Shoaib akhtar fastest delivery

TWO of the fastest bowlers in recorded history face-off this Friday when the one-day international series between Australia and South Africa begins in Perth. Mitchell Johnson and Dale Steyn have both unleashed deliveries in the top ten fastest ever recorded — an admittedly inexact science given the lack of uniformity and responsibility around speed gun technology in cricket. So, where do they rate on the all-time express list? Check out below. Shoaib Akhtar bowling record fastest ball against England in a World Cup Group A match at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, 22 Feb. 2003. Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan — 161.3km/h The game: vs. England, 2003 (Newlands) The bowler: Queries over the legitimacy of his action and commitment to training could not detract from his raw, terrifying pace. Jeff Thomson saw a lot of himself in Shoaib: “I think there are similarities between me and Shoaib in terms of attitude. What he loves to do is to bowl fast like me. I never bothered about inswingers, outswingers, yorkers. I think the people also enjoy watching express fast deliveries.” The quote:“It doesn’t matter to me whether somebody recognises the speed gun or not. For me, it’s satisfying that I have bowled the fastest-ever delivery.” The bowler: Tait’s violent slinging action and raw pace were on display when the fifth ball of his opening over to Craig Kieswetter was clocked at 100.1 mp/h by Sky Sports. The South Australian speedster also recorded a 160.7km/h ball against Pakistan a...

Prasidh Krishna, the right-handed Karnataka pacer who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has made his name for bowling fast deliveries that can trouble any batsmen around the world. Prasidh Krishna who was recently selected in the Indian cricket team for the limited-overs series against England impressed the cricket experts around the world, especially Pakistan's former fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Prasidh not only bowls at a fiery speed but his control with the ball is the ex-factor of his bowling. It is to be noted that in IPL 2021, Prasidh Krishna has bowled faster and with more consistency in terms of quick speed when compared to the Australian international Pat Cummins. Pat Cummins' fastest ball this year has cloaked 146.71 kmph whereas Krisha's fastest delivery is of 146.60 kmph. However, the Aussie speedster's name features only once when it comes to the top 10 fastest balls in the IPL 2021. On the other hand, Prasidh Krishna's name has featured 4 times in the top 10 fastest balls of IPL 2021. Prasidh Krishna started off as a net bowler for RCB, however, he made quick strides in 2018 after being named as a replacement player for Kamlesh Nagarkoti in the KKR squad. Shoaib Akhtar's fastest ball record in cricket history Prasidh Krishna got his best bowling figures in IPL in 2018. In 2018, he featured in 7 games and picked 10 wickets with a 4-wicket haul to go along with it. That 4-wicket haul came against Sunrisers Hyderabad and was...

“I want to see him on the world stage as he belongs there. At present, there are not many people who can cross the 150 kph mark. We have seen that Umran has been bowling consistently at that pace. I want Umran to have that 100 mph mark at the back of his mind. I will be happy if he enters the 100 mph club. But he has to stay away from injuries which can halt his career," Akhtar told Sportskeeda. “Central contract straightaway for him (Umran Malik). Don’t let him float around, keep him in the mix with the main players and let him learn by being around the Shamis and Bumrahs and see the way they train, the way they manage their workload but don’t let him go astray,” Shastri was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

Interestingly, Bhuvneshwar not only bamboozled the Irish batters but the star pacer also wowed fans with his lethal pace. Some fans were even convinced that Bhuvneshwar has shattered the world record by bowling the fastest delivery in the history of white-ball cricket. A speed gun error during the broadcast of the 1st T20I baffled netizens on Sunday. The speed gun showed pacer Bhuvneshwar breaching the 200-plus kmph mark not once but twice! Talking about the match, pacer Bhuvneshwar bagged the crucial wicket of Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie in the first over of the contest. Pacer Bhuvneshwar leaked only 16 runs and bowled 3 overs in the rain-curtailed match. Captain Pandya, speedster Avesh Khan and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shared three wickets as India restricted Ireland to 108-4 in the 12-over match. In reply, India chased down the target in just 9.2 over to defeat Ireland by 7 wickets at The Village. "Yes I did enjoy bowling. There was a bit of swing with the new ball. It was much better to bat after 4-5 overs. Doesn't matter what format it is, if you get these kind of wickets it is always good to bowl Test-match line and length. Umran made his debut, few more yet to make, so we have a lot of exciting talent. This is the kind of format which produces many cricketers. Best part about our team is wherever we go people come out to support us," Bhuvneshwar said after the match.

• • February 22, 2019 England fans were given somewhat of a treat on the Sunday of the third Test in what was an otherwise pretty disastrous series in the West Indies. Mark Wood provided an outstanding spell of fast bowling, the likes of which has been missing for quite some time. As Dave Tickner recalls:“It was the thrill of it. England fans have watched their team done in by searing pace so often and so rarely been able to enjoy it with roles reversed. “Andrew Flintoff had been the last England bowler to reach 95mph, a number Wood hovered around throughout his thrilling, game-breaking pre-tea burst.” Does Wood crack the top seven fastest balls of all time? (Spoiler alert, he definitely doesn’t)…. 7. Mitchell Johnson, Australia — 156.8km/h (97.4mph) Mitchell Johnson bowled several memorable spells during the 2013/14 Ashes series, and he certainly had the English batsmen running scared. It was somewhat of a redemption narrative, though it never got any better after that. 6. Fidel Edwards, West Indies — 157.7km/h (98mph) Fidel Edwards loved dishing out his share of sweet chin music, and his notably slingy action actually made his bouncers quite difficult to pick up. The video above shows him at his effective best. “One of my aims is to be the fastest and regarded as the best fast bowler in the world. That’s my goal,” Fidel once said. 5. Andy Roberts, West Indies — 159.5km/h (99.1mph) Andy Roberts is of course probably most famous for being a member of the quartet of West In...

