club cricket you will get hurt by shane bond and possibly sent to the hospital.
Same thing with Garner - Imran and so forth. You fellows must be very good cricketers.
I personally would not agree to face Chris Martin. He would hurt me. I would probably go out against Tuffey though at 120kms I have faced that speed before.
I think this is a tall story.I have faced a lot of EXTREMELY quick bowlers in pak street cricket. Agreed that it is with a tape ball and not the cricket ball but a number of them would be 90mph.
Fixed.Sami would be absolutely raped in club cricket
Mate, at 90mph you barely even see the ball.lol tbh I didn't measure the speed myself but some of the guys that I played with ended up playing first class cricket (and I am assuming that they could at least bowl 80 mph with the hard ball). With the tennis ball (heavily taped) I am sure they can push 10mph more.
At any rate they were so damn quick that you the ball was a blur so it must be 90 mph
Sami would absolutely rape in club cricket
Daemon is right. Sami would have a bowling strike rate of about 10 in club cricket.Fixed.
Agreed and to back this up two quotesDaemon is right. Sami would have a bowling strike rate of about 10 in club cricket.
It may seem a joke to some, but I would go on to say that bowlers like Sami and Tait might be more potent forces at club level than the likes of McGrath.
The gulf between top level cricket and club cricket is indeed huge.Agreed and to back this up two quotes
1) shane bond when playing in a low level club grade in the UK during an OE said he just bowled bouncers and yorkers and admitted that he was lethal at that level. So raw speed and aggression works.
2) Hadlee went up against some club cricketers once and apparently he couldn't take a wicket they kept missing his leg cutters. Clive Rice at the other end had 4 wickets and walked up to Paddles and said just bowl badly Richard. So Hadlee started bowling full tosses and half volleys and finally got two guys caught in the covers. So Samis bad balls would probably get wickets at club level.