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Bowlers that srtike terror in batsmen's heart!
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Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
It is a generally well regarded in cricket (and science) that the ball travels quicker at altitude. In SA this means the Highveld. All players will tell you the ball is a good bit nippier at Jo'burg and Centurian. You just took the fact that the ball moves quicker through the air in Gauteng and applied it to all SA grounds. Nothing wrong with that apart from the fact it is not accurate or true.
If you want an example from another sport have a look at baseball at the Colorado Rockies. Thin air means 'fast' fast balls and home runs that fly for miles.
If you want an example from another sport have a look at baseball at the Colorado Rockies. Thin air means 'fast' fast balls and home runs that fly for miles.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
It is not SA but the Highveld. Do not take one area of the country and apply it to the whole. Of course the air is different there. That is why over the past few months the High Performance Centre at Uni. of Pretoria has been packed with athletes using high altitude training in preparation for the Commonwealths.Richard said:
The Highveld area of SA (inc. Pretoria and Jo'burg) is 5000-6000 ft (1400+ m) above sealevel. This is a long way and changes a number of things. Not least affecting the breathing of opposition teams.
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Dick Rockett
International Vice-Captain
It's probably not as complicated as all that. It's quite possibly somthing to do with the equipment the host broadcaster uses to capture the speeds.Richard said:
There was a bit of hoo-ha here in NZ a few years ago when the whole speed thing was the topic du jour. Shane Bond was being measured in Australia up in the 150s, but only in the high 130s, low 140s here.
Martin Crowe went on record as saying that Sky TV used different equipment to Channel 9, and implied that Sky's measurements were more accurate. It didn't placate the public though - nowadays the speeds shown on TV here are pretty much in line with everywhere else.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
More to the point, does Richard have hotter air than other Cricket Web contributors?Swervy said:
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Top man.Swervy said:...but it can make a man very happy
My thoughts entirely.
I mean
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Swervy
International Captain
Queenstown is only 1000 ft above sea level (I think it was Voltman who said that) and Kandy is about 1500ft above sea level...so really the drop in prssure isnt that great. Jo'burg is 6000ft above sea level, so the air is 'thinner' (lower pressure, less dense)Richard said:
Swervy
International Captain
I dont think many people would be fooled by someone saying the air is thinner in all parts of South Africa, including the coast, pretty much most people who have followed sports over some period of time would know that ALTITUDE is the issue.Richard said:
Who were these people who said this anyway??? Was it April Fools or something, or was it that you maybe misinterpreted what was said
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
No, certainly wasn't April 1st.
IIRR Aggers certainly said it several times at several different points, many South African commentators mentioned it in 2001\02 with Lee on the visit (First Test in... Johannesburg), and a few other articles here and there have talked of "visiting South Africa", not "playing on the Highveld" as being a good chance to bowl really fast.
Clearly, I have misinterpreted it, and if bowlers do bowl quicker at Newlands and Kingsmead it's to do with something else.
IIRR Aggers certainly said it several times at several different points, many South African commentators mentioned it in 2001\02 with Lee on the visit (First Test in... Johannesburg), and a few other articles here and there have talked of "visiting South Africa", not "playing on the Highveld" as being a good chance to bowl really fast.
Clearly, I have misinterpreted it, and if bowlers do bowl quicker at Newlands and Kingsmead it's to do with something else.
amit2
Banned
munaf is a bowler who strikes the real terror in batsmen. its munaf, who can bowl at 145+ kph and its not just high speed bowling. he also has the control. munaf, has the ability to produce swing and reverse swing bothways and can exploit the conditions really well and munaf has more bounce and higher backlift than any other indian bowler. on his day, munaf alone can destroy any batting line-up as he did recently with eng.
