The Fastest Bowler ever?

[Bolo.]

I didn't know that his 156.7 kmph was reliable and thought his fastest ball was 154.4 kmph, that too in IPL.

I don't know about the decimal points. I always round everything to the nearest whole number*. Likely was 156.7. It rings a bell.

Edit: If you mean reliable in terms of trusting what the gun was saying, I reckon it was, at least as far as IPL speeds can be. They normally feel inflated by a couple of kms in relation to RSA speed guns to me. That looked about as fast as I have ever seen him bowl, and was a smidge faster than I ever remember seeing him being clocked in RSA.

These lists are very incomplete in general. I have seen a number of bowlers clock faster than the stuff that appears on some of them.

*Except for one Pollock over in around 1999, when every single ball was 144.X, and the consistency was more interesting than the nearest number.

 

[sayon basak]

I don't know about the decimal points. I always round everything to the nearest whole number*. Likely was 156.7. It rings a bell.

Edit: If you mean reliable in terms of trusting what the gun was saying, I reckon it was, at least as far as IPL speeds can be. They normally feel inflated by a couple of kms in relation to RSA speed guns to me. That looked about as fast as I have ever seen him bowl, and was a smidge faster than I ever remember seeing him being clocked in RSA.

These lists are very incomplete in general. I have seen a number of bowlers clock faster than the stuff that appears on some of them.

*Except for one Pollock over in around 1999, when every single ball was 144.X, and the consistency was more interesting than the nearest number.

Ok I'm convinced. It was that I saw a lot of sources that showed 154.4 kmph as his fastest ball in his career, so It made me think the former one was speculation.


Fastest deliveries in IPL history:-
Shaun Tait= 157.71 kmph (vs Dehli Daredevils in 2011)
Lockie Ferguson= 157.3 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022 Final)
Umran Malik= 157.0 kmph (vs Dehli Capitals in IPL 2022; match no.50)
Mayank Yadav= 156.7 kmph (vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2024)
Dale Steyn= 156.7 kmph (vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2010)
Anrich Nortje= 156.22 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2020)
Umran Malik= 156 kmph (vs Dehli Capitals in 2022)
Mayank Yadav= 155.8 kmph (vs Punjab Kings in 2024)
Anrich Nortje= 155.21 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2020)
Mayank Yadav= 155.2 kmph (vs RCB in IPL 2024)
Umran Malik=154.8 kmph (vs Dehli Capitals in IPL 2022; match no.65)
Mayank Yadav= 154.8 kmph (vs RCB in IPL 2024)
Anrich Nortje= 154.74 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2020)
Dale Steyn= 154.4 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2012)
Lockie Ferguson= 154.4 kmph
Kagiso Rabada= 154.23 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Anrich Nortje= 154.21 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Lockie Ferguson= 154.1 kmph (vs Gujrat Titans in 2023)
Umran Malik= 154 kmph ( match no.46; CSK vs SRH; IPL 2022)
Kagiso Rabada= 153.91 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Lockie Ferguson= 153.9 kmph (match no.29; CSK vs GT; IPL 2022)
Mayank Yadav= 153.9 kmph (vs PBKS in IPL 2024)
Lockie Ferguson= 153.84 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Anrich Nortje= 153.72 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Jofra Archer= 153.62 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Pat Cummins= 153.56 kmph (in IPL 2017)
Lockie Ferguson= 153.5 kmph (match no.51; MI vs GT; IPL 2022)
Kagiso Rabada= 153.5 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Kagiso Rabada= 153.45 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Mayank Yadav= 153.4 kmph (vs PBKS in IPL 2024)
Jofra Archer= 153.36 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Umran Malik= 153.3 kmph (match no. 21; GT vs SRH; IPL 2022)
Jofra Archer= 153.23 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Mayank Yadav= 153.2 kmph (vs RCB in IPL 2024
Jofra Archer= 153.13 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Umran Malik= 153.1 kmph (match no.17; CSK vs SRH; IPL 2022)
Mayank Yadav= 153 kmph (vs PBKS in IPL 2024)
Nandre Burger= 153 kmph (vs DC in IPL 2024)
Umran Malik= 152.95 kmph (in IPL 2021)

(Some other might exist, as it's almost impossible to find all of them)

Another question, did Rauf bowl 159 kmph in the T20 world cup?

