Quickest part time bowler

[Howe_zat]

Someone told me, don't remember who, that young Ben Foakes was properly rapid before he gave it up in favour of keeping.

 

[thierry henry]

Crowe certainly looked a very useful bowler in his younger days, but you're setting the bar low by comparing him to Snedden, who looked a like a grade third seamer.

That was also part of my point. Watching back it is quite alarming how Snedden looks like a random club player.

 

[Starfighter]

That was also part of my point. Watching back it is quite alarming how Snedden looks like a random club player.

He reminds me of those kids you see in juniors who run in about ten miles to bowl at an agonisingly slow pace.

This is probably because he ran in about ten miles to bowl at an agonisingly slow pace.

(seriously, has any 120 km/h bowler ran further?)

 

[_00_deathscar]

Yet another thread where the answer is Jadeja.

On a serious note, dude’s pretty athletic and has a bullet arm - the heck is he bowling slow left arm for? Would have been interesting to see him bowl pace.

 

[Aritro]

Ravi Bopara was pretty effortlessly around 130-135kph. I remember one embarrassing match when they brought him on and he bowled faster than all our specialist quicks.

 

[Starfighter]

He bowled high 120s when he was down here for the BBL. Was very accurate though.

 

[Himannv]

Might have been Kallis.

 

[mr_mister]

First thought was Mark Waugh

Way too many genuine all rounders being named lol

 

[GIMH]

Jimmy Anderson

Imagine how many wickets he'd have if he was full-time

 

[Migara]

I think Mark waugh used to bowl with a decent pace, other then him who do you think has played in a team primarily as a batsman and had a good pace to his bowling?

Asanka Gurusinha was the quickkest among Lankans (that Included Pushpakumara, who touched 90mph) for one or two matches in B&H series in Australia. His unbeliavably shitty work ethic denied as a proper all rounder. He has a test bowling average of 32, and it shows when he bowled he was good. He had broad shoulders that rarely possessed by even Lankan fast bowlers.

But I think the cake goes to Phil Simmons who was fast to fast medium regularly for two or three seasons.

 

[Migara]

Garry Cosier, Ken Mackay, are 2 names that come to mind. Shane Watson maybe another

Cruel . . .

 

[TheJediBrah]

Asanka Gurusinha was the quickkest among Lankans (that Included Pushpakumara, who touched 90mph) for one or two matches in B&H series in Australia. His unbeliavably ****ty work ethic denied as a proper all rounder. He has a test bowling average of 32, and it shows when he bowled he was good. He had broad shoulders that rarely possessed by even Lankan fast bowlers.

But I think the cake goes to Phil Simmons who was fast to fast medium regularly for two or three seasons.

Angelo Mathews?

 

[Jayro]

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Asanka Gurusinha was the quickkest among Lankans (that Included Pushpakumara, who touched 90mph) for one or two matches in B&H series in Australia. His unbeliavably ****ty work ethic denied as a proper all rounder. He has a test bowling average of 32, and it shows when he bowled he was good. He had broad shoulders that rarely possessed by even Lankan fast bowlers.

But I think the cake goes to Phil Simmons who was fast to fast medium regularly for two or three seasons.

think Phil Simmons was a genuine all-rounder particularly in first class cricket he played in England, was a dominant figure in both batting and bowling for several seasons.

 

[Gob]

Jimmy Anderson

He isn't that fast

 

[Migara]

Angelo Mathews?

Proper all rounder and was pretty quick before injuries. You don't get 120 wickets in 100 odd matches bowled, at 33.3 in ODIs if you are a part timer.

 

[Migara]

Usually a medium-pacer, Simmons bowled quickly that year, reportedly outpacing Devon Malcolm on their one meeting.

That is Phil Simmons. out Pacing Malcolm is no mean feat.

 

[srbhkshk]

Dhoni is probably the clear answer here, he bowled very very rarely but he could crank it up to 130+ easily enough, saw him touch 135 once if my memory isn't messing with me.

 

[Daemon]

I remember Wade hitting 130+

Pretty insane they can just not bowl for ages and still send it down at that pace.

 

[Nintendo]

Cam green can send down 140/145 pretty effortlessly but he's definitely not a part time, started out as a specialist quick. Maybe Kohli? He use to call himself a right arm quick unironically.

 

[a massive zebra]

W.B. Burns took less than one wicket per match in first class cricket and yet was considered to be an exceptionally quick bowler. Frank Chester, who played against him before the war, named him the fastest bowler, ahead even of Harold Larwood, that he ever saw.