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Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is a type of bowling in cricket, in which the ball is delivered at high speed. The fastest bowlers bowl the ball at over 90mph. [ 1 ] Practitioners of fast bowling are known as fast bowlers or quicks . [ 2 ]
Jeffrey Robert Thomson (born 16 August 1950) is a former Australian cricketer.Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket; he bowled a delivery with a speed of 160.6 km/h against the West Indies in Perth in 1975, which was the fastest recorded delivery at the time, and the fourth-fastest recorded delivery of all time. [1]
Pace bowlers, or fast bowlers or pacemen, rely on speed to get a batter out. This type of bowler can be further classified according to the speed at which they bowl the ball on average. Most pace bowlers are medium-fast to fast in top level cricket. In general, bowlers of this type are described as right arm or left arm "fast" or "medium-fast ...
He achieved the record of the fastest recorded bowl to date at 161.3 km/h since 1998 when the bowling speed guns were introduced to international cricket with the new speed measuring method. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] He is also known as one of only three bowlers to have ever broken the 100 mph barrier in cricket history, with a delivery of 100.2 mph ...
The velocities of cricket bowlers vary between 40 and 100 mph (64 and 161 km/h). In professional cricket, a bowler in the 40–60 mph range would be said to be a slow bowler, in the 60–80 mph range a medium pace bowler, and a bowler 80 mph+ a fast bowler. In the amateur game, these distinctions would be approximately 10 mph slower.
[7] [8] [9] Dubbed "The Wild Thing", during his career Tait was considered one of the fastest bowlers in the world, [10] [11] regularly bowling at speeds up to 155 km/h. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] During a Twenty20 international match in February 2010 Tait bowled a ball measured at 160.7 km/h, the fastest ball ever recorded in Australia.
Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 – 4 November 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer.Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket.
Javagal Srinath (pronunciation ⓘ, born 31 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee.He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers and is the only Indian fast bowler till date to have taken more than 300 wickets in One Day Internationals. [2]