Bowling speeds

[age_master]

For those of you who've heard the word "exponential" and started hiding in the corner:

Time	MPH    	KPH    
0.40	112.500	180.000
0.41	109.756	175.610

thats about how fast i serve playing tennis

will have to go and clock my bowling sometime soon.

 

[GotSpin]

Healthy dig but how fast would the average grade cricket bowl. Even lower than 1st grade etc

 

[Pup Clarke]

A few people from my club have been to Aus and played at the lower grades, and said that first and even second change bowlers were probably bowling 110/115kph (early 70s mph) and that the openers were pushing 120kph and a few quicker. This was specifically at 2nd grade so not sure about others. Definitely had to adapt from the slow and low Scottish wickets haha

 

[TheJediBrah]

Healthy dig but how fast would the average grade cricket bowl. Even lower than 1st grade etc

How long is a piece of string

 

[social]

Unless things have changed since my day, IN GENERAL, the biggest difference between 1st and 2nd grade is consistency/ability to bowl to a plan rather than pace

 

[Burgey]

Agree with this. There are blokes playing threes and fours who bowl serious gas but spray it around everywhere. They aren't picked ahead of fellas who are 10-15kph slower but consistent and move it around. Also, they play with the Kooka test ball in Ones, and having talked with fellas who've been promoted through the grades, it's a ****ing dirge for bowlers who come up from twos. Whereas batsmen who come up actually don't find it quite as hard depsite the better bowling, because the ball does a lot less.

Also, Harry king has daybooed for Parra in ones at the age of 18 and is a genuinely consistent gun bat. One to watch provided he stays injury-free.

 

[Migara]

That's pretty seriously quick! 87-90mph in old money. I had no idea he was so rapid.

I've never been clocked, but I'd guess I'm around the 65mph mark. If I make an effort to bowl quicker I tend to lose my line.

Travis friend at his best was ~85mph

 

[Migara]

We have measured some speeds. Most of the university level fastest bowlers (who are grown up adults) bowl between 110 - 115k. There were two particularly pacy bowlers, one measured 125 - 130 and other 130 - 135k.

I bowled my leggies and was regarded as a rapid off break bowler, with offies 85 - 90k.

All stats show we are wat slower than international standards.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

My fastest ball was recorded at 79.895753567 mph

 

[jimmy101]

My fastest ball was recorded at 79.895753567 mph

Looks like you might have accidentally put a decimal point in there mate.

 

[Migara]

Our method is very simple. We bowl with a 5cm square net by the side of the bowler. 25fps cam is good enough, 60fps one is super accurate. We average the distance the ball traveled in first three frames after the ball has left the bowlers hand, and then calculate the speed. A bright light at the bowling crease nicely produces a shadow of the ball and the net which can be filmed from the opposite side if you can cover the side of the practice net with a translucent paper big enough.

 

[Migara]

My fastest ball was recorded at 79.895753567 mph

Oh ya other ball is relatively slow???

 

[honestbharani]

I honestly think speed at release point is not as good a measure to show what difficulty it may pose to the batsman as a few other things when it comes to bowling.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I honestly think speed at release point is not as good a measure to show what difficulty it may pose to the batsman as a few other things when it comes to bowling.

ok

 

[honestbharani]

If we can actually measure the speed it reaches the batsman at, it will be so much better. Although the numbers would be much lower than release point speeds.

 

[TheJediBrah]

why would it be any better

 

[honestbharani]

Coz its a better measure of what the batsman actually has to face.

 

[TheJediBrah]

how tho? You're saying that if it starts off slightly slower but maintains it's speed more over the course of 22 yards it's harder to face than if it starts off quicker and slows down more by the time it reaches the batsman?

 

[honestbharani]

No, I just mean if we know the speed of the ball when it reaches the batsman, it gives you more of an indication of what he is facing.

 

[TheJediBrah]

No, I just mean if we know the speed of the ball when it reaches the batsman, it gives you more of an indication of what he is facing.

Yeah I know what you're saying but it doesn't make sense. The effect speed of the ball has on the batsman is a function of how long it takes to get from the bowler to the batsman. What difference does it make where in the journey the speed is relatively speaking?