Players also play way more cricket nowadays, there’s no concept of off season for players who play all 3 formats. Players were lucky if they played 1 series a year and a domestic season back in the day.Kind of overlooks the point that the human body is not designed to be a bowler. Especially a fast bowler like the current topic. It's not sheer coincidence that people get injured nowadays even with all the help available to prevent or reduce the effects of such injuries that can hinder their careers.
Surely a full domestic season in England 'back in the day' was quite demanding. Regular county games plus the Gillette cup occupied 5-7 days a week.Players also play way more cricket nowadays, there’s no concept of off season for players who play all 3 formats. Players were lucky if they played 1 series a year and a domestic season back in the day.
Yeah that was Chaminda Vaas.Didn’t a guy from Sri Lanka touched 180 kph?
The window when you could play cricket in England is 2-3 months max. Half the time it’s raining or snowing in englandSurely a full domestic season in England 'back in the day' was quite demanding. Regular county games plus the Gillette cup occupied 5-7 days a week.
Very good point. Sure you "play" cricket 5+ days a week but when you adjust for rain you play like 1 day every 2 weeksThe window when you could play cricket in England is 2-3 months max. Half the time it’s raining or snowing in england
Absolutely no data to prove such.What is surprising with fast bowling is that people aren't bowling any faster than they did 70 years ago.
Frank Tyson was as quick in the 1950s as anyone bowls today.
You'd think with better diet, better conditioning, better analysis of technique, speeds would have progressed.
Also you'd think that as nearly all sportsmen are generally bigger, fitter and faster than their predecessors, bowlers would bowl quicker but they don't.
While I believe the first part is generally true at least looking back over the last century, it does not follow that the second is true at all.Fast bowlign attacks as a unit however has got faster and faster over time. There is nothing to suggest the leader of the pack haven't got faster over time.
Yeah in a span of 40 years but not in a span of 4 years. There is no evidence to suggest that 79 technology was better than 75.Because technology evolves to become better over time and not inferior?
There is no data but I've heard many commentators state, like Richie Benaud, that Tyson was the quickest he had ever seen, either on the pitch or from the commentators box.Absolutely no data to prove such.
Fast bowlign attacks as a unit however has got faster and faster over time. There is nothing to suggest the leader of the pack haven't got faster over time.