Quickest 5 Bowlers from each country..

[Smudge]

Added, despite the fact I've never heard of him

To be honest, I only probably heard of him because I went to school with his son. He's now famous as one of the best caricaturists in the world:

Murray Webb - opinion - blogs | Stuff.co.nz

 

[0RI0N]

John Snow for England?
Young Shaun Pollock was quick,he used to hit batsmen often in domestic cricket.
Now for the 350million dollar question:
Who was the fastest bowler from Western India? Perhaps M Holding or perhaps W Hall or maybe S Clarke?

 

[Teja.]

John Snow for England?
Young Shaun Pollock was quick,he used to hit batsmen often in domestic cricket.
Now for the 350million dollar question:
Who was the fastest bowler from Western India? Perhaps M Holding or perhaps W Hall or maybe S Clarke?

Western India?

Zaheer Khan, I reckon.

You mean the Western Indies, mate, also called the West Indies.

 

[Gowza]

charlie griffith was said to be pretty fast, roberts, patterson, roy gilchrist, daniel. obviously donald for RSA but hayward and mfuneko ngam were pretty fast at one time. kortwright, cotter for england (maybe simon jones), maybe add eddie gilbert, duncan spencer for australia.....andre van troost maybe......

 

[Thirdman1]

INDIA

1, J Srinath - 156Kmph (96, Africa tour)
2.Ishant Sharma-153 kmph (2008, Australia tour)
3, A Nehra - 149 Kmph (2003 World cup)
4, S Sreesanth - 149 Kmph (Kuwalmpur tri series 2006)
5, RP Singh - 147 Kmph ( Recent Aus series 0f 2008)
6, A Agarkar - 146 Kmph (when he made his debut around 2001-2002)
7 Z Khan - 146 Kmph ( 2003 world cup)
8 A Bhandari - 145 Kmph (2004 Aus tour-this guy was really good strong bowler with good action in his early days, but unfortunate one)
9 VRV Singh - 145 Kmph (2006 Africa tour)
910Munaf Patel - 143 Kmph (early 2006)

 

[Top_Cat]

Only including guys who played for their country? If not, could probably add Duncan Spencer, Troy Corbett and Shane George (in order of pace) to the OZ list. All three were significantly quicker than anyone else at the time they played and, in the case of Spencer or Corbett, would probably give Lee/Tait a decent race. Heard much about Dennis Hickey being lightning too but never saw him at his best.

Shane George did play an Aus A game so he probably counts (just) in any case.

 

[Zinzan]

INDIA

1, J Srinath - 156Kmph (96, Africa tour)
2.Ishant Sharma-153 kmph (2008, Australia tour)
3, A Nehra - 149 Kmph (2003 World cup)
4, S Sreesanth - 149 Kmph (Kuwalmpur tri series 2006)
5, RP Singh - 147 Kmph ( Recent Aus series 0f 2008)
6, A Agarkar - 146 Kmph (when he made his debut around 2001-2002)
7 Z Khan - 146 Kmph ( 2003 world cup)
8 A Bhandari - 145 Kmph (2004 Aus tour-this guy was really good strong bowler with good action in his early days, but unfortunate one)
9 VRV Singh - 145 Kmph (2006 Africa tour)
910Munaf Patel - 143 Kmph (early 2006)

Find it extremely hard to believe Srinath clocked anything over 155kms

Was pretty sure Sharma was the only Indian bowler to exceed 150kms (since speed-guns have been used) tbh

 

[Manee]

Find it extremely hard to believe Srinath clocked anything over 155kms

Was pretty sure Sharma was the only Indian bowler to exceed 150kms (since speed-guns have been used) tbh

Srinath was reportedly very quick in that series. Speed guns weren't recognised as 100% accurate pre-1998 and so it is probably not known as an official record.

 

[Thirdman1]

Find it extremely hard to believe Srinath clocked anything over 155kms

Was pretty sure Sharma was the only Indian bowler to exceed 150kms (since speed-guns have been used) tbh

Srinath was the best fast bowler from sub-continent from 1996-2001. Tendulkar ruined his career by bowling him too much.

 

[Zinzan]

Srinath was the best fast bowler from sub-continent from .

I wasn't disputing that, but was questioning whether or not he exceeded 155kms

 

[Thirdman1]

I wasn't disputing that, but was questioning whether or not he exceeded 155kms

At his peak, he was arguably one of the world's fastest bowlers. One ball that he bowled during the 1996 tour of South Africa measured 156kph. He also clocked 154.5 km/h at the 1999 World Cup. Check in the wisden cricinfo archive of 1996-97 tour of India to SA

 

[Teja.]

Find it extremely hard to believe Srinath clocked anything over 155kms

Was pretty sure Sharma was the only Indian bowler to exceed 150kms (since speed-guns have been used) tbh

Sreesanth bowled a recorded delivery at 156.9 kmph during an ODI with SA.

 

[Kylez]

Gillespie was up in the 150's for australia before he broke his leg in 1999. Came back as meduim fast bowler after that.

 

[Migara]

David Frith believes Larwood is easily the fastest of all time and states he was recorded at 96mph in his book 'The Fast Men' though he doesn't any proof of where and when the speed was recorded and it's credibility. Honestly, with no disrespect to Larwood, I think Frith lost a lot of his credibility about writing on Fast Bowling when he said "Marshall was great, Garner and Ambrose just had long limbs"

And CK Nayadu believed that Mohammed Nissar was quicker than Larwood

 

[Migara]

John Snow for England?
Young Shaun Pollock was quick,he used to hit batsmen often in domestic cricket.
Now for the 350million dollar question:
Who was the fastest bowler from Western India? Perhaps M Holding or perhaps W Hall or maybe S Clarke?

Roy Gilchrist raises his hand

 

[Migara]

Find it extremely hard to believe Srinath clocked anything over 155kms

Was pretty sure Sharma was the only Indian bowler to exceed 150kms (since speed-guns have been used) tbh

Srinath was clocked 152 in NZ, but cannot recall a 156k delivery by him

 

[0RI0N]

Roy Gilchrist raises his hand

Ah I forgot about Mad Roy Gilchrist Migara.
From theguardian.co.uk blog:
The Joy of Six: Sporting bastards
'If Wisden had devoted as much time to this matter as it did to its list of the greatest players of tie 20th century, we might have something nearer a definitive answer.
Douglas Jardine,Greg Chappell and WG Grace would all be strong candidates.Faced with any of those 3 bastards,Roy Gilchrist would probably overstep by a yard and hurl a head high beamer,then follow through with a vicious cuss.
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"I live to this day with fear of a thunderbolt from Roy Gilchrist" were the haunted words of the former Pakistan captain Hanif Mohammad.
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A furious fast bowler,Gilchrist played 13 Tests for the WI before he was blackballed from the team for life because of his persistently dangerous bowling and his surly attitude.
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Despite being repeatedly warned not to,he bowled 3 consecutive beamers at 1 batsman while on tour in India.While being reprimanded afterwards ,he reportedly pulled a knife on his captain.The story about his removing a stump from the ground and using it to hit a team-mate over the head while playing a charity match may be apocryphal.
What is certain is that he once branded the face of his wife with a hot iron during an argument, a crime for which he was sentenced to 3 months' probation.'
Oh and he beat such bastards like Ty Cobb, Uday Hussein and The Spanish Paralympic basketball team from Sydney 2000, for top spot on that list.

 

[GotSpin]

yeah good old roy is a decent read

 

[GGG]

Murray Webb for NZ. Shame he wasn't very good.

Murray Webb the artist, didn't know that.

 

[Himannv]

Ah I forgot about Mad Roy Gilchrist Migara.
From theguardian.co.uk blog:
The Joy of Six: Sporting bastards
'If Wisden had devoted as much time to this matter as it did to its list of the greatest players of tie 20th century, we might have something nearer a definitive answer.
Douglas Jardine,Greg Chappell and WG Grace would all be strong candidates.Faced with any of those 3 bastards,Roy Gilchrist would probably overstep by a yard and hurl a head high beamer,then follow through with a vicious cuss.
-
"I live to this day with fear of a thunderbolt from Roy Gilchrist" were the haunted words of the former Pakistan captain Hanif Mohammad.
-
A furious fast bowler,Gilchrist played 13 Tests for the WI before he was blackballed from the team for life because of his persistently dangerous bowling and his surly attitude.
-
Despite being repeatedly warned not to,he bowled 3 consecutive beamers at 1 batsman while on tour in India.While being reprimanded afterwards ,he reportedly pulled a knife on his captain.The story about his removing a stump from the ground and using it to hit a team-mate over the head while playing a charity match may be apocryphal.
What is certain is that he once branded the face of his wife with a hot iron during an argument, a crime for which he was sentenced to 3 months' probation.'
Oh and he beat such bastards like Ty Cobb, Uday Hussein and The Spanish Paralympic basketball team from Sydney 2000, for top spot on that list.

Interesting read and a really tough guy from the sounds of it. Only Sreesanth from the modern day can rival that.