India's Fastest Bowler is BACK
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TumTum
International Cricketer
We have 3 bowlers that bowl 140kph+, yet we still lost the Ashes 
angryangy
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Yeah, it's not exactly ambitious, though maybe he infers that he can inconsistently reach something like 150 kph, which would be more interesting.
I definitely agree that you have to be adding pace to existing dimensions, but that's also where it comes into its own. Like with reverse swing, you might see a fast-medium bowler trouble batsmen with a spell of yorkers, but compare it with a similar spell of reverse swing from Brett Lee; he usually doesn't waste much time troubling them.
When they don't have to change their mind, top batsmen seem as though they could ably face in excess of 160 kph. It's when they do have to think that the lack of time becomes a problem.
nikhil_99
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According to the speed calculation, its Ishant who is/was fastest, he had bowled 150+, but lately he hasent been bowling that fast, he has lost his pace, so I think its Zahher and RP who can bowl (even RP can bowl 140+), while Shreesanth is a kind of bowler who has good pace, and can swing the ball and has excellent seem position compared to all other Indian bowlers...
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pcfan123
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Which is why bowling in the low-mid 130s for a fast bowler is not working for the Indians. Sure the bowler can out fox the batsman with movement in the air and off the seam but if its 130ks then most decent quality batsman will not be too troubled. They have a world of time to play, and more often then not you will only get them out when they throw away their wicket. ALso when you consider how flat most wickets are nowadays too, bowling 130s is almost unacceptable for a fast bowler.
140s plus all the movement and skill is a bare minimum to be an international quality fast bowler in my book. Any speed above is just bonus, any below is substandard fast bowling.
braguvaran
Club Cricketer
Spot on !!! :rtfl:rtfl:rtfl
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A guy like mohd Aamir 17 years old and comes from the subcontinent bowls at over 145kmph consistently. He puts the indian bowlers to shame actually!!
If pakistan under these trying times are able to produce bowler after bowler like him think what they can do when all goes well>??:sarcasm
Not really. I get what your saying and I sort of believe the same thing, but if you're bowling 135 with movement and accuracy you will get good batsmen out.
blake
School Cricketer
Howsie, you only say that because New Zealand's entire pace attack bowls at 135km/h and you are just trying to be ambitious.. :laugh
With the exception of Shane Bond, he is great.
With the exception of Shane Bond, he is great.
Maybe, but then again Stuart Clark has done well with his limited pace. There's no point of being 140+ if you don't have accuracy, Darren Powell has shown this.
That's the problem with anyone in New Zealand with pace, they don't have the ability to bowl with accuracy for a sustained period of time, that and they're always getting injured.
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Its not as if Pakistan has stopped producing cricketers because of their recent trying times of terror and not hosting international games. The connection between the two does not exist. Pakistan have a history of fast bowling. They have huge idols to look upto for fast bowling. Also being non-vegetarians (esp. meat eating), they easily get the body to take up fast bowling.
braguvaran
Club Cricketer
You got that from Bowl at Boycs??
Coz he said the same
Oh really?? I have never heard/read his programme
Fatal Shot
Club Cricketer
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