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Shoaib Akhtar (pronounced [ʃoeːb ... He achieved the record of the fastest recorded bowl to date at 161.3 km/h since 1998 when the bowling speed guns were ...
4 Bowling records. Toggle Bowling records subsection. 4.1 Most career wickets. 4.1.1 Most wickets against each team. 4.2 Best figures in an innings. ... Shoaib Akhtar ...
This was Australia's third World Cup win, the only team to do so. Pakistani player Shoaib Akhtar also set a world record, becoming the fastest bowler in the history of cricket, delivering a record top speed of 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) in a pool match against England. [4] [5] [6]
His best bowling performance in ODIs was 6 wickets for 16 runs against New Zealand at the National Stadium, Karachi, in December 2001. [13] Shoaib played 19 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan, however he never took a five-wicket haul in this format. [14] He retired from international cricket after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. [15]
Though there may have been faster balls bowled, the highest electronically measured speed (after speed guns became popular) for a ball bowled by any bowler is 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph), bowled by Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar to England's Nick Knight on 22 February 2003 in a World Cup match at Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa; this was also the first ...
Pakistani Shoaib Akhtar holds the world record for delivering the fastest ball (161.3 km/h (100.2 mph)). [10]In the early days of cricket, underarm bowling was the only method employed.
Oasis High School bowler, Lexi Lenius competes in the LCAC Girls Bowling Championships at Lightning Strikes Bowling Alley in Fort Myers on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. She won individual honors.
He ranks only behind the Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar (161.3 km/h, 100.2 mph) who is ranked as the fastest bowler of all time. [59] The strain of consistently bowling at 150 km/h (93 mph) caused a string of stress fractures and recurring injuries and forced him to alter his strategy, which he amassed effectively. [60]