Notably, Akhtar with a 161 kmph delivery, currently holds the record for the fastest ball in cricket history. India’s bowling coach, Bharat Arun, has now jumped into the discussion. In an interview with News24Sports, he said that India has found a great talent in form of Umran Malik. When further asked about Umran breaking Akhtar’s record, Arun said that the 23-year-old Indian pacer could easily increase his pace by 5 kmph, and might end up breaking the fastest delivery record by the ‘Rawalpindi Express’. “Umran Malik is a great find for India. Somebody who bowls 150-plus consistently. He is a huge talent for India and we need to nurture this talent. We have the option of making him a very good bowler for India in the future,” said Arun to News24Sports. “For fast bowling, physical fitness and skill is 50-50. He needs to work on both to maximise his potential, with consistency. He needs to work on these both things,” he added. “If you work on your action, your line and length will get better and speed will increase as well. To increase the pace, drills can be helpful and workload monitoring is also important. Any bowler can increase the pace by 5 kmph easily with the kind of work. But if someone is bowling 125, can’t make it 150. Some putting 135, can make it 140. Some bowling 140, can make it 145. But you cannot increase too much.”

In a massive speedometer glitch, England's Lauren Bell clocked a 173kph delivery to break the world record for the fastest delivery ever bowled in international cricket. The incident occurred during the first T20I between India and England on Sunday at the Riverside Ground in Durham. Bell, who received her maiden T20I cap in the game, got the opportunity to bowl with the new ball. While bowling to Smriti Mandhana in her very first T20I over, Bell clocked a 107mph delivery. It later turned out to be a speedometer glitch. Lauren Bell records 107mph delivery due to speedometer glitch Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar holds the record for bowling the fastest delivery in international cricket. Akhtar had clocked a 100mph or 161kph delivery against New Zealand in 2002, which remains the fastest ball ever bowled in the recorded history of the game. When the speedometer showed Bell clocking a 107mph delivery, it sent shockwaves across social media with users noticing the glitch. Earlier in the same over, the speedometer showed Bell clocking a 101mph delivery, which is also faster than the Rawalpindi Express. Decimal point is in the wrong place — Matt Reeves (@matt_matt130467) England Women vs India Women As far as the first T20I between India and England is concerned, the home side won the match by 9 wickets with 42 balls remaining to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, India scored 132/7 in 20 overs courtesy of a 29-run knock from Deepti Sharma, who finished as the to...

After Akhtar turned a commentator, he would always come and sit with journalists and crack jokes. With so much humour up his sleeve, I often wondered how he could present a different image of himself on the field during his playing days. Akhtar is now using his sense of humor in his tweets, though like his deliveries, he hardly bothers if his tweets hurt people or a nation sometimes. Australia’s Jeff Thomson- who once bowled at 99.8 mph in 1975, till Akhtar bettered it, was another player who won many fans through his fearsome pace. He created fear among batsmen through his statements too. He’d once remarked that he liked batsmen on the field with spilled blood (though he later denied saying it). However, once Thomson hit Sri Lanka’s Duleep Mendis on his head, and even though Mendis was lying flat on the ground, Thomson turned his back away to walk towards the runner-up mark. He had also hit Sri Lanka’s Sunil Wettimuny on his toe with a yorker, and as the batsman came out of the crease writhing in pain, he ran down, broke the wicket, and appealed for a run-out.

TWO of the fastest bowlers in recorded history face-off this Friday when the one-day international series between Australia and South Africa begins in Perth. Mitchell Johnson and Dale Steyn have both unleashed deliveries in the top ten fastest ever recorded — an admittedly inexact science given the lack of uniformity and responsibility around speed gun technology in cricket. So, where do they rate on the all-time express list? Check out below. Shoaib Akhtar bowling record fastest ball against England in a World Cup Group A match at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, 22 Feb. 2003. Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan — 161.3km/h The game: vs. England, 2003 (Newlands) The bowler: Queries over the legitimacy of his action and commitment to training could not detract from his raw, terrifying pace. Jeff Thomson saw a lot of himself in Shoaib: “I think there are similarities between me and Shoaib in terms of attitude. What he loves to do is to bowl fast like me. I never bothered about inswingers, outswingers, yorkers. I think the people also enjoy watching express fast deliveries.” The quote:“It doesn’t matter to me whether somebody recognises the speed gun or not. For me, it’s satisfying that I have bowled the fastest-ever delivery.” The bowler: Tait’s violent slinging action and raw pace were on display when the fifth ball of his opening over to Craig Kieswetter was clocked at 100.1 mp/h by Sky Sports. The South Australian speedster also recorded a 160.7km/h ball against Pakistan a...

After Akhtar turned a commentator, he would always come and sit with journalists and crack jokes. With so much humour up his sleeve, I often wondered how he could present a different image of himself on the field during his playing days. Akhtar is now using his sense of humor in his tweets, though like his deliveries, he hardly bothers if his tweets hurt people or a nation sometimes. Australia’s Jeff Thomson- who once bowled at 99.8 mph in 1975, till Akhtar bettered it, was another player who won many fans through his fearsome pace. He created fear among batsmen through his statements too. He’d once remarked that he liked batsmen on the field with spilled blood (though he later denied saying it). However, once Thomson hit Sri Lanka’s Duleep Mendis on his head, and even though Mendis was lying flat on the ground, Thomson turned his back away to walk towards the runner-up mark. He had also hit Sri Lanka’s Sunil Wettimuny on his toe with a yorker, and as the batsman came out of the crease writhing in pain, he ran down, broke the wicket, and appealed for a run-out.