The Fastest Bowler ever?

[sayon basak]

Who was the fastest bowler ever?

This was done 20 years ago.

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[SillyCowCorner1]

The Rawalpindi Express

 

[sayon basak]

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Credit:- @Patience and Accuracy+Gut

 

[Arachnodouche]

Don't think it's humanly possible to be any quicker through the air than Akhtar and Lee in their pomp. Those two made the pitch appear 15 yards long at times.

 

[Johan]

Thompson
Akhtar
Lee
Holding

think all have touched the 160-165 at times

 

[DrWolverine]

If Akhtar or Lee touched 165 we would have known

 

[DrWolverine]

1. Sling action
2. No bouncer rule
3. Lack of protective equipment

Apart from being one of the fastest ever, these three reasons are why Jeff Thomson is the most feared bowler.

 

[sayon basak]

Shoaib Akhtar's fastest over:-

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Average bowling speed=158.03 kmph

Shaun Tait's fastest over:-

Average bowling speed= 156.41 kmph

Brett Lee's fastest over:-

Average bowling speed= 155.57 kmph

 

[Arachnodouche]

Lee has to be the ultimate fast bowling nut though. He was hitting 145 with ease till the very end despite all the miles and injuries. Doubt anyone other than Shoaib has done that but Shoaib's action was an ugly mess by then.

 

[DrWolverine]

Brett Lee deserves special praise - Despite being an express fast bowler he played 76 Tests and 221 ODIs.

 

[sayon basak]

Brett Lee deserves special praise - Despite being an express fast bowler he played 76 Tests and 221 ODIs.

Not really sure how consistent he was with that express pace. Have heard that he wasn't as consistent as Akhtar or Tait.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Not really sure how consistent he was with that express pace. Have heard that he wasn't as consistent as Akhtar or Tait.

Lol Tait.

He was handled poorly by Waugh and Ponting. Was given the enforcer role while seniors like McGrath and Gillespie were around, but there was more to him than just that as seen from his final few years in Tests.

 

[DrWolverine]

Yes his pace decreased but still he was bowling in high 140s and low 150s throughout his career

 

[DrWolverine]

I loved Tait - very erratic but highly entertaining

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

No one's mentioned Shane Bond so far. A beast.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I loved Tait - very erratic but highly entertaining

Yeah he took Thommo's famous "I didn't know which way it was going" a little too seriously.

 

[Arachnodouche]

No one's mentioned Shane Bond so far. A beast.

Probably the most polished beast of them all. Almost feels wrong to include him in a discussion of tearaways...which he undoubtedly was.

 

[DrWolverine]

No one's mentioned Shane Bond so far. A beast.

Bond wasn’t as fast as the other three

 

[DrWolverine]

Yeah he took Thommo's famous "I didn't know which way it was going" a little too seriously.

This guy was not as fast as Tait.

He bowled in late 140s and even touched 150+ and was just as erratic.

 

[sayon basak]

No one's mentioned Shane Bond so far. A beast.

There are a lot of names, such as Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Mohammad Sami, Fidel Edwards etc; but they belonged to an era when we knew exactly how fast they bowled, and they didn't bowl faster than the 3.