 

[DrWolverine]

When Tait got it right, he was quicker than Lee arguably even Shoaib too. He was a good deal bigger and perhaps stronger than either too. Though, I think Shoaib was insanely strong as well.

I was genuinely worried about the batsmen when Shaun Tait was bowling since even he had no idea where the ball was going

 

[_00_deathscar]

I was genuinely worried about the batsmen when Shaun Tait was bowling since even he had no idea where the ball was going

Luckily for the batsmen it usually was miles clear of them.

 

[sayon basak]

Ok I'm convinced. It was that I saw a lot of sources that showed 154.4 kmph as his fastest ball in his career, so It made me think the former one was speculation.


Fastest deliveries in IPL history:-
Shaun Tait= 157.71 kmph (vs Dehli Daredevils in 2011)
Lockie Ferguson= 157.3 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022 Final)
Umran Malik= 157.0 kmph (vs Dehli Capitals in IPL 2022; match no.50)
Mayank Yadav= 156.7 kmph (vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2024)
Dale Steyn= 156.7 kmph (vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2010)
Anrich Nortje= 156.22 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2020)
Umran Malik= 156 kmph (vs Dehli Capitals in 2022)
Mayank Yadav= 155.8 kmph (vs Punjab Kings in 2024)
Anrich Nortje= 155.21 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2020)
Mayank Yadav= 155.2 kmph (vs RCB in IPL 2024)
Umran Malik=154.8 kmph (vs Dehli Capitals in IPL 2022; match no.65)
Mayank Yadav= 154.8 kmph (vs RCB in IPL 2024)
Anrich Nortje= 154.74 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2020)
Dale Steyn= 154.4 kmph (vs Rajasthan Royals in 2012)
Lockie Ferguson= 154.4 kmph
Kagiso Rabada= 154.23 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Anrich Nortje= 154.21 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Lockie Ferguson= 154.1 kmph (vs Gujrat Titans in 2023)
Umran Malik= 154 kmph ( match no.46; CSK vs SRH; IPL 2022)
Kagiso Rabada= 153.91 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Lockie Ferguson= 153.9 kmph (match no.29; CSK vs GT; IPL 2022)
Mayank Yadav= 153.9 kmph (vs PBKS in IPL 2024)
Lockie Ferguson= 153.84 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Anrich Nortje= 153.72 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Jofra Archer= 153.62 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Pat Cummins= 153.56 kmph (in IPL 2017)
Lockie Ferguson= 153.5 kmph (match no.51; MI vs GT; IPL 2022)
Kagiso Rabada= 153.5 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Kagiso Rabada= 153.45 kmph (in IPL 2019)
Mayank Yadav= 153.4 kmph (vs PBKS in IPL 2024)
Jofra Archer= 153.36 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Umran Malik= 153.3 kmph (match no. 21; GT vs SRH; IPL 2022)
Jofra Archer= 153.23 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Mayank Yadav= 153.2 kmph (vs RCB in IPL 2024
Jofra Archer= 153.13 kmph (in IPL 2020)
Umran Malik= 153.1 kmph (match no.17; CSK vs SRH; IPL 2022)
Mayank Yadav= 153 kmph (vs PBKS in IPL 2024)
Nandre Burger= 153 kmph (vs DC in IPL 2024)
Umran Malik= 152.95 kmph (in IPL 2021)

(Some other might exist, as it's almost impossible to find all of them)

Another question, did Rauf bowl 159 kmph in the T20 world cup?

Does anyone know how fast Brett Lee bowled in IPL 2008?

 

[Chin Music]

that speed destroys your body and doesn't actually gain you anything, look at Bret Lee, constantly reached 95mph but the 85 mph Stuart Broad was an infinitely more successful career and an objectively better bowler

I think there is a lot to this. It is very difficult to produce that pace, week in week out, especially if you want to get the obvious financial gains that playing in the various big leagues get you. Makes more sense to be circa 145-150kph (i.e. just over 90mph) and have a skill set and be able to bowl on a more regular basis and stay fit.

 

[sayon basak]

Mark Wood's Fastest over:-

Average Bowling speed= 152.54 kmph

 

[Burgey]

They must have miscalibrated the speed gun, because they played it easily. Half of them are on the way down to the keeper ffs. Typical of the English to give a rousing round of applause for an over that went for two singles and otherwise did nothing.

Anyway, as I've noted before it's a Pretty Extraordinary Development by Wood to gain a few yardS of pace when well into his 30s, isn't it?