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Shoaib Akhtar (pronounced [ʃoeːb əxt̪ər] ⓘ; born 13 August 1975) is a Pakistani former international cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express", [ 3 ] he is the fastest bowler in cricketing history, with an unbeaten 161.3 kmph (100.23 mph) delivery. [ 4 ]
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]
Shoaib took twelve five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and ten or more wickets per match twice in the format. [8] [10] Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 1998 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, [11] Shoaib's first five-wicket haul came against New Zealand in 2001, a match Pakistan won at the Eden Park, Auckland ...
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. Many theories exist about the origins of cricket.
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] Also included in this broad category are bowlers who do not achieve the highest speeds, who may ...
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 ]
Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga is the only cricketer to have taken three ODI hat-tricks. A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets on consecutive deliveries, dismissing three different batsmen. It is a relatively rare event in One Day International (ODI) cricket with only 50 occurrences in 4546 matches since the first ODI match between Australia and England on 5 January 1971. The ...