Prince EWS
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Haha one of the two comments on the first video I posted is a bloke saying Coyte had bowled him in indoor.
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fastest bowler ever?
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the big bambino
International Captain
Tyson off a short run, Harmison off about 4 or 5 paces( when he first toured Australia) Coyte and Eddie Gilbert off about 4 steps. Sure puts a dent in the theory that you can't bowl quick if you don't have a long run up.
the big bambino
International Captain
Thing I remember about Zahid was him bowling short at Ponting and getting pasted by some pretty impressive hooking and pulling.
the big bambino
International Captain
You’re very sensitive.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Would absolutely love to see Van Troost in action, surely there's something floating around on youtube somewhere?
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
I'll stick with Tyson.
TheJediBrah
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Can we please stop this juvenile form of debate? It's the same people who do it every time as well
"hurr dur well this unrelated guy from your country did this so there" is never a relevant argument or interesting line of discussion
Is there any footage of this? I have a very hard time believing that Harmison bowled off literally 4 or 5 steps in an international match. Unless it was late in an innings in a bizarre change-up
the big bambino
International Captain
One of the later tests of that series. Harmison got a lot of bounce but people made fun of his lack of direction. Having lost confidence he cut his run to concentrate on his delivery. He still got it over 140k and bowled better than he had iirc.
nightprowler10
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2007?
the big bambino
International Captain
From 2002/03 from memory.
TheJediBrah
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Literally 5 steps though? That's virtually just a wind up and bowl.
Burgey
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Indeed it is. Product of well-placed insecurity. Sad.
the big bambino
International Captain
It wasn't much more than that as I recall. I think it was the Sydney test. I just youtubed it about an hour ago. Harmison did play in that match but the clip I saw had him off his full run. Whereas I was hoping to find film off his short run. Never mind. For some reason I recall Martin Love as a batsman he was bowling to while employing the short run up.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Don't get the controversy here. Akhtar is fastest recorded and by eye test looks the fastest.
On who was the most consistently fastest? That's up for the debate.
It's strange that it's almost 20 years and nobody has broken that record.
On who was the most consistently fastest? That's up for the debate.
It's strange that it's almost 20 years and nobody has broken that record.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
The main oddity here is the OP having a “reaction score” of -1. How is that possible